Tuesday, October 04, 2005

via: letters from china

the top ten is

1. China 975,684 ("Hong Kong" 190,609; Taiwan 156,433)
2. India 818,483
3. Japan 805,412
4. Singapore 339,233
5. Malaysia 215,098

6. Thailand 210,341
7. Vietnam 175,053
8. Taiwan 156,433
9. Afghanistan 147,453
10. Indonesia 144,935

to me, the only surprise  is afghanistan.

posted @ 6:51 AM

hohhot was named as the "中国乳都" (the milk capital city of china) a few years ago and i can verify that the name matches the reality. unlike the milk in other places, the mongolian milk has a rich and pure taste, and in hohhot, each meal was ended with ice creams instead of pastries as my dessert. perhaps i should suggest another name for hohhot - the baijiu capital city of china. in the dinner table of a mongolian family i visited, there are three bowls, one for mutton fry cabbage, one for rice and the largest bowl is for baijiu. and i even find the local people drink beer in their breakfast!

posted @ 12:31 AM