China Approves $3.25 Billion Universal Theme Park in Beijing

[Aepsilons]

Japan of the 80s was fueled by a sense of loss of identity, a little bit of inferiority complex, too much capital to invest at home, and a wanting of prestige.

Inferiority complex? I can understand if others think that way of us, but I would say no. Let me tell you why; because despite our fondness for western culture, western style of food, literature , we still value and prefer our own first. I like American food, but I prefer cooking Japanese cuisine at home, I like American television series here, whatever they show in Comcast Xfinity subscription that i have, but I prefer watching Japanese news and cable when given the chance. One prefers, naturally, one's own , you know what I mean?

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Wasn't msg first used in Japan or popularized by Japanese ?

It was indeed found first by Germans, then Japanese. Glutamate flavoring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Aepsilons]

you don't know if its the MSG or the rest of the fast food garbage. MSG is an essential amino acid that if you don't have, you will literally not survive. Glutamic acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Its funny how an essential, life-giving nutrient is considered "bad" just because Chinese use it in cooking. I hope they do the same for dihydrogen monoxide and stop using that crap.

No doubt that monosodium glutamate is found in many dishes, in fact its unfair that its only linked to Chinese food, because msg is also found in canned food, processed meats. Excessive amounts of monosodium glutamate consumption is linked with a complex of symptoms that include: 1)headaches, 2) flushing, 3) sweating, 4) numbness, 5) cardiac flutters, 6) nausea and weakness. As anything that has too much sodium, leads to volume overloading (hypervolemia) and can lead to increased blood pressure.

As in anything, moderation is key.

It was indeed found first by Germans, then Japanese. Glutamate flavoring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Permit me to add some more info.

Monosodium glutamate enhances the taste of 'Umami', which is one of the 5 basic tastes.

Umami is also a Japanese word that means pleasant and savory.

 

[Genesis]

Inferiority complex? I can understand if others think that way of us, but I would say no. Let me tell you why; because despite our fondness for western culture, western style of food, literature , we still value and prefer our own first. I like American food, but I prefer cooking Japanese cuisine at home, I like American television series here, whatever they show in Comcast Xfinity subscription that i have, but I prefer watching Japanese news and cable when given the chance. One prefers, naturally, one's own , you know what I mean?

I know what you mean, but you don't know what I mean.

I said some, Japan did vanquish some demons in the Sino Japanese, Russo Japanese, Sino Japanese again, but in the end, USSR and US took Japan to school. China didn't have a chance to do all that.

I don't mean preference, unless, Japan is the Philippines, which is proud of itself for pretty much just existing, having accomplished nothing of note in the time of existence, Japan is bound to feel something for the lose of the Japanese empire.

Now Japan has gained some more confidence, cause there's a new wiping boy in town and he's China. But Japan will be better and better in this department, cause there's no shortage of nut case countries, even when China ascends to a level above Japan.

 

[vietnamese_sausage]

No doubt that monosodium glutamate is found in many dishes, in fact its unfair that its only linked to Chinese food, because msg is also found in canned food, processed meats. Excessive amounts of monosodium glutamate consumption is linked with a complex of symptoms that include: 1)headaches, 2) flushing, 3) sweating, 4) numbness, 5) cardiac flutters, 6) nausea and weakness. As anything that has too much sodium, leads to volume overloading (hypervolemia) and can lead to increased blood pressure.

As in anything, moderation is key.



Permit me to add some more info.

Monosodium glutamate enhances the taste of 'Umami', which is one of the 5 basic tastes.

Umami is also a Japanese word that means pleasant and savory.

Mono diglycerides and propylene glycol are used in western food and far worse than msg, but most consumers are not even aware of it.

 

[Aepsilons]

Wasn't msg first used in Japan or popularized by Japanese ?

Yes, we discovered the 5th taste. Umami.

Mono diglycerides and propylene glycol are used in western food and far worse than msg, but most consumers are not even aware of it.

Absolutely, considering the effects this has on the glycolytic and gluconeogenesis pathways. One of the reasons why in the United States, there is a diabetes epidemic (diabetes mellitus type 2, to be exact), which is associated with the morbid obesity that is seen in American population.

I know what you mean, but you don't know what I mean.

I said some, Japan did vanquish some demons in the Sino Japanese, Russo Japanese, Sino Japanese again, but in the end, USSR and US took Japan to school. China didn't have a chance to do all that.

I don't mean preference, unless, Japan is the Philippines, which is proud of itself for pretty much just existing, having accomplished nothing of note in the time of existence, Japan is bound to feel something for the lose of the Japanese empire.

Now Japan has gained some more confidence, cause there's a new wiping boy in town and he's China. But Japan will be better and better in this department, cause there's no shortage of nut case countries, even when China ascends to a level above Japan.

What exactly are you trying to say? Be direct with me, buddy. lol.

 

[BoQ77]

I just bring our kids to Legoland Malaysia this summer, they enjoy it.
We skip USS because it's not suitable to our kids age. We only enjoy others in Sentosa.
Maybe later.
Or if have chance, we would come for Beijing US.

 

[Aepsilons]

I just bring our kids to Legoland Malaysia this summer, they enjoy it.
We skip USS because it's not suitable to our kids age. We only enjoy others in Sentosa.
Maybe later.
Or if have chance, we would come for Beijing US.

Take them, next time, to Disney Tokyo!

 

[BoQ77]

Of course, we are waiting for ease of visa approval from Japan.

Of course, we are waiting for ease of visa approval from Japan.

My kids passports would be stamped by Japan immigration soon.
Actually, I have some business with Korean and Japanese partners.
How to travel to both Korea and Japan at the same time? for about 7-8 days ?

 

[cirr]

Another case of American capital pouring into China？

 

[BoQ77]

Another case of American capital pouring into China？

Investment to get profit, of course. Chinese would put big money to enjoy it.

 

[cirr]

Disney in China: Patience is its virtue

Updated: 2014-10-13 11:53

By Zhang Yuwei(China Daily USA)

China's current economic growth - even with a slower rate than the past few years - never seems to put off multinational companies' big plans for that market. Every foreign firm wants a China story nowadays, either to tap into the market or to expand their presence in the world's No 2 economy.

While the market is big, promising and, to many, a land of opportunity, the key question for these companies is how to maintain sustainable growth once they set up shop there.

Andy Bird, chairman of Walt Disney International, shared a few of the company's tailored strategies for the Chinese market in a recent business forum in New York.

Bird said one of the important strategies the company has formed for the Chinese market is "relevance to the consumers" there.

This perhaps echoes the strategy of many other firms. American multinationals, ranging from food to clothing brands, make China-themed products just to win customers in there.

But Disney has a more detailed strategy of deciding where in China to go and what to do for that place in particular.

Shanghai will have Disney's first store on the Chinese mainland early next year. The 53,000-square-foot venue - with retail space and a Disney-themed outdoor plaza - will be the largest of the company's 340 stores around the world.

Also in Shanghai, the first Disney theme park - worth $4.4 billion - on the Chinese mainland will open by the end of next year, about 10 years after it opened its Hong Kong theme park.

"If you go to a Disney theme park, it is going to be different from any other theme park in the world," said Bird. "It gives you a different experience."

But Disney's Shanghai focus clearly is to target the growing middle class. By 2022, more than 75 percent of China's urban consumers will earn 60,000 to 229,000 yuan ($9,000 to $34,000) a year, according to consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

High-end aspirational designer stores in cities like Beijing and Shanghai will help tell the Disney story through retail representation, said Bird.

"A decade ago if a mother and daughter went to a Disney store, they were more likely to choose a dress by its color rather than the story behind it," said Bird, adding the story-telling is through focused retail representation in a market.

Another China element that Disney is betting on is the "one child's six pairs of pockets" reality, said Bird. And in China the one child policy would make this "six pairs of pockets" - of the parents and grandparents from both sides - element more unique, and perhaps more in favor of Disney's business.

If the one child with six pairs of pockets is not unique enough for China, Disney certainly has found another element. "You have a lot of grandparents and parents (in China) who want their child to learn the English language," said Bird.

By 2012, Disney had 44 English learning centers in 10 Chinese cities since its first one opened in Shanghai in 2008. The classes, targeting children aged two to 10 with costs between $400 and $1,800 for annual tuition, are taught by native speakers.

With all the big plans set up by Disney in China, Bird said the Chinese market is not without challenges. But for Disney in China, he added, "patience is a great virtue" to be successful there.

Contact the writer at yuweizhang@chinadailyusa.com

 

[cirr]

Investment to get profit, of course. Chinese would put big money to enjoy it.

I thought you were firmly of the opinion that foreign capitals were fleeing China？

The truth is that only investments that bring new and innovative technoligies are welcome in China these days。

Airbus to Build A330 Completion Center in China

Chinese Center Will Be Used to Install Cabins That Have Been Built in France

By FRIEDRICH GEIGER

Oct. 10, 2014 12:43 p.m. ET

BERLIN— Airbus Group EADSY -0.18% NV Friday announced plans to build a completion center for A330 planes in Tianjin, China, with its local partners, as it received a commitment for the purchase of 70 aircraft from the country.

The deals expands Airbus’ business in China, the group’s single-most important market, according to Chief Executive Fabrice Brégier, who announced the deals in conjunction with a Chinese-German government consultation in Berlin.

Mr. Brégier said state-owned China Aviation Supplies Group Corporation has agreed to buy 70 jets of the A320 line with classic engines, worth about $7 billion at list prices, including A320 and A321 models. The company will pass the aircraft on to airlines.

Airbus and China’s National Development and Reform Commission also signed a letter of intent for a future order for A330 planes in connection with the planned completion center in Tianjin.

Airbus plans to use the center to install cabins into planes that have been built in Toulouse, France. The aircraft will also be painted in China. The local share of the construction of the A330 jets will therefore be more limited than that of A320s, which are assembled in Tianjin.

Airbus plans to hold a 50% stake in the A330 completion center. The size of the investment is still being discussed, said Mr. Brégier. Local partners for the center are the Tianjin Free Trade Zone and the Aviation Industry Corporation of China. Mr. Brégier, TJFTZ President Feng Zhijiang and AVIC President Lin Zuoming signed a letter of intent on the center Friday, witnessed by German Chancellor Angela Merkeland visiting Chinese Premier Li Kequiang.

The agreements are among a number of deals and investments in different sectors that Chinese companies and European partners signed during Mr. Li’s visit.

Car maker Volkswagen AG has extended a joint-venture agreement with FAW Group Corp. until 2041, while Daimler AG signed off on a plan to boost Mercedes-Benz production in China by investing more than $1 billion with local partner BAIC Motor Corp. to expand their jointly-owned auto-making business. In telecoms, China Mobile signed an agreement with Deutsche Telekom AG for a joint venture offering telecommunication services to Chinese car drivers.

Write to Friedrich Geiger at friedrich.geiger@wsj.com

 

[opruh]

of course no one who in their right mind will build a universal theme park or a disneyland in Vietnam.

 

[JayMandan]

Yes, we discovered the 5th taste. Umami.



Absolutely, considering the effects this has on the glycolytic and gluconeogenesis pathways. One of the reasons why in the United States, there is a diabetes epidemic (diabetes mellitus type 2, to be exact), which is associated with the morbid obesity that is seen in American population.



What exactly are you trying to say? Be direct with me, buddy. lol.

Ambot niya oi. Wa ko kasabot! But I know he always uses the Philippines as an example when he's comparing my country to something awful and worthless. Man, so much hatred.