China Spirits Market 2007 Approved by: Maurice House U.S. Embassy Prepared by: Steve Leu Report Highlights: China’s spirits sales were $25.1 billion in 2006‚ representing 43% of all alcoholic drinks consumed and making it China’s number one alcoholic beverage in current value terms. Spirits consumption revolves around baijiu‚ followed by whiskey and grape brandy. U.S. whiskey and bourbon exports to China grew 118% in 2006‚ with total sales of $5.9 million. Foreign spirits currently
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liquor (IMFL) sales are pegged at around 150 million cases‚ and growing at 8 to 10 per cent annually. IMFL and country made liquor account for the bulk of alcoholic consumption. The Indian beer Industry has been witnessing a steady growth rate of 7-9 per cent per year for the last ten years. Per capita beer consumption is still low at 0.7 litre per year. Though the current growth is pitched at 13 per cent‚ the total beer market is expected to more than double to 23.3 million hectoliters by 2012.
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Spirit Burner Experiment Aim: To perform an experiment in the labs to determine the heats of combustion of selected alcohols and then to use this information and the gathered data from chemical data sources to determine trends in the longer chain alcohols. The Variables that MUST be controlled throughout the experiment are: • The height from spirit burner nozzle to the base of the water filled beaker • Air drafts around the room must be kept to minimum so as to keep the heat on the base of the
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Chapter 3 Review Sheet Pilgrims- is a traveler who is on a journey to a holy place. Separatists- is the advocacy of a state of cultural‚ ethnic‚ tribal‚ religious‚ racial‚ governmental or gender separation from the larger group. Puritans- were a community of English Protestants active during the 16th and 17th centuries. Mayflower Compact- was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. Squanto- was a Patuxet. He was the Native American who assisted the Pilgrims after their first
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Chapter 1 Summary Millions of years ago‚ the two American continents became geologically separated from the Eastern Hemisphere land masses where humanity originated. The first people to enter these continents came across a temporary land bridge from Siberia about 35‚000 years ago. Spreading across the two continents‚ they developed a great diversity of societies based largely on corn agriculture and hunting‚ In North America‚ their societies were less numerous and urbanized than in South America
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Chapter 9: Global Information Systems Why go Global? –Customers demand integrated worldwide services. Example: shoe company. Prerequisites to the success of a global information system: -Clear understanding of factors such as customs‚ laws‚ technological issues‚ and local business needs and practices. Airline reservation systems- first large-scale interactive global system Global products-Products or services that have been standardized for all markets. Manufacturer might “regionalize” operations
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Ancient World to Medieval Times Week 4 Artistic Theme Paper Katana: The Spirit of Japan [Author ’s Name Removed] [Course Ccode Rremoved]: Introduction to the Humanities Course Facilitator: [Facilitator ’s Name Removed]February 14‚ 2004 Katana: The Spirit of Japan The Japanese sword has evolved alongside with the people of Japan for over a thousand years and has been a striking symbol of the spirit and history of old Japan. History has shown that the nature of the Japanese sword is a
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Chapter 11 Outline I.Federalist and Republican Mudslingers A.The Federalists labored many handicaps 1.The Alien and Sedition Acts hosted many enemies 2.The Hamiltonians split from them 3.Swelled the public debt when making unnecessary war preparations and added taxes B.John Adams became known as “the Father of the American Navy.” C.The federalists took fire on Jefferson becoming a victim of a “whispering campaign” II.The Jeffersonian “Revolution of 1800” A.Jefferson narrowly squeaked through
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In The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ Anne Fadiman narrates the story of Lia‚ a Hmong girl suffering from epilepsy who was surrounded by challenges due to conflicting viewpoints of her parents and her health care providers. For the Hmong people‚ epileptic seizures are viewed as a positive trait; those people who suffered from seizures are attributed to be a “twix neeb”‚ or “a person with a healing spirit” (Fadiman‚ 1997‚ pg. 21). Lia’s parents—Foau and Nao Kao (the Lees)—considered her condition
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In chapter 8 of The Thirteen American Arguments‚ Howard Fineman discusses the tensions between local and national authority. (a) List three issues that Fineman deals with directly in the book and briefly describe how each of those issues creates tension between local and national authority. One of the more recent issues fashioning local v. national authority is Hurricane Katrina. The government’s response to the natural disaster was poor‚ and locals claimed the federal government did not do
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