Ray,
Ray,
These videos exemplify perfectly what I wrote about the Chinese a few
minutes ago. They are superb copyists (that is, performers) but are
deficient in the creativity department. (As you know I sell PDFs of
choral music. Some years ago before the Chinese had credit cards I
used to send music scores gratis to, among others, a university choir
in Tianjin. They took a liking to our early church music and
sometimes sent me a video of their concerts. To hear and see them
sing, say, Purcell, with all the dignity and clarity of the choir of
Kings College Cambridge or Westminster Abbey used to astonish me.)
Keith
At 01:56 11/12/2012, you wrote:
Hell, their little girls are already playing the flight of the
Bumble Bee on the piano in octaves!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8alxBofd_eQ
And if you want to turn you heart to love for the two former enemies
take a listen to this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=YFRFgRm1BYE&feature=endscreen
This is why we are losing.
REH
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This is something that several on this list have been predicting for
quite some time now....
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20671917>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20671917
10 December 2012 Last updated at 17:53 ET
Asia 'to eclipse' US and Europe by 2030 - US report
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How have so many of the world's cities grown so large in recent years?
Asia will wield more global power than the US and Europe combined by
2030, a forecast from the US intelligence community has found.
Within two decades China will overtake the US as the world's largest
economy, the report adds.
It also warns of slower growth and falling living standards in
advanced nations with ageing populations.
<http://www.dni.gov/nic/globaltrends>Global Trends 2030, issued to
coincide with Mr Obama's second term, says it aims to promote
strategic thinking.
Published every four years, the report from the National
Intelligence Council (NIC) aims to draw together a wide sweep of
"megatrends" driving transformation in the world.
'Slow relative decline'
The NIC suggests that by 2030, Asia will have more "overall power"
than the US and Europe combined - taking into account population
size, gross domestic product (GDP), military spending and investment
in technology.
People raise Chinese flag in Beijing, China November 2012
The National Intelligence Council says it does not believe China
will become a superpower like the US
"China alone will probably have the largest economy, surpassing that
of the United States a few years before 2030," the report says.
"Meanwhile, the economies of Europe, Japan, and Russia are likely to
continue their slow relative declines."
But the report says it does not anticipate that China will emerge as
a superpower in the mould of the US, forging coalitions to take on
international issues.
Speaking at a news briefing, Mathew Burrows, counsellor to the
National Intelligence Council said: "Being the largest economic
power is important... (but) it isn't necessarily the largest
economic power that always is going to be the superpower."
The "megatrends" identified by the report include individual
empowerment and transfer of power from the West to the global East and South.
It highlights ageing societies and a growing middle class, as well
as diminishing natural resources, as key global themes.
Within the next two decades the US will achieve energy independence,
and the size of urban populations around the world will rise
sharply, the report says.
But, the report adds, questions about the global economy,
governance, evolving methods of conflict, regional spillover, new
technologies and the future role of the US could dramatically impact
the global picture over the next 20 years.
The study is the fifth in a series. The last edition was published in 2008.
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