The Economist, July 26, 2025

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(1) Asian Elites | Infinite Jets; India's billionaires -- and even its millionaires -- are snapping up private planes. at page 29.

My comment: I am interested in China's economy. President Biden hinted a couple of times that China's economy was a mess.Then early this year, China trotted out Deep Seek and exported electric vehicles. President Trump's tariff on China has diverted China's goods away from America to elsewhere. So where does China's economy stand? Private jets in China is one proxy to gauge the economy.

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(2) The Mongolian Steppe | Neigh Bother; Conservationists have rescued the world's last truly wild horse. At page 31.
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Note:
(a) About the title. In English, we say: Don't bother. The English verb and noun neigh is 马嘶. The English word also sounds similar to, but is not a homophone of, Russian word (нет, whose romanization is net) for no.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/нет
(pronunciation)
(b) "these animals are about as far removed from a common nag as it is possible for a horse to be * * * your correspondent spies the stocky animals cresting a ridge"

English dictionary:
* nag (n; etymology: "Middle English nagge; akin to Dutch negge small horse"): "HORSE; especially : one that is old or in poor condition"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nag
*  crest (vt): "to reach the crest of   <crested the hill and looked around>"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crest
(c) "China has reserves for them, too."
(i) 关俏俏 and丁磊, 40年守护 我国普氏野马数量飙到全球1/3. 新华社, Aug 7, 2025.
www.news.cn/politics/20250807/b2 ... ba6f88d75a43/c.html
• 新疆卡拉麦里山有蹄类(野生动物)自然保护区 (位于新疆昌吉回族自治州与阿勒泰地区交界处)  Mount Kalamaili [also spelled Kalamaile] Ungulate Nature Reserve
• 新疆维吾尔自治区野马繁殖研究中心  Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Wild Horse Breeding and Research Center (in Jimsar County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture 昌吉回族自治州 吉木萨尔县)
(ii) China's Przewalski's Horse Population Tops 900, a Third of Global Total. Xinhua, Aug 7, 2025.
https://english.news.cn/20250807 ... 76bbc27dd867/c.html