2005.5.14=6[#134]:4703.4.7[+#35/60]: In LA out shopping waiting, 3pm Betty ceremony in then outside, then 2 tables dinner.1)China<>India. 2)BRIC.

Fair warm turning into warm: Mei then I up early, bath, down for simple breakfast joined by Hsiang/Jung stating Hsiang is ok now and able to drive back from his only elder sis' place early tomorrow morning then fly back Taiwan late night. (Later Dju tells me we the next late night.) As only mom & Hiro/Dju are welcome at Ying's, Lung drive us to mall stores nearby, tel. Ying to meet at hotel around 2pm. So to Ching-jen-guan again for a good lunch and back. They are late, but Ying tells Lung ways of afternoon. We drive to a memorial park for a memorial service for Betty against direct glaring sunlight, then to outside for a committal service, to Shu-Hsiang-Yuan for 2 table-full rich dinner. Ying later moves to our talbe of the next generation and we and Jung's and Jung's sis' and tells us about what happened. The other table: mom, Dju/Hiro, Ying, daughter/hus, grand daughter, friend couple, and hus' parents. Hotel Lung talks with Jen on phone a while, 10:45 bed!! [[ All retyped after "Save as Draft failed yesterday. ]] 1) China <> India: "CHINA-INDIA STRATEGIC ALLIANCE- Should not be Unthinkable: An Analysis", by Dr. Subhash Kapila; South Asia Analysis Group; 12. 05. 2005: ""If the role of a think tank is to think the unthinkable, here is one piece which needs careful thought. The views expressed are author's own.- I would invite the views of readers on this subject. Director"": http://www.saag.org/%5Cpapers14%5Cpaper1375.html "" Introductory Observations: China and India are rising powers in the global strategic firmament. China and India are also civilisational powers with a glowing heritage and history of civilised institutions dating back to centuries. Before the advent of Muslim rule in India, both countries had a record of friendly exchanges and interaction with no adversarial past. "" 2) Japanese Banks <> BRIC: "Japanese Banks bullish on Brazil, Russia, India, China ?the BRIC alliance of emerging nations", India Daily: Media Release: May 13, 2005: http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/2671.asp "" Japanese financial institutions are increasing lending to the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China, with the balance up 40 pct year-on-year at 20.2 bln usd as of December 31, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, citing figures from the Bank of Japan. ""