Olympic medal rankings 歐自行車展 逾2百台商參展

Olympic medal rankings let armchair athletes compete in a tribal sense. But armchair economists among them no doubt feel uneasy comparing the gold haul of China—population 1.34 billion—with, say, Jamaica, home to less than 3 million.

While China and the U.S. vie for leadership in absolute medals, London 2012's per-capita rankings are very different. Top spot goes to Grenada. The glory of its men's 400 meters gold will be shared by just 104,890 Grenadians. Second is New Zealand, with one medal for every 440,520 of its people.

And the larger nations of 60 million people or more? Top is host Britain at number 14, with a medal for every 1.3 million of the queen's subjects. The U.S. falls to 40th. But that is at least above China, ranked 59th with a medal for every 18.2 million of its many citizens.

Coming in last is India. As of Wednesday, it had one medal for every 310 million inhabitants. That is like Team USA coming home with a solitary medal—a scenario so devastating you could almost guarantee congressional hearings.

幾年前台灣廠商國內業績成功

歐自行車展 逾2百台商參展 

〔中央社〕2012年歐洲自行車展（Eurobike）將於8月29日至9月1日在德國南部腓特烈港（Friedrichshafen）舉行。今年來自台灣的參展廠商和公會共有232個單位。

歐洲自行車展是歐洲最大自行車及相關用品展。主辦單位指出，今年有來自全球50個國家的1200個參展單位。

中華民國對外貿易發展協會將於8月30日在展覽會場舉辦記者會，介紹台灣的自行車產業及新品。台灣區自行車同業公會預定30日晚間舉辦一場Taiwan Cycle Night活動。

歐洲自行車展是業界視為趨勢指標的大展，主辦單位預期今年會有來自全球的4萬多名業界人士前來觀展。