A reporter for the US edition of the China Daily writes about the US’s failure to convert to metric. Some quotes:
"A superpower and the world's largest economy like the US not adopting the metric system not only means a major inconvenience for international exchange and communications, but it is a huge waste of resources for foreign exporters tackling the US market or US exporters expanding in the global market." "There is no doubt that the metric system has been and is the global norm of the 21st century. It is also an area where the US has clearly fallen far behind." "It is ironic that in order to make sense to US readers, the China Daily Stylebook requires its reporters to turn the measurement units in their stories into miles, feet and pounds. Of course, when Chinese fly on US airlines from Washington to Beijing, they are told that the flight is 6,913 miles, instead of 11,125 km.” Best wishes from a metric Australia, where tomorrow’s temperature in Melbourne will be 33ºC. Peter Goodyear
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