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Hong Kong, a province in the west-east of China, has developed from a small fishing community into an international city in modern times which is contributes to the economic policy as well as political policy. S b c d e f g w se f s f s f s f s f s f s f s f s f s f s f s f s…
Hong Kong is a bustling, multi-cultural hub of international business and finance. Still retaining traditional Chinese cultural values, Hong Kong continues to drive forward with a western capitalist business mentality. Understanding this mixture is essential for those seeking to successfully do business in Hong Kong.…
When Hong Kong was under the British, they experienced economic growth that far outpaced the communist-ruled cities of China and was far richer than China (United Nations, 2012). As a result, Hong Kongers had the view that they were of higher class than their Mainland Chinese counterparts, who were often described as “country bumpkins” (BBC News, 2012). However in recent years, the huge economic growth in China has resulted in a lot more wealthy Chinese individuals going to Hong Kong as tourists. In fact, shopping expenditures from the Mainland Chinese alone contributed to 6% of Hong Kong’s GDP in 2011 (South China Morning Post, 2012).…
Coming from China and living in the United States, diversity and international relations have always been fascinating to me. In order to perceive dissimilar cultures well, I ought to be aware of myself and my own culture first; therefore, I would like to share a brief history of Hong Kong because I believe we would not know ourselves without knowing our history.…
Hong Kong, located at the southern coastal of China, fully shows the diversification of culture, with a mix characteristics of different backgrounds.…
Due to the practical part of my studies I travelled to Hong Kong to complete a six month traineeship at a private school. Besides the food and cultural difference I noticed that the people were aware of the fact that their live was dramatically different compared to the life of the rest of Chinas population.…
Hong Kong is said to be a “Cultural Desert”. However, Red-White-Blue bags, Cha Chaan Teng and Cantonese Opera are three objects that can represent Hong Kong culture and the spirit of Hong Kong people.…
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Summary: On Oct. 24, 2012 Bruce Alan Edward was indicted by the federal grand jury in Bay City, Michigan for mail fraud and selling counterfeit Microsoft software with a retail value of more than $1.2 million. This case revealed that Edward distributed counterfeit copies of Microsoft Office 2003 Professional and Microsoft Windows XP Professional software by purchasing copyrighted works from China and Singapore. Then he…
* Hong Kong probably is the most welcomed tourist attraction in Asia. By the forecast of the World Tourism Organization, Hong Kong is the fifth most frequently visited destination in the world, accounted for 57 million visitors per year by year 2020 (InvestHK, 2012).…
The project indicates the determination of the government to make Tung Chung a complete tourist centre with well-developed transportation, accommodation, attractions. The motivation of the government is of course the economic benefits brought by tourism. It is well-known that tourism is one of the four pillars of the Hong Kong economy. In 2010, it contributed to 4.4 percent of Hong Kong’s GDP.(http://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/factsheets/docs/tourism.pdf) It is not difficult to understand why the government keeps on thinking ways to boost the already vigorous tourism. However, is the local community able to share the fruits of it? Does the development of tourism bring drawbacks to the community? In the following, I will use what I have observed in Tung Chung as a case study to find out more. 119…
Despite the image of Hong Kong as a metropolitan city successful in international finance, commerce and tourism, a deep-rooted problem that lies in Hong Kong people’s heart is a lack of sense of belonging, a lack of Hong Kong identity. During colonial period, Hong Kong has been referred to as a borrowed space and borrowed time. Meanwhile, the differences in culture and civilization between Hong Kong and China created a barrier to Hong Kong people’s identifying themselves as Chinese. “Hong Kong’s lack of identity is also due to its status as not so…
It was not so long ago that travel was the privileged pastime of the wealthy. The poor might migrate, moving their homes from one place to another in order to live better or just to survive, but only the affluent could afford travel for sightseeing, amuse-ment, and business. Nowadays everybody could go travelling, a lot of Travel & Tourism Industry ,which provide tourism services for leisure ,business ,recreational or other purposes offer cheap vacation packages , tours or flight to almost any country and because of it the number of tourists is also always increasing. Tourism now also be a strong growth industry. Formerly the western often to go travelling to asia because of the good economic condition they had, but now the opposite is happening, Asians often to go travelling to western like Europe and south America and the Europe rarely do travelling. Asian have all grown well nowadays. Salaries are gradually rising in asia , Asia is now home to more wealthy people than all of Europe and as people who have greater disposable income and rich, their desire and ability to travel abroad increase and because of this most of tourists today are coming from Asia. Tourists also could be classified into two groups, a good tourist and a bad tourist, a good Tourists definitely has a cultural and good personal perspectives towards the country they want to visit, conversely a bad tourists definitely hasn’t a cultural and a good personal perspectives toward the country they want to visit. This essay will explain about the tourist's perspectives and attitudes towards the country they visit.…