urged the island’s independence-leaning leaders to take advantage of his "bridge-building" trip to mainland China to seek cross-strait peace. "People from both sides of the strait are longing for peace ... Mainland leaders have also showed sincerity in improving cross-strait relations‚" Soong told reporters at the airport upon return from his nine-day visit to China. He added Friday that China had announced a number of concrete steps to boost bilateral ties‚ including a promise to push for direct
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30 September 2010 The relation of consumption and investment in China The Financial Times carries a comment by the author of this blog on a column by Martin Wolf‚ its chief economics commentator‚ on the development of consumption in China. Martin Wolf has a justified reputation as probably the world’s most influential economics columnist. However‚ in this case‚ his argument confuses the issue of the low percentage of consumption in China’s GDP with the rate of growth of China’s consumption and
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the cause of the first Opium War in China 1839-1842? The Opium Wars in China are said to have been caused by a number of factors‚ none more so than China’s opinion of Britain. Connections between the two countries began through trading and naturally an awareness of the British people came about . However it was shown that China’s imperial government did not see Britain as a power of any significance- which seems to be related to their sense of imperialism; China believed that they ‘did not need to
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CORRUPTION IN CHINA The domestic challenges facing China during the next few decades are enormous. China faces serious corruption‚ increasing mass unrest‚ enlarged polarization in the personal and regional income distribution‚ increased unemployment and insufficient social safety net‚ shortages of energy and key resources for economic modernization‚ massive migrations from rural areas to urban areas‚ extensive bad debt held by state banks and deep problems in the financial sector‚ excessive public
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How does the Constitution guard from tyranny? Imagine being in world where you are forced to wear certain things. Forced to practice the only religion allowed. Imagine not being able to know what you want‚ when you wanted! The Constitution was made on September 17‚ 1787 in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. It was made to provide the framework for the U.S. government. It creates things like presidency‚ the Congress‚ and the Supreme Court. From May to September of 1787‚ men known as framers were thinking
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How to win Chinese consumers: Competetive strategy of Wal-Mart in China ATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES 1. Jayalakshmi Gopalkrishnan‚ Faculty‚ Asian School Of Business Management‚ Siksha Vihar‚Chandaka‚Bhubaneswar‚India. jaya_gopalkrishnan2006@yahoo.co.in‚9777627771 2. D.Ramalingam‚ Faculty‚ Department of Computing‚ Middle East College of Information Technology‚ Muscat‚ Sultanate of Oman. 3.Dr. V.K.Gupta‚Professor‚ Indian Institute of Management‚Indore‚India 4. R.K Verma‚Associate
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may be looking to China to ‘contract manufacture’ for them as the price there were very competitive. HCF is not match to China growing economy and this new development will definitely cause the downfall of HCF. Jeffrey had garnered the assistance of his senior management team to brainstorm on possible options HCF can look at. Although acknowledging that looking into China is in inevitable‚ the team was divided in the approach to be taken. First proposal is to expand into China with two possible
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Koleski‚ K. (2011). Backgrounder: China ’s 12th Five-Year Plan. U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission. The Economist. (2009‚ June 25). China ’s Predicament. The Economist . The Economist. (2011‚ July 21). Illegal Children Will Be Confiscated. The Economist . Viswanath‚ A. (2012‚ Mar 5). China: getting old before rich. The Financial Express . World Bank. (2009). From Poor Areas to Poor People: China’s Evolving Poverty Reduction Agenda. China Recommendations China’s policy
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While corruption is said to generate inefficiency and retard growth in a country (Ackerman‚ 1997)‚ China manages to deliver astronomical economic growth amidst rampant corruption (Li‚ Peng‚ 2001). To explain China’s puzzle‚ the essay first focuses on the causes of corruption and why it has yet to be eradicated‚ and then analyzes its economic impact in the short and long run. The rise of corruption in China can be attributed to the structure of its economic institutions. Starting off with a unified system
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