4th pERIOD | China | Report on China | | Willie Thomas | 11/6/2012 | | Table of Contents History‚ Culture‚ Clothing 3 Religion‚ Food‚ Major Languages 4 Bibliography 5 China History China’s first great thinker and teacher name was Confucius. He came up with the golden rule‚ which stated: “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” Confucius urged people to “measure the feelings of others by one’s own‚” for “within the four seas all
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Dynastic cycle a critical component of Chinese society? China had a large population. A strong centralized government was needed to keep order. With a strong government China was able to expand its population. The dynastic cycle was a critical component of Chinese society because once one dynasty grew weak; a new dynasty could come in and start fresh to fix the issues. The new dynasty would start out strong and develop communities with a strong economy. Then‚ that dynasty would grow weaker and fall victim
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Planned Economy: "The social good" In a planned economy‚ the factors of production are owned and managed by the government. Thus the Government decides what to produce‚ how much to produce and for whom to produce. Features: • All resources are owned and managed by the government • No consumer OR producer choice • The market forces can’t set the price for goods or services • Profit is not the main objective‚ the government aims to provide services and goods to everybody • Government decides
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Lessig presented the topic of “corruption in our government” in his book. There were two element that he went by‚ bad governance and lost trust. By bad governance‚ he meant the “government doesn’t track the expressed will of the people‚ whether on the Left or on the Right” (Lessig 2011: 8) and by lost of trust‚ he meant “when democracy seems a charade‚ we lost faith in the process” (Lessig 2011: 9). By this‚ he is means that these two element makes up corruption‚ how these two element connects
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ECON 0602: Lecture 5 Topics China and the WTO WTO and its rules China’s entry to the WTO Trade frictions China’s Foreign Trade: Special Issues China’s FTA: CEPA Sino-US trade imbalance China’s exchange rate Export and employment 1 © HKU ECON 0602 Larry QIU 2/153 What is WTO? China and the WTO: Questions/issues General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT‚ 1947-1994) What is WTO? 1947‚ Geneva‚ 23 (including China)‚ now 148+ Most Favored Nation Principle
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America has dealt with many up and downs‚ when comes to its economy. Therefore programs like the welfare have been created and designed in order to help society get back on their feet. Yet many different questions arise throughout the country‚ when it comes to welfare aid programs. Such questions like‚ welfare benefits pays more that an entry level job? Or the welfare is being too generous to lower class people. As a result in my macro economy class each student was assigned with a very interesting article
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The Birth of the Republic Edmund S. Morgan Notes James Otis – 1765 “Were these colonies left to themselves tomorrow‚ America would be a mere shambles of blood and confusion . . . . there would soon be civil war from one end of the continent to the other.” 20 years later these same people united to create a government that has had a longer continuous existence than that of any Western country except England. P. 8 - Colonial governors helpless to take action without the assistance of the
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The Czech Republic is an often overlooked nation that shares a border with Germany to the west‚ Poland to the northeast‚ Slovakia to the east‚ and Austria to the south. The history of the Czech Republic has been marred by repression and internal strife since the formation of the nation. What is now known as the Czech Republic was once known as the communist Czechoslovakia. When the communist regime fell out of power in 1989‚ the socioeconomic reforms that occurred thereafter caused a disproportionate
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REPUBLIC ACT 6939: An Act Creating the Cooperative Development Authority | The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) is a government agency created by virtue of Republic Act No. 6939 in compliance with the provisions of Section 15‚ Article XII of the Philippine Constitution of 1987 which mandates Congress to create an agency to promote the viability and growth of cooperatives as instruments for equity‚ social justice and economic development. RA 6939 was signed into law on March 10‚ 1990.
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focuses on two systems of economy‚ that is Market economy and Command economy. Basically there are four types of economy: Traditional Economy: As the word says‚ Traditional economy is an economic system in which traditions‚ customs and beliefs of the economy guides the production of goods and services. Command Economy Command economy is a system in which government plays a major role in taking the production decision for goods and services in the economy. Market Economy Under this system‚ goods and
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