situation in China: problems and consequences. The demographic situation in People’s Republic of China is one of the burning issues nowadays widely discussed in the global community. Today‚ China’s population is over 1.3 billion‚ the largest of any country in the world. So every 5th person in the world is coming from China. The population of China is greater than the entire world 150 years ago. Every year the population of China increases by 14 million people (the number of people in Texas or Chile)
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The late Roman Republic‚ from Gracchi through Augustus Rome: almost complete control of Mediterranean Senate: * 300 members * Nobiles: control power in Senate * Novus homo: new member of Senate Senator Ideologies: 1. Optimates: senators in favor of status quo (conservative-keep senate in power) 2. Populares: senators who wanted support of peoplepower is in Council of Plebs/Tribunes Reasons for the Land Problem * The backbone of the Roman state and army was the small
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Policymakers Do with The Real Estate Bubble China’s Urbanization and Real Estate Bubble China’s urbanization over the past few decades has been so fast that the country’s urban population has jumped from just about 10% in 1949‚ when the People’s Republic of China was established‚ to nowadays over 50%. Looking back China’s history of modern urbanization‚ the rapid urbanization actually began from 1978‚ when the country opened the door to the world with Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping’s economic reform. According
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“The die is cast” - Julius Caesar The expansion of Rome‚ the ruling of Julius Caesar and his death‚ and the civil war that followed his death all led to the collapse of the Roman Republic. The expansion of Rome created political‚ social‚ and economical changes. Politically‚ the government did not change to suit the expanding of Rome. The economic changes were that poor farmers could not afford anymore to compete with the estates run by slaves‚ so they sold their
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Is it worth losing a republic in order to gain an empire? For: The age of Augustus could be shown as classic example of the benefits of having a empire instead of a republic. He himself ascended to the throne after the assassination of his adopted father and‚ brought peace throughout the total empire which lasted for over two centuries. This was possible as he successfully defeated all the threatening forces to the empire. “Indeed he attracted everybody’s goodwill by the enjoyable gift of peace
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Plato’s The Republic By the beginning of Book II of Plato’s The Republic‚ many questions have been brought upon the table involving the definition of justice. Polemarchus argues that justice is doing good to your friends and harm to your enemies. Thrasymachus argues that justice is the advantage of the stronger. Socrates finds flaws in both of these definitions‚ but discovers another important question about the nature of justice. Socrates wants to know whether the just life or the unjust life is
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Civil War and the Destruction of the Republic By the time Gaius Marius became a consul in 107 B.C.E.‚ opposition to reform was widespread within the Senate. Nevertheless‚ Marius reorganized the military by allowing landless citizens to join the army in return for land as a retirement pension. He then created a professional army with standardized training and equipment that was more effective for waging the growing number of extended military campaigns the Republic was involved in. Because their pensions
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Free market economy stimulates greater economy growth‚ whereas state-directed or command economy stifles growth. Discuss. An economy can be defined as the production of the nation in a period and consumption of goods and services. The two main systems of economy are free market economies and command economy. There are lots of arguments about which is better for the growth of nation’s economy. This essay is about both the two economic systems and how they impact the growth of economies‚ it will be
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prominent challenges facing China in coming years: dependence on imported oil‚ rising ratio of energy consumption to GDP‚ and environmental degradation (Fewsmith 246). While all of these issues are in one way or another being discussed by China’s policy makers‚ they are far behind the U.S. in amending their policies for the better. For example‚ though China’s energy bureau has doubled their staff from 50 to 112‚ this number is still minuscule compared to the US Department of Energy’s 14‚713 staff members. - China has
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macroeconomic situation in the United States of America according to the article Economy in the United States that it is the world’s largest national economy‚ but has been going through a shaky economy. In 2010 the nominal GDP was around $14.7 trillion dollars. It also is a very high output when looking purchasing capita. The U.S. is one of the largest trading nations in the world with its three largest partners being Canada‚ China‚ and Mexico. According to CNN Money.com since there has been financial troubles
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