Great China A Comparative Study of the CCTV Spring Festival Galas‚ 1984-86 and 2004-06 Xiaoyan Xu Thesis submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts In Political Science Dr. Timothy W. Luke‚ Chair Dr. Scott G. Nelson Dr. Yannis Stivachtis June 7‚ 2007 Blacksburg‚ VA Keywords: China‚ TV‚ CCTV‚ Spring Festival‚ ideology‚ nationalism‚ media‚ symbolic politics
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Easter in Russia As you may know Russia has been claimed to be a religion center during the scores of decades. Russian people honor their traditions and most of them follow the Orthodox religion. That is why Easter in Russia is one of the most important religion events for whole nation. This holiday is dedicated to the resurrection from the dead of Jesus and rooted in the Christianity history. So at this holiday tens of thousands of people flocked to the country’s churches to attend solemn midnight
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The holy month of Ramadan is speedily came to an end bringing so many cheers‚ laughter‚ mirth and celebration for the muslims all over the world. Eid ul fitr celebrates the completion of the month of Ramadan‚ in which muslims fast and increase their spiritual devotions and is meant to be a recognition the material and spiritual favour of God to his creation. On this day‚ Muslims all over the world thank god for the gift of fasting‚ in which they avoided food‚ drink and intercourse from down to
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Other notable annual occasions Easter is far less important than Christmas in Britain. Although it involves a four-day weekend‚ there are very few customs and habits associated generally with it‚ other than the mountains of chocolate Easter eggs which children consume. Some people preserve the tradition of eating hot cross buns on Good Friday (Calendar of special occasions). Quite a lot of people go away on holiday as this time. Bc in this time has Valentine’s day (St. Valentine’s Day and Gretna
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Unilever Financial Analysis Thuy Tran Tania Vaswani Pardis Anvari Taran Kandhari 13981068 14042506 14105445 14008599 1 Table of Contents 1-Executive summary ......................................................................................................................... 3 2-Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1-About FMCG Industry.............................
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• 2.1 PEST-analysis In the following‚ the analysis of the political‚ economic‚ social and technological factors leads to a description of the macro environment of the computer industry. a) Political Political factors include government regulations and legal issues determining the conditions under which companies have to operate. In this field‚ the computer industry has to face certain restraints. Problems can arise in countries where political stability is not guaranteed‚ no matter whether
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Festivals and special events are a growing business in the world’s current trends. With special events growing and generating more and more money for communities and nations this assignment will take an in depth look how special events and festival have a positive and negative effect on the environment the economy‚ society and culture. Festivals especially have developed dramatically since the first known weekend long concerts in California in the summer of 67. With new technology and production
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Country Analysis Report: Canada‚ In-depth PESTLE Insights OVERVIEW REFERENCE CODE: ML00002-006 PUBLICATION DATE: Aug 2012 WWW.MARKETLINEINFO.COM © MARKETLINE. THIS PROFILE IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED Country Analysis Report: Canada‚ In-depth PESTLE Insights ML00002-006 © MARKETLINE THIS PROFILE IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Catalyst This profile analyzes the political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ legal‚ and environmental (PESTLE)
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Pestle analysis draft Political: Employment laws: employees have to make sure that they are following the employability laws and employ the people who are entitled to work in UK and providing them with the minimum wages as per the law. Economic: Price competition: A very important factor for the convenience stores in UK the small chain stores such as Londis and Crosscutter will have a increased competition within the industry from small and independent convenience stores. Not only those they
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When I was 5 years old‚ I was adorable. Not to sound boastful‚ but it’s true. I look at photos of myself back then‚ and I don’t recognize that little boy. I had blond hair‚ blue eyes‚ and a winning smile. All I can think is‚ What the heck? I peaked in preschool? But I was 5‚ and like all kids that age‚ I didn’t know what I had. In fact‚ I didn’t want to be 5. I wanted to be 6. Now I’m 37‚ and I’m rethinking things. It’s not that I mind being entrenched in my thirties. It’s just that‚ like so many
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