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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Your research on China is interesting. It is true that China is a big player in the global market and a major importer and exporter of the United States. A bilateral relationship between the two countries is beneficial as United States and China are dependent on each other for many things. Another dimension of culture that is integrated in business is the gender inequality in China. Despite the Chinese law that indicates equal rights for male and female in every aspect of life‚ gender discriminations
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Roman Women and Wives in Ancient Rome The ancient Roman world was vastly different from the world we live in today; the advancements of technology and the modern buildings are two huge improvements we hold over the ancient Romans. With that being said‚ one of the biggest differences is how we view women today versus how they viewed them thousands of years ago in Rome. Women were not allowed to do many things‚ including holding any position of authority. However‚ that is not to confuse that with
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only encouraged; it is a way of life. The highly developed education systems in China give students a significant advantage in a globalized economy because of their cultural views‚ a wide variety of studied subjects‚ and the competitive nature of society. Culture in China is a huge factor contributing to the education of their students. A big part of their culture is wealth. Although the cost of education in China is negligible by Western standards‚ when you consider the country’s GDP and the
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Two of the most significant empires of the classical period were the Rome empire and the Han dynasty. Both of these nations developed a well built Bureaucracy‚ emphasis on family‚ and boasted the invention of many technological advances. These two powerhouses still affect our everyday lives. However‚ all good things must come to an end. Both empires experienced problems of equal distribution of wealth. Massive gaps developed between the people of the upper class‚ and the people of the lower class
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time of the Warring States period to the time of the Mongols and the Yuang Dynasty. There were changes between politics and government‚ but also some similarities that helped China grow while also not maintaining the same structures that were successful‚ but did not prevail forever‚ because change was needed. From the Qin‚ Han‚ Sui‚ Tang‚ Song‚ and Yuang dynasties‚ many differences occurred in government and education structures while also maintaining things like Confucianism. Many people were frustrated
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The Book Thief; the book is placed in Nazi Germany. Hans’ ability to avoid death has often left Hans’ depressed or feeling like “It should have been me” (Zusak 477). This state of mind leads him to make the decision to Shelter Max‚ who is the son of his Jewish friend‚ Erik‚ who saved his life during the war. Hans Hubermann is an uncommon person‚ one who will accept death‚ although he has miraculously avoided death three times in the book. Hans’ ability to survive and his particular readiness for
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In any play by the well-known William Shakespeare‚ there is bound to be plenty of meat on the bone in regards to the script. Underneath the concrete elements of character‚ plot and theme there are very complex and unique ideas and images. Throughout one of Shakespeare’s more established plays‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ many images are evoked through the playwright’s mastery--one of the key ones being the violence that envelopes the world of Verona. Shakespeare produces fantastic visions of violence in the
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I lik jjjc As the novel opens‚ Cisneros addresses the problem of poverty and the suffering of someone in it. In the first vignette‚ "The House on Mango Street"‚ Esperanza has recently moved into a new house. One of the nun caretakers at Esperanza’s school saw her outside her house. When asked where she lived Esperanza showed her and the nun replied "you live there? The way she said it made me feel like nothing. There. I lived there. I nodded" (Cisneros 5). The nun makes Esperanza feels sad and that
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lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal of Hospitality Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ijhosman Are lodging customers ready to go green? An examination of attitudes‚ demographics‚ and eco-friendly intentions Heesup Han a‚∗ ‚ Li-Tzang Jane Hsu b‚1 ‚ Jin-Soo Lee c‚2 ‚ Chwen Sheu d‚3 a Department of Tourism Management‚ College of Business Administration at Dong-A University‚ Bumin-dong 2-ga‚ Seo-gu‚ Busan 602-760‚ Republic of Korea College of Business Administration
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