CHAPTER 21 SHADOWS OVER THE PACIFIC: EAST ASIA UNDER CHALLENGE ____________________________________________ CHAPTER OUTLINE I. The Decline of the Manchus A. Opium and Rebellion 1. In 1800‚ the Qing dynasty was at the height of its power a. Peace‚ prosperity‚ secure borders‚ cultural accomplishments b. But peasant unrest‚ corruption‚ royal incompetence c. Population growth‚ to 400 million by 1900 2. West/Britain frustrated with limitations on trade a. British
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Thailand – Northern Malaysian border. • Malaysia granted exploration rights in oil-rich waters off the coast of Borneo; increased tensions with Indonesia. • Terrorism has occurred in Thailand and Indonesia; most notably the Bali bomb of 2002. ECONOMIC ASPECTS • AirAsia holds 49% of Thai AirAsia with 1% held by a Thai individual. The remaining 50% is held by Shin Corp.‚ owned by the former Thailand prime minister‚ Thaksin Shinawatra. Shin Corp. has financial strength‚ synergy in information technology
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CONTENT 1. What is microfinance? 2. NORAD’s principles and focus 3. Microfinance and Norwegian development cooperation 4. Principles for building pro-poor financial systems Annex 1: Microfinance and poverty reduction Annex 2: Microfinance market niches and approaches Annex 3: Background papers 1. What is microfinance? Microfinance can be defined as provision of a broad range of client-responsive financial services
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1. Which internal and external factors have helped Reliance group to grow into its current position? Reliance group is an example of a well-managed company that has been able to take advantage of interior competitive advantage possibilities as well as exterior ones. On one hand‚ Reliance started out with Dhirubai Ambani by borrowing money from the Indian government‚ shifting towards textiles made out of synthetic plastic fibers and receiving benefits from government incentives and political
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Cambodia Music Cambodian Art music is highly influenced by ancient forms as well as Hindu forms. Religious dancing‚ many of which depict stories and ancient myths‚ are common. Some dances are accompanied by a pinpeat orchestra‚ which includes a ching (cymbal)‚ roneat (bamboo xylophone)‚ pai au(flute)‚ sralai (oboe)‚ chapey (bass banjo)‚ gong (bronze gong)‚ tro (fiddle)‚ and various kinds of drums. Each movement the dancer makes refers to a specific idea‚ including abstract concepts like today (pointing
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BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (HONS) COURSEWORK Year 2012 MONTH SEPTEMBER Subject MGT4513 STRATEGIC AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT Weightage 25% Submission Date 25TH OCTOBER 2012 Regulations A. Late Submission A 10% deduction per day of total coursework marks (excluding weekends and public holidays). Late submission between 5 to 10 days‚ results in a 50% deduction of total coursework marks. Late submission past 10 days results in an automatic 0% for coursework and the student
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higher compared to the overall insurance industry growth within the same period. (Cotham‚ 2010) The main contributing factors for this trend have been the rapid growth of the Chinese economy leading to higher per capital income and the multiple economic reforms leading foreign companies to enter the insurance industry. In addition‚ the regulations introduced in 2003 played a major factor for the bancassurance growth. These regulations permitted banks to have multiple insurers as suppliers (“many-to-many”
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i)Abstract The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement(TPPA) seems to have reached a crossroads; it could either create greater opportunities and be a building block towards achieving economic intergration with the members involved in both Asia and the Pacific‚ or adversely be the undoing causing formation of barriers between two large trade blocks which will work independently of one another. TPPA is not just an ordinary Free Trade Agreement(FTA)‚ it is an opportunity to set a trade agenda for future
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Air Asia A. Introduction 1. Objective and scope This paper will analyze the internal and external environment of Air Asia and will look into how it uses Management Information System ( MIS )‚ specifically its online reservation system to gain competitive advantage. And also discuss why and how important is MIS to Air Asia in running its business. 2. The Important of MIS Low Cost Carriers (LCC) business model is based on no frills service. This means that cost savings is a critical success factor
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The Geopolitics of South Asia From Early Empires to the Nuclear Age Graham P. Chapman Centre for Advanced Study‚ Oslo‚ Norway Professor Emeritus of Geography‚ Lancaster University‚ UK From Chapter 14 The Greater Game The New Security Agenda The United Nations Development Programme in 1997 outlined the seven areas of new security; economic‚ nutritional‚ health‚ environmental‚ personal‚ community and political. Since then the more crystallised term ‘New Security Agenda’ has been pushing
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