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Racial and cultural diversity means that there are‚ according to Professor So‚ different ways of life‚ languages‚ political values and religions existing in a society. (Professor So‚ HKUST lecture‚ 1 November 2012) To determine whether cultural and diversity is essential to the advancement of a globalized society‚ which is a society that trades‚ exchanges‚ or is interconnected with other societies around the globe‚ the effects of diversity on the economic development and the living standard of the
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International Center Admission to a master study at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 1. General information Application must be sent to the central administrative office Uni-ASSIST for every master studies held in German. Their application has to be sent only to the following address: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel c/o UNI-ASSIST e.V. Helmholtzstr. 2-9 D – 10587 Berlin The application forms can also be downloaded at http://www.uni-assist.de/index_en.html. Please notice that you
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China and rare earths Of metals and market forces Is China’s grip on essential minerals loosening? Feb 4th 2012 | HONG KONG | from the print edition ALL that glisters is not gadolinium. Even so‚ that mineral and its 16 “rare earth” cousins—found in everything from batteries to catalytic converters—do help make the modern world go round. And‚ as the world’s manufacturers of such products have been reminded recently‚ China has a chokehold on their production. China’s grip on rare earths first
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The Silk Road is a trading route on the continent of Eurasia that stretches from the vast coast of China all the way to Eastern Europe. The trade route was at its greatest use from 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E. The society that began the Silk Road was the Han Dynasty in China in approximately 200 B.C.E. The Han Dynasty facilitated trade in the east‚ while the Roman Empire facilitated trade in the west and in Europe. The two empires traded many goods‚ as well as cultural aspects of each society’s way of
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outnumbered and the result was an easy victory. So‚ in 1206 Temujin was proclaimed Genghis Khan‚ "emperor of all emperors‚ universal ruler‚ oceanic king and precious warrior" Holding this title with pride‚ he embarked upon his quest to unite all of Mongolia. He began to build a vision of a powerful and expansive Empire. His initial
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Deep in the land of what is now northern and nonwestern China‚ along with present day southern Mongolia‚ lies the cradle of something extraordinary: The Gobi Desert. Today this geographic land mark takes up an astonishing 1‚000 mi from southwest to the northeast end and 500 miles from north to south. It has many different variations of names from the Chinese‚ sometimes reffered to instead as "Shamo" or as "Hanhai" which translates to endless sea. Today the Gobi desert is home to many different types
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Transmission Project China spent 526.5 billion between 2001 and 2010 to funnel electricity from power stations in the interior of the country to the main cities of its coasts. Three main transmission routes were set up‚ sending electricity from Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi province to Beijing and Tianjin‚ from Sichuan to the central regions around Shanghai‚ and from Yunnan‚ Guizhou and Guangxi provinces to China’s factory heartlands around Guangzhou. 2 The South to North Water Transfer Project Setting
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Nations including the Congo and Central African Republic‚ Anomaly of Bolivia in South America and most of Central America and the Caribbean including Panama and Honduras. Other nations in South Asia including India and Pakistan‚ plus Myanmar and Mongolia. Anomalies: Bolivia in South America‚ Libya in Africa‚ North Korea‚ the Balkans in Europe. HIV/AIDS 1. Explain which of the maps is the most useful 2. Using the map on the right describe the distribution of people living with HIV
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built. We want you to know right away that Coleridge is actually talking about a real place and a real guy. Kubla Khan was the grandson of the legendary Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan‚ and he built a summer palace (called Xanadu‚ in English) in Mongolia. Marco Polo visited Xanadu‚ and helped to start the legend of its magnificence. We’re starting with actual history here‚ although by Coleridge’s time Xanadu is already a bit of a legend. Keep this little historical nugget in mind‚ as you read
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