According to tradition‚ Confucius was born in the state of Lu (present-day Shandong Province) of the noble K’ung clan. His original name was K’ung Ch’iu. His father‚ commander of a district in Lu‚ died three years after Confucius was born‚ leaving the family in poverty‚ but Confucius nevertheless received a fine education. He was married at the age of 19 and had one son and two daughters. During the four years immediately after his marriage‚ poverty compelled him to become a sevant for the chief
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Subsides were used to aid Boeing gain a first mover advantage into the emerging airline industry. They were given tax grants for R & D spending or money to develop military technology that could be transferred to civilian projects. Airbus‚ on the other hand‚ was able to enter the market through a $13.5 billion subsidy from governments in France‚ Great Britain‚ Germany‚ and Spain. According to a 1992 agreement between EU-US and the WTO "up to 33 per cent of the program cost was to be met through
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Statement of purpose Architecture is in my opinion not just a demanding science and technology but also a fascinating art. After nearly five years of my undergraduate program as a major of Architecture at Shandong Jianzhu University‚ I became even more determined to pursue my chosen major and corresponding career. Architecture is actually a complicated and comprehensive scientific discipline with a broad range of profound knowledge. China enjoys a long glorious history of architecture‚ but for
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China Electronic Fuel Injection System Report‚ 2014-2017 Summary The evolution of automotive electronic technologies and the growing strict requirements on vehicle’s environmental friendliness has conducted to the electronic control of fuel injection of automobiles in China. It is expected that‚ in the forthcoming years‚ Chinese automotive electronic injection industry will keep a steady growth rate of about 8%. Gasoline electronic injection field: In 2002‚ gasoline engines across China stopped
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Global and China Silica (White Carbon Black) Industry Report‚ 2014-2017 Summary China‚ the world’s largest silica producer‚ had silica capacity of 2.20 million tons in 2013‚ slowing to a year-on-year increase of 8.1% and accounting for 60% of global capacity‚ of which 2.079 million tons were precipitated silica and 118‚000 tons fumed silica‚ rising by 7.44% and 21.15% from a year earlier‚ respectively. Ever-increasing silica capacity is attributed mainly to the increase in downstream demand‚ especially
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The Meiji Restoration of 1868 led to administrative modernization and subsequent rapid economic developments. But Japan did not possess enough natural resources to cope with the rising demand. She needed both overseas markets and sources of raw materials‚ fuelling a drive for imperial conquest which began with the Sino-Japanese War in 1894‚ followed by expansions in Korea and Manchuria. The internal and external circumstances at that time enabled Japan’s expansion in East Asia. One internal factor
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Aaron Chu 4/26/11 Global 4 A New World For China China is in a state of foreign dominance. Europeans and Japanese are taking over its territory. The people have lost faith in their government and they want to start a new one. Revolutionary parties begin to rise and expand. They want their government to get rid of the Europeans and Japanese but they aren’t able to. They have to take matters into their own hands. The people are started to learn from the westerners and they want
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Often in history‚ the process of Modernization is mistaken for Westernization. What people call Westernization refers to the act of adopting the culture and lifestyle in order to improve. However‚ Modernization is process for transitions in social‚ economic‚ and political systems yet understanding that a country does not have to compromise their values and culture. Thinking in social structures and cultures‚ Modernity incorporates the development of traditional values. It recognizes that certain
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www.ccsenet.org/ass Asian Social Science Vol. 6‚ No. 9; September 2010 On a Personal Experience of Cultural Adaptation ---From the Perspective of Microculture Lisha Liu Qindao College‚ Qingdao Techonological University 79 Tie Qi Shan Street‚ Chengyang‚ Qingdao 266106‚ China E-mail: olivia_lisha@126.com Abstract This paper‚ from the perspective of microculture‚ mainly explores how the cultural anthropological theory “cultural adaptation” works on a personal experience of a student
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THE MINISTRY OF SCINCE AND EDUCATION KAZAKH ABLAY KHAN UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND WORLD LANGUAGES Faculty of Oriental Studies Project Work Theme: Study abroad Made by: Chilanova Fariza group 303
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