International Financial Centre Comparison Hong Kong and Shanghai Both Shanghai and Hong Kong are ranked in the top five global financial centre according to GFCI‚ 2011[1]. Shanghai keeps up with Hong Kong in finance field in the recent years. We pick up four criteria including diversity of financial products‚ availability of qualified staff‚ taxation of capital gains and local currency convertibility to compare Hong Kong and Shanghai. Diversity of financial products The diversities of financial
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1. Beginning of elderly care insurance in Japan Nowadays‚ many developed countries are all faced with a problem: aging of population‚ among which‚ Japanese is the country with the most serious aging in the world. The ones who were born during the baby boom in World War II will be 65 years old soon‚ so that the population of the elderly in Japan will increase rapidly. Meanwhile‚ the birth rate in Japan has continued to drop since from 1980s. The decreasing of birth rate and the increasing of elderly
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If Nanjing Road Walkway represents the prosperity and commerce of modern Shanghai‚ then the Yu Garden and City God Temple will represent the traditional side of Shanghai. Yu Garden is also called Yuyuan Garden‚ and it is located near the City God Temple from the old Shanghai (Yuyuan Tourist Market‚ 2008). The old City God temple’s temple fair gradually developed into a most ancient commercial area of Shanghai‚ and there have all kinds of snack restaurant‚ with antique shops and small commodity
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cities such as shanghai or to remain in their rural villages. Important factors such as career opportunities‚ education for their children and cost of living that will be discussed in this paper‚ all influence both sides of the comparison. Although both rural and urban livings offer great benefits‚ they both have some number of drawbacks as well. Nevertheless I believe that young newlywed couples living in the rural provinces of Henan have to migrate to urbanized cities such as Shanghai in order to
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national character. The future of China and how the Chinese people see their own history is currently at a crossroads as the citizens strive to enter the global community. One of the memorable quotes from the Shanghai Historical Museum is “The reason for our looking for the past traces of Shanghai now is to the know the yesterday‚ think today and spur on ourselves tomorrow rather than to have a nostalgia for the past prosperity.” China’s ambitions have always been tangled by a sense of national identity
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18-24 October 2009‚ Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center‚ Shanghai‚ PRC Strategic Leadership for GMS Cooperation Learning Program Leadership: — theory and practice LI Kouqing Asia-pacific Finance and Development Center 18-24 October 2009‚ Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center‚ Shanghai‚ PRC Strategic Leadership for GMS Cooperation Learning Program Outline • • • • • • Introduction Leadership effectiveness Leadership and Power Strategic leadership Leadership
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Challenges Hong Kong Faced from Shanghai as an International Financial Centre 09815346D YUE Pujue (Betty) The day that Shanghai’s financial system is protected behind the thick walls of a closed account has gone away. When China’s State Council revealed the plan to develop Shanghai into a multi-functional international financial centre by 2020 in the late March 2009‚ Shanghai rapidly responded to the call by increasing its financial industry output value as a share of
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1. Is Shanghai the right choice to locate an SAP Research Lab in Asia? What competitive advantage does this location provide? Discuss the positives and negatives of this location considering the overall SAP Research Strategy. Although Shanghai provides some competitive advantages‚ it is not the right choice for SAP to locate its research lab in Asia. Shanghai provides the following competitive advantages as one of SAP’s choices to locate its SAP Research Lab in Asia: • Large potential Chinese
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have open communication with farmers‚ you’re supporting the local farming industry. However‚ this diet is much easier said than done—especially in Shanghai. The 100-mile diet is very popular in America where people care about what they are eating. That isn’t the case in Shanghai. One of the biggest struggles when it comes to the 100-mile diet in Shanghai is actually knowing truthfully where your food is coming from. Often times‚ waiters‚ cooks‚ and staff simply don’t know because it’s
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