FINAL PAPER DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN CHINA A CASE STUDY ON THE 2008 SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE OR THE GREAT SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC‚ POLITICAL AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF CHINA China is located in East Asia. It is bordering the East China Sea‚ Korea Bay‚ Yellow Sea‚ and South China Sea‚ between North Korea and Vietnam. Officially China is the People ’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ founded in 1949 after the Communist Party defeated the previously dominant nationalist Kuomintang
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May 2008‚ a memorial tragedy has carved our heart. More than 60‚000 of our compatriots died in the Great Sichuan Earthquake. It was a once-in-a-year strong earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.8 measured in the Richter scale. The province where the earthquake took place‚ Sichuan‚ is in western China and its capital is named Chengdu. It is surrounded by the Sichuan Basin. In the Great Sichuan earthquake‚ the epicenter was in Wenchuan County‚ Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture‚ which is
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Sichuan Earthquake (Natural Disasters in China) The 2008 Sichuan earthquake or the Great Sichuan Earthquake was a deadly earthquake that occurred on Monday‚ May 12‚ 2008 in Sichuan province of China‚ killing an estimated 68‚000 people. It is also known as the Wenchuan earthquake ‚ after the location of the earthquake’s epicenter‚Wenchuan County in Sichuan province. The epicenter was 80 kilometres (50 mi) west-northwest of Chengdu‚ the capital of Sichuan‚ with a focal depth of 19 kilometres (12 mi)
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South Beauty-branded Chinese dishes. * Innovation. The company is regarded as an innovative company‚ with 55 percent annual growth. The South Beauty restaurant also introduced several innovations and improvements with regard to traditional Sichuan food‚ not only in terms of
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cuisine in my mind. Second‚ Sichuan cuisine has a long history. Sichuan cuisine has a really long history and it can be dated back to the period of Qin Dynasty. (Wikipedia) Nowadays‚ Sichuan cuisine has been famous for all over the world. And Sichuan restaurants exist in many areas in the world. Even President Obama also enjoys this kind of delicious food. (Z&Y restaurant) Sichuan cuisine mainly uses soy sauce‚ vinegar and sauce. Without these relishes‚ the taste of Sichuan cuisine will degrade. Besides
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is a hotel management and holding company. It is a subsidiary company of Sun Hung Kai Property Limited (SHK). 2. Introduction Nowadays‚ SHK decided to expand the hospitality industry into the China market‚ the desire market in Sichuan province – Chengdu and the proposed Hotel is part of a residential development project located on Remin South Road‚ bordered by Tongzilin Zhong Road and Tongzilin South Road. As a marketing manager‚ we have to work out the market and financial
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------------------------------------------------- Time and Space Metaphors in LI Bai’s “Shu-dao Nan” (Risky Road to Sichuan) ------------------------------------------------- Vanessa Cai Course：Psychological‚ Mythological and Archetypal Approaches to Literature Date: 2012/5/10 Generally acknowledged that LI Bai created “Shu-dao Nan” approximately in 742-744 BC‚ Changan‚ the capital city of Tang Dynasty‚ for his friend WANG Yan who prepared to go to Sichuan. LI Bai warned his friend to return to Changan as early as possible‚ if not
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is often referred to as a famous historical town. It’s one of the best preserved ancient towns in China. Langzhong city is a 2300-year-old city located in Nanchong‚ Sichuan Province. It is located in the north-east of the Sichuan basin and the middle reach of the Jialing River. The city is known as the wonderland of Sichuan. In terms of the geography of Langzhong‚ it is best to imagine the area as a main center surrounded by countless mountains and rivers with the northern part is higher
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In order to spread chinese culture to the world‚ I choose this subject about the Giant Buddihsm in Leshan Sichuan Province. In this paper‚ I will introduce ancient stories about the Giant Buddihsm‚ and some figures related to it. First‚ I will try to analysis these pages by myself‚ and then use some tools‚ like transgod to help me‚ and after that‚ I will send it to my supervisor and accept his advice‚ to correct some mistakes or revise some of my contents. Of course‚ during my translation‚ I will
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Milestones in Hong Kong and China |Year | |Development | | | | | |1993 | |Officially incorporated in Hong Kong. Received nonprofit status from Hong Kong’s Internal Revenue Department. | | | |
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