Real Estate Bubble China’s urbanization over the past few decades has been so fast that the country’s urban population has jumped from just about 10% in 1949‚ when the People’s Republic of China was established‚ to nowadays over 50%. Looking back China’s history of modern urbanization‚ the rapid urbanization actually began from 1978‚ when the country opened the door to the world with Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping’s economic reform. According to the official statistics‚ China’s rate of urbanization
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outsourcing American Jobs. One side may contend that the lowered wages in China would aid in revamping the economy while the other would claim that jobs should be brought back to America. Los Angeles Times journalist Tony Barboza’s assertion that outsourcing of United States labor to China is equally as detrimental to the country as it is beneficial is effective in that the level of pollution carried across the Pacific Ocean from China ultimately defeats the purpose of outsourcing. According to a study
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China’s Pollution Problem China‚ one of the worlds largest industrial powers‚ is now facing a difficult situation. China’s industries rely largely on coal power which emits harmful gases‚ causing intense air pollution. The Chinese government‚ in fear that the country would fall in a recession‚ has not done much to stop these industries‚ so China has become the second largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world. The types of pollution created by this include air pollution and water pollution‚ both
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THE SUPERMARKETIZATION OF CHINA AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHINESE RETAIL INDUSTRY AND TESCO’S STRATEGIC POSITION WITHIN IT Prepared by: Martin Witthoeft Module Title: Strategic Management Module Leader: Graham Webster Module Code: BC315017S Academic Year: 2008/9 Semester: One Level: 3 Submitted: 17 December 2008 Table of Contents 1. The Supermarketization of China ..................................................................................... 1 1.1. 1.2. China - Land of Opportunity .
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Maldives rising sea levels Population: 309‚000 Birth rate: 22.5 per 1000 Death rate: 3.5 per 1000 Republic of Maldives lies in the Indian Ocean as one of the flattest countries in the world‚ it is extremely vulnerable to rising sea level and the possibility of the country underwater in this century. The maldives consists of 1‚190 islands‚ Given mid–level scenarios for global warming emissions‚ 17 the Maldives is projected to experience sea level rise on the order of 1.5 feet (half
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Individualism - the lack of it or the excess of it - has often been considered a major problem in the modernization of China. In the early decades of this century reformers championed individualism in opposition to traditional authority in both thought and social life‚ and especially in opposition to the "Confucian" family system. Others contended that what thwarted China’s modernization was not the absence of individualism but rather a surplus of it. The common term for "individualism"
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CHINA AN ECONOMIC OVERVIEW The rapid rise of China as a major economic power within a time span of about three decades is often described by analysts as one of the greatest economic success stories in modern times. From 1979 (when economic reforms began) to 2011‚ China’s real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an average annual rate of nearly 10%. From 1980 to 2011‚ real GDP grew 19-fold in real terms‚ real per capita GDP increased 14-fold‚ and an estimated 500 million people were raised
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China Coin Politics in Children’s Novels: The China Coin by Suzanne Wilson Novels for children which encompass notions about history‚ about culture‚ and about politics‚ have been around ever since a ’children’s literature’ was recognised as something distinct from books for adults. Indeed it is difficult to imagine something more political in its content and aspirations than Charles Kingsley’s The Water Babies. But what is interesting today in the light of books for children now being
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CORRUPTION IN CHINA The domestic challenges facing China during the next few decades are enormous. China faces serious corruption‚ increasing mass unrest‚ enlarged polarization in the personal and regional income distribution‚ increased unemployment and insufficient social safety net‚ shortages of energy and key resources for economic modernization‚ massive migrations from rural areas to urban areas‚ extensive bad debt held by state banks and deep problems in the financial sector‚ excessive public
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the cause of the first Opium War in China 1839-1842? The Opium Wars in China are said to have been caused by a number of factors‚ none more so than China’s opinion of Britain. Connections between the two countries began through trading and naturally an awareness of the British people came about . However it was shown that China’s imperial government did not see Britain as a power of any significance- which seems to be related to their sense of imperialism; China believed that they ‘did not need to
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