Essays on China

How the history of Vietnam and China were intertwined from 111 B.C. to 1500

The people who inhabited Vietnam were believed to have originated from Indonesia and settled in Vietnam’s Tonkin Delta. Archaeologists have traced the prehistoric migration by using stone tools that were used in Vietnam 10,000 years ago. Numerous developments took place throughout Vietnam and China from 111 B.C. to 1500. People who moved to Vietnam brought their technology, culture and language from China. Vietnam was colonized by the Han Dynasty ...

- Market and Global Representation of Bupa

Bupa provides several health solutions including but not limited to; health insurance and other health funding products, primary care centres and hospitals, home healthcare, chronic disease management, workplace health services and care services which comprises of nursing homes, retirement villages and resident homes. Bupa has approximately 12 million customers spread across over 190 countries in the world as at 2012. The business of Bupa is divided into five major market units; United Kingdom, International PMI, international development market, Spain and Latin America domestic, and Australia and new ...

- There were a number of similarities between China under the Han and the Roman Empire. Why do you think that was so? Was it simply historical accident? Do those aspects of empire imply some sort of empire-building process common throughout the world? Why or why not?

China and Rome were both land empires, based mostly on agriculture, as were all other empires before the industrial revolution over the last 200 years. These two empires developed along similar lines even though they had no contact with each other, given the extremely slow communications and travel times of that era. ...

Introduction

Managers in organizations of all types and sizes faces opportunities as well as challenges, for instance, the national culture, in managing global environment, and therefore it is important for them to have a good understanding of the global environment. A manager in a foreign country is faced with many new challenges that make it very hard for the manager to effectively manage the organization in such a global environment. It is therefore, important to have cultural knowledge of a particular country that the manager intends to engage in business with because every country believes in different cultures that can ...

Information for my community that explains and promotes Taoism

Taoism, also referred to as Daoism, is an ancient tradition of religious belief and philosophy that is rooted in the Chinese worldview and customs. Taoism means the way and it is a creative principle of the world where things are connected and unified. It was one of the most famous religions practiced in china (Smith, 1998). It was believed to have originated in china 2000 years ago. Taoism has many deities in the universe and they are worshipped in temples known as Taoists. It promotes spiritual immortality, righteousness, self development and achievement of harmony with nature. Its practices include ...

- Origins: Taoism, also known as Daoism, is an indigenous religion which found its inception in China. It is associated with the Daode jing which is a political and philosophical text written by Laozi around 3rd-4th century B.C. It came into existence as an organized religion after the Way of the Celestial Masters sect was founded by Daoling. This sect and others engaged in ritual practices. Taoism propagates a harmony among nature, humanity and the divine.

- Deity: A vast pantheon of gods and goddesses are recognized, although Taoism does not acknowledge that any deity that are eternal or ...

Major focus in this paper will be on china and subsequent cross-cultural factors which significantly affect the market approach and business strategy a business undertakes. Additionally, china is one of the countries in the world enriched with diverse social and cultural practices. On the other hand, china has a diverse business culture which needs to be put into consideration before starting any market approach. Therefore, there is always a greater urge to have a cultural consultant in taking any measures concerning the market. Consequently, Chinese culture may significantly affect the performance and profitability of the company.

Generally, china has ...

Question 1

The mobilization of the labor and energy resources for constructing monumental architectural structures was usually done by powerful society members who had the capability of recruiting as well as managing the labor and energy needed for the building of monumental landmarks. Sometimes it was done through force. Usually, the monumental landmarks conveyed messages of power of rulers as well as their strength.

The Historical Great Wall of China, a monumental structure was symbol of wealth, power and prestige of the Chinese empire of the 7th century. Apart from being an iconic symbol of the Chinese empire, the Great Wall ...

Introduction

The postclassical countries are the countries that have undergone the classical stage whereby they have developed in economical perspective. The postclassical countries, these countries include India, Greece/Rome and china. They are the countries s after the classical for example the countries that come after the classical were characterized by the technological advancement. Byzantium and Abbasid were among the postclassical countries, which are characterized by the modernization in the economical perspective, the use of machinery in production and a rather more advanced technology.

Greece followed Rome and Rome itself followed the Byzantium that latter changed and founded the Russia. China ...

Question 1 (a)

The year 1990 was the beginning of China’s growth in terms of Gross capital formation. China was constantly lacking behind in terms of gross capital formation in decades earlier than 1990 but in 1990 and onwards, China was able to take the lead from US and Japan with capital formation of more than $3T.

The rapid boom in export from the year 2002 brough significant changes in China’s export. Such a boom not only helped China to establish a strong export base but also helped China in taking the lead from United States. In the year 2010, ...

Negotiation styles among different groups are entrenched in their customs and background. Negotiations are used by different groups to arrive at a common ground on certain issues and problem (Lewicki, Barry & Saunders , 2010). The negotiation depends on different variables such as people, circumstance, time and position of power. People in high positions of power have a high probability of getting aggressive on their negotiation platform.

The Americans have a tendency of picking up the phone and immediately starting the negotiation. The direct mode of negotiation may scare away clients who would see their mode of business as aggressive and ...

Hungry Ghosts: Mao’s Secret Famine. By Jasper Becker. New York: Holt Paperbacks, 1998. 416 pp.

Introduction: Hungry Ghosts is an intense book. Even though recent articles and books have disclosed that it was the Great Leap Forward that caused the famine that engulfed China, however, Jasper Becker clarifies the entire destruction of the time through his alluring interviews and graphic stories. Becker places the blame for the horrors directly and uncompromising on Mao Zedong’s shoulders. After all, these events took place during Mao’s watch. However, Becker does not stop there; he proceeds to argue that Mao ...

Introduction

Human behaviour is motivated by a large number of factors and religious beliefs are one of them. Religious beliefs always exert a powerful influence on the culture and are universal in terms of presence. Almost all the religions taught us to respect others and to live in harmony with our nature. In this regard, the Chinese and Japanese religion deserves special mention as Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Shinto offer so much to the world in respect of teaching the need of human to live not in a conflicting situation with his surrounding nature. All the religions mentioned here except ...

1. Define a MSA A metropolitan statistical area refers to an urbanized area which may be a county or a group of counties containing diverse population of not less than 50000 people. This area is associated with commuting effects, high social and economic integration.

2. Interpret Figure 1 (using descriptions on A3) for growing cities. The figure shows both the shrinking and the expanding cities in the metropolitan. It shows the was a high peak in respect to the population density was at the peak for the towns at the outskirts of the capital city in 1986.This figure therefore ...

Question 1

Tourism can be defined as travel for fun, business purposes, and leisure or entertainment purposes. Likewise, the World Tourism Organization (WTO) defines travelers or tourists as folks traveling to and residing in residences outside their normal setting for long periods of time but not lasting one sequential year for vacation, business and other purpose.

The music and art in the China and India, for example, has been well known to attract various travelers. The classical Chinese dancing style were performed in the opening of the great Olympic stadia during the Olympic sports in China. The dragon dancers also offer ...

Immigrants contributed for the 37% growth of the United States of America population after the civil war (Bell, Kwesiga, & Berry 179). Millions over the last two centuries have migrated to the United States. This contributed to the technological and economic advancement of the region. The 19th century was however the most remarkable time of expanded immigration. The California gold rush saw numerous ethnicities abandon their villages in various regions of the world and entered America. In addition, after the civil war, slave trade was abolished therefore employment opportunities were very high (Lecture 7). While others came due the gold ...

1) I agree with the decision to impose tariffs on tires imported from China, as the benefits to the domestic industry in the United States are many. For instance, the new policy would encourage the domestic industry and help it to ward off competition from low wage countries like China that also have the advantage of a manipulated currency exchange rate. The other benefit to the industry is that the tariffs would ensure that the imported tires are costlier than domestic tires and hence, the industry would regain its competitiveness. The tariffs would create the problems of a domestic ...

When I tell people I am from China, I think they often think of a big city, like Shanghai or Beijing; my home city is different, though. I am from central China, in the Henan province. My home city is called Luoyang, and it is rich with history. It took me a long time to understand the history of my home and how it came to make me who I am today.

Luoyang is a beautiful city, situated on the northern side of a river. It was home to Lao Tzu, the founder of Daoism and Zhao Kuangyin, the ...

Haier Group’s competitive position in China

Haier Group has established its brand to be the largest home appliance maker in China with a 30 percent market share of the country’s white goods market in 2004 which demonstrates its competitive edge over the other brands. This has been achieved through delivery of high quality brands and reliable service compared to the competitor’s second-hard brands which come with poor service. Haier Group has also succeeded in creating a large scale brand hence becoming a first-class brand in the Chinese market. (Palepu, Khanna & Vargas, 2006)

In addition, Haier Group has become a market leader across all ...

Decades before even Columbus discovered the New World, Zheng He, a Chinese explorer had already made a number of successful voyages (Little 469). Zheng He, was a devoted Muslim and a eunuch, and among the most successful commanders of his time. Within a short time between 1405 and 1433, Zheng He led at least seven successful expeditions. This is one of his greatest accomplishments that Zheng He is celebrated for.

Zheng he was a man of huge physique (Littel 469). Given the situation at the time, it is amazing how he was able to lead the largest ever maritime ...

Executive summary

China is the world’s most populous country and a single party state in East Asia. The country has had a dynamic economic environment and impressive development becoming a key player in the global market. (Suzanne, 2012) With its economic growth rate ranging from 13% to 9% since 2007, the country has scaled to become the world’s largest exporter and the second largest economy after U.S. in 2012. China’s population in 2012 was 1.34 Billion with a growth rate of 0.48% and a gender ratio (men/women) of 1.06. In addition, 47% of the country’s ...

I am currently a student of economics at the York University in the United Kingdom. I am set to graduate with second class honors in 2013. After my graduation I would like to undertake a management course. My first choice for the management course is the London School of Economics (LSE). The institution is distinguished various social science studies such as political science and economics. I believe that LSE would equip me with in depth knowledge, industry perspective and analytical ability. This knowledge would be vital to me in my future career aspirations as an organizational manager both in ...

When people think of China, I think they often think of places like Beijing and Shanghai, these sprawling metropolitan places packed tight with millions and millions of people. Or maybe they think of the cold, gray country that exists to the west. My birth city, Guilin, is nothing like these places. I come from the southern part of China, from the Guangxi province, where everything is warm, green, and beautiful. I was lucky to be born in Guilin. My family was lucky also, and were quite prosperous in the years before I was born. Still, I was the first ...

- Discuss and compare hedging transaction exposure using the forward contract versus money market instruments. When do alternative hedging approaches produce the same result?

International trade is a growth strategy that many firms have taken because of the many benefits a firm gets from it. However all business activities have inherent risks. Traction exposure is the term for the risk that companies doing international trade face. Investopedia (2012) defines this as the risk associated with the fluctuations in exchange rates which affect corporations that have entered into financial obligations thus leading to possible losses. Transaction exposure is well-defined and ...

This candid 2005 documentary deals with the suicidal journeys of North Korean defectors who flew to China’s borders. They assailed an "underground railroad" called the Seoul Train and in the process, documented a gripping story in the North Korean refugees’ fight for their lives and their freedom. The heroes in the documentary wanted to get out of North Korea, which they considered as the “world's largest prison camp." After they successful entry into the Chinese border, then would then be hunted by the avid Chinese police authorities. They would face near fatal consequences once ...

Question 1

Asia has been and remains to be an emergent market, one that shows ample dynamics in its business undertaking. India and China have been two competing giants in the emerging global economies. To start with, China has become a force to reckon with especially given the fact that the choices they have made in the past have continued to define the marketplace with divergent ideologies (Yergin and Stanislaw 140). First, China focused on rapidly growing their economic stance. As such, it was possible to establish central planning processes (Yergin and Stanislaw 140). In the wake of military communism, China ...

Germany and Italy got involved in Spanish war because of various reasons. First, the two countries wanted more allies so that they could be assured of their security against their enemies such as France. The two countries also wanted to get a chance to test the nuclear weapons that they already had. The two countries were against the spread of communism and therefore engaged in the war as a way of opposing communist ideologies. The two countries were to gain also by acquisition of more land for their citizens hence expanding their territories. These countries were therefore aware of ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome is a life threatening condition that is caused by a virus from the Coronaviridae family. The SARS virus is believed to have originated from the Guangdong province of southern China before spreading to Hong Kong, Canada and the United States of America. The virus has an incubation period of 2 to 7 days but it may last up to 10 days. Like other respiratory disease, SARS is spread through direct contact; long range and short range. The major agent of transmission is the droplet nuclei. The symptoms of the disease include: fever, chills, malaise, cough, ...

Certainly, the People's Republic of China is one of the last major global countries that utilize the Bolshevik model and democratic centralism of the communist party. The revolutions that took place in China have tremendously affected the political, economic, and social development in china. The revolutions that took place and china and the Soviet has various differences. The revolution in Russia was perhaps, characterized by revolts against a king Ruling Tsar; the revolt was brought on when WW I ended. On the other hand, the Chine revolution was closely related to a civil war. The related for of civil ...

Chinese martial arts are traditional sports that have developed over a long period of time. The unique features of these arts as suggested by Taoism are conquering the hard with the mild, bigger force by the smaller one and turn slow speed into a faster one. People from ancient china discovered some very useful techniques to attack and self defence as punching and kicking even in exceedingly antagonistic situations. In order of exercising these techniques they were also aware of dealing with the weapons bare handedly which could have been used against them. The Chinese martial arts emerged as ...

Global automobile sales in China

Auto sales in China have been increasing steadily over the recent years causing the country to record the highest sales in the world, a position that had been dominated by the United States. Several factors have contributed to the current situation. There have been government policies that have encouraged car consumption among the consumers. The government reduced car purchase tax by 50% and the road toll was cancelled. There were incentives such as old for new service of cars and automobiles in the countryside had their prices reduced. The lower prices caused the consumers caused the country to rank ...

These four dynasties which succeeded each other in controlling the area of central China, each made significant but slightly different contributions to Chinese unification and culture. The Shang dynasty oversaw significant advances in technology. Especially in the areas of bronze working and pottery. Various musical instruments were invented in this period and advances in astronomy led to significant observations of Mars and passing comets. The Shang dynasty was always under threat from all sides, and, although it aggressively and successfully defended its territory, it could not extend it authority over neighbouring rebellious tribes such as the \fang in the ...

Question 1

China and India have emerged as major economic forces, each following their own paths to economic liberalization and globalization. Describe the separate circumstances and strategies which led to their current success. How did communism influence each country and what challenges did their leaders face in making the transition to global capitalism?

China and India have emerged as major economic forces, each following their own paths to economic liberalization and globalization. To start with, China significant move towards economic growth began in 1990s. The government removed price controls (allowing forces of demand and supply to control prices). In addition, it ...

Karen Moore is the HR director of a multinational company, QuestSource. The company has an office in Shanghai, and her Chinese counterpart is Tsang Yao, a pleasant, even-mannered man. While initially, Moore is pleased with the hiring and performance reports from China—believing that Tsang is doing a good job—she is later infuriated to learn that most of the hired employees are Tsang’s relatives. She takes this matter to her supervisor and the chief operating officer of the company, Daniel Young, who admonishes her for showing a lack of awareness regarding Chinese work culture. This paper analyses Moore’s reaction to ...

Introduction Star festival in Japan is also known as Tabanata. Tabanata is a Chinese word meaning evening of the seventh; hence, its origin is traced to China. Tabanata is an important festival in Japan where Japanese value it very much and it is commemorated once a year on the seventh day in either July or august, according to the lunisolar calendar. Tabanata festival is celebrated or performed at night on 7 July in accordance to their culture (Anesaki & Ferguson, 1928). Most people in Japan either celebrate the day at home or school depending on someone’s program on that ...

The little short story was written by Hemingway expressing her worries and doubts. The short story is a letter to an unknown doctor in which Hemingway believes he would save her. The story talks about the engagement to a man from United States three years ago. After involving herself in a relationship, her lover was transferred from America to china because of job purposes. Unluckily, they could not travel together and Hemingway was left behind. In her letter, she illustrates her disappointments after the return of her man from china three years later. She is confused and wonders what ...

The documentary Death by China was released in the year 2012. The movie is based on non-fiction book known as Death by China: Confronting the Dragon. The movie addresses one of the major issues facing America today. The increasing destruction brought about by China is affecting the economy of America. The trade relationship between America and China is tremendously increasing, especially on economic trade. The movie focuses on how the economic trade relationship is destructive to America. China began flooding the United States markets since the year 2001. These were characterized by illegally subsidized products from China. The flooding ...

In June 1950, troops from North Korea attacked South Korea, initiating the Korean War. The following three years would be ones of intense conflict for the entire world as each nation maintained support from other nations. South Korea was highly influenced by America, who was trying to maintain democracy while the North was dominated by Russians intent on advancing communism. The United Nations (UN), on the other hand, involved itself with Korea in 1947 to maintain peace and democracy in the area, particularly in regards to fair elections. In its first major test since its inception, the UN faced ...

Art and architecture: Term paper

Introduction The history of Chinese and Japanese architecture and design confirms a close connection between these two nations, their common Far-Eastern roots. At the same time, they have deep distinctions. Japanese architecture took a lot from Chinese traditions over centuries - therefore we cannot consider it separately. In a number of aspects differences between them show that the Chinese architecture and interior design are essentially older than Japanese. Long before AD, Chinese culture and art had achieved an advanced stage of development in planning and constructive solutions. As for the Japanese, they have been building lightly built houses for ...

Commercialism

The ascent of commercialism is a curio of the development of corporate force. It started as a major aspect of a political and ideological reaction by enterprises to wage weights, climbing social consumptions, and the achievements of the ecological and shopper developments in the late 1960s and early 1970s (Cappelli 2014). Organizations encouraged the opposition to expense development and backing for corporate welfare, which helped make subsidizing emergencies in state and nearby governments and schools, and made them additionally eager to convey business promoting. They pushed "free market" philosophy, privatization and consumerism, while slandering general society circle. In the ...

English

The article in question is titled china and the toll of smoking and was done by the editorial board of the New York Times on the 17th of April 2014. The article is quite informative as to the vast nature of smoking in china. The article also contains startling statistics to that effect. According to the article one million people die in china due to cigar rete related complications. The article further adds that this number could rise to three million people a year if measures are not taken to curb cigarette smoking in china. The article thus urges ...

Discuss the Ways in Which the Chinese Community Depicted in Shun Li and the Poet Functions as a State within a State

Introduction

Shun Li and the Poet is an Italian film officially released in 2011. The film was written and directed by Andrea Segre, one of the seasoned directors in Italy. According to media and news agency interview sessions with Andrea Segre, his foundations in the filmmaking industry was derived from writing and directing documentary films, which he was particularly known for. This is why for those who were able to watch the film, it is highly likely for ...

Part 1

The inside chemistry of the top management at Levendary Café at the moment seem to be very confrontationist. Mia Foster the newly appointed CEO, Luciene Leclerc the tenured Concept officer and Louis Chen the business builder in China for Levendary have disharmonious roles. Mia Foster- The role of Mia is to provide the company with strategic direction and leadership, define the business, make meaning of the market, craft a future for the company with growth and integrates the US, China and Dubai operations. The current situation puts a challenge to Mia’s role that Chen is partially playing the ...

The accuracy of the second language use has for long been a center of focus among many societies. The societies placed high expectations on people on how they should use the second language in communication. Adherence to the rules was something one had to observe without any compromise (Chang, 2009). However, things took a new direction when Hymes came up with the idea of communicative competence in 1970s. In this policy, the knowledge of the speaker on the linguistic rules and the socio-cultural rules of speaking that apply to the second language was equally regarded. This was a time ...

With the Chinese exclusion act in America, and the threat of deportation or jailing if caught, Chinese man found it extremely hard to find any work, and hence, most opted to go back home. However, by this time prostitution among the Chinese women had grown in roots and numbers. Through prostitution, these women were able to make enough money to support their families. Most of these women had not come to America of their own free will, most were either sold or trafficked to work as sex workers. Through prostitution, these women were able to survive the immigration. By ...

Valuation of Vlisco’s acquisition

Vlisco Group currently has four brands under its portfolio. Each brand offers its own style and targets different segments of customer. The luxury and internationally recognized brand, Vlisco, appeals to sophisticated women of Africa and other parts of world. Uniwax and GTP are the first and the only kind of nationally oriented brands serving the customers in Ivory Coast and GTP, respectively. The newly launched brand, ‘Woodin’ targets younger consumers of West Africa and offers ready to wear collections.

The company has its production facilities laid in Holland but around 90 percent of its sales originate from African Continent. ...

Background of the Study

The fast food industry is witnessing an unprecedented growth in the recent years. In this era of globalization, multinational organizations are willing to expand their business operations in growth markets. For exploiting this opportunity of global expansion, they must formulate appropriate business strategies according to the targeted market (DePalma, 2002). These strategies are based on host country’s geopolitical and socio-economic environment. Nowadays, companies are aware of the fact that if they want to attain lucrative business then they have to focus on local needs, as well. Glocalization is new business concept, which is used to elucidate the concept ...

Introduction to Asian history

Asian history is unique and interesting to study. These is because it is a collective history of the distinct peripheral regions which include; South Asia, East Asia and middle Asia. Asia is home to world’s earliest civilization with the three regions developing simultaneously through agriculture within the fertile rivers and valleys. The agricultural sector was also instrumental in spurring of the technologies that were shared across the regions. In Mesopotamia and China there were numerous similarities and exchanges in technologies and ideologies such as wheel and mathematics. Advancement in agriculture and technology led to the development of cities ...

Introduction

The Chinese Revolution which took place in the 20th century was as a result of intertwined socio-economic and political factors in China. The Chinese economy was predominantly composed of agriculture and the revenue load imposed on the peasants resulted in their outcry (Lieberthal et al. 12). The status quo was pronounced at that time and the Chinese politics were disorganized. Foreign powers had resulted in the division of china into spheres based on influence. They were only interested in their own agendas and sabotaged the genuine needs of the Chinese people. China’s war with Japan has also seen ...

Introduction

China is the most populous country in the world. It is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The population of this country is also growing at a steady rate. As a result, the demand for food in the country is growing with time. One of the reasons why the demand for food in China grows with time is the steady growth in the economy. As people’s purchasing power in the country increases, their eating habits change thus causing them to demand different varieties of food. Food security is important to a country’s growth and ...

Research paper

Educational institution

Introduction

Globalization has made a significant contribution both socially and economically. Although, the focus was mainly on the socio-economic impacts of globalization, it is important to consider globalization from the cultural point of view. Since the 80’s in 20th century, Hollywood has been putting a lot of efforts in promoting strategies toward globalization, through which Hollywood movies have virtually reached each and every corner of the planet in an unprecedented speed and scale. Globalization in Hollywood films portray the inevitable result of globalization of world economy, where the “Chinese elements”, in particular, have become an epitome in ...

World Affairs

It might be appropriate to say that, as man seeks more opportunities to quench his thirst for comfort and other necessities, it is the environment that is severely tested. There is no doubt the importance the environment has for man’s survival, but when they run into scarcity of place or resources, they begin to look at other possible alternatives, and in the bargain, taps into the environment around him. While nations seek to enhance development, little have they thought about the consequence of their actions in eating into the ecosystem? Never has it, at least until now, occurred ...

Anthropology

Despite the one child policy implemented into China, due to the turbulent history of China throughout the 20th century, the growth of anthropology made it extremely dissimilar, with major cutoffs in the continent, principally for the period of wars during 1938 thru 1949 and the partisan operations upon the 50’s to the mid 70’s. Paradoxically, the actual first Chinese communication with the effort of Marx along with other nineteenth century advanced philosophers existed through Japanese conversions. China is the second largest, export led economy throughout the globe while the humanity is abundant just over one- billion people ...

Introduction

Compared to any other culture, the Chinese culture is relationship-oriented; Chinese believe that one cannot undertake any meaningful activity without forging a good rapport with others in the society. For this reason, most of them do not value themselves as much as they value others. The paper seeks to proof that the relationship between people is more important that personal value. Moreover, the paper will verify that Chinese loyalty to the country is more important than loyalty to the family.

Chinese Loyalty

In the Chinese culture, one is expected to devote himself for the society’s benefit and not for the ...

Section 1

As McGregor explains, the Chinese Communist Party (The Party) had gone to the extent where the citizens are not allowed to control their own lives. The party has created minimum freedom different from the Friedman argument of the maximum freedom. Therefore, McGregor reveals the essential difference between the maximum freedom and the minimum freedom using examples of the minimum freedom in china. The desire for the Chinese citizens to chase for their own self-interest is constrained by The Party. In order to demonstrate how the maximum freedom society differs from the minimum freedom society, McGregor provides example of the ...

Cultural syncretism occurred in some societies, in the course of history. The introduction of new cultures in some societies would change the shape of the societies in a number of ways. Western Europe became the power house as it used to dominate the other countries and nations around the world. European domination in Africa and Americas was well received, and did not face the resistance met in India and China. The success of the Europeans in Africa and Americas could not be replicated in China and India. In Africa and the America, there were various tribes with divergent views; ...

Overview

The wall street journal has over the years been a trusted center for business news and events, and this is a fact that cannot be brushed aside. A number of interesting business events are ever reported by the journal to the extent that insights and future developments are derived. In 2014, WSJ reported about a conflict between the farming industry in the United States and China (Bunge, 1). The gist of the matter was that China had refused the entry of GMO products into their market, stating that it would be injurious to their businesses and by the extent ...

Brazil is the largest country both in the Latin and South America regions. It is also the fifth biggest country both by population and geographical area in the same region. In addition, it is the seventh largest economy in the world but, it is still classified as a developing nation. The country is one of the BRIC group. BRIC is an abbreviation for Brazil, Russia, India and China. These are emerging economies that have demonstrated superior economic development. They are also the fastest growing economies in the world. Brazil’s national development bank is a major player in the ...

Introduction

Language endangerment refers to the level of risk involved in making a language become suppressed and eventually fall out of use. It may not be possible for regional language speakers to forecast the extinction of their languages. This persuasive essay aims to convince the low variety language speakers in China that they can overcome the dominance of popular languages like the Mandarin and English. Mandarin is widely used in the Chinese education system which makes it the official language. On the other hand, English is commonly used all over the world hence posing a threat to regional languages in ...

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of learning a new language with new characters, in particular Chinese characters, in other words, how do second language adult students acquire knowledge about orthographic characters of a new language system. While past research has shown that adult learners with no previous Chinese exposure learn more effectively by receiving explicit instructions of orthographic rules (Taft & Chung, 1999; Dunlap, Perfetti, Liu & Wu). This study focuses particularly in the semantic rules. Our results support previous results in that those learners who were given explicit instructions of semantic rules did learn more ...