Essays on East Asia

English is the main language of communication used in the East Asia as a lingua franca in all types of international contacts. It is, hence, not surprising that the problem of appropriate teaching of English in schools, colleges, and institutions occupies not only the minds of professional tutors and young students’ parents, but also politicians who understand the importance of English in the world. The internationally recognized status of English as the major language of worldwide communication has been formed by a number of historical and economical factors, including colonization periods in East Asia and the international importance of ...

Introduction

Exports can be seen as a mechanism for economic growth of a country. Increased exportation of products can provide output growth directly as part of aggregate output. An increase of foreign demand of products can result in a country’s growth through employment and additional income for exporters. Another significant contribution of exports is that it can impact economic growth by way of “efficient resource allocation,” including more economies of scale and technological change as a result of “foreign market competition” (Helpman & Krugman, 198; Ben-David & Loewy, 1998 as cited in Awokuse, 2008, p. 593). One of the drivers for ...

over the Pacific Ocean in 1943- 1944

Abstract

The development of military and political events during the Second World War, determined by the main position of the Soviet-German front. Progress of World War II operations in the Pacific theater depended on the outcome of huge battles in Europe. The Soviet armed forces their struggle and victories won in 1941-1942., Predetermined the defeat of Hitler Germany and its European vassals, which, in turn, sealed the final defeat of imperialist Japan. The struggle of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany enabled the United States and Britain to mobilize its human and material ...

Coaching Outline

Introduction Coaching the staff is a very important part of the strategies that must be developed in the organization. However, these coaching strategies may be met with various barriers that might not enable it to meet its desired set goals and output. So in order to be able to come up with the best approach in order to be able to get the best put of the personnel in the organization, it is important for the firm to be able to develop a coaching outline that will enable to the executives to develop knowledge and skills that will be ...

Introduction

South East Asia comprises of eleven countries both in the mainland Asia and maritime. The region extends from East India to China. Mainland countries include Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The mainland countries are extensions of the Asian continent. The region has a diverse culture with Muslims being found in all the mainland countries in addition to other indigenous religions (Andaya 1). However, the Muslims tend to coalesce in the Southern Thailand region and Western Burma. Other regions where there are Muslims include the central Vietnam whereby the most dominant Islamic tribe is the Cham people.

Similarities and Differences

Maritime Southeast ...

Abstract

Exploring new territories for business outside known boundaries has become a preferred growth Strategy for business firms intending expansion of business operations. However, transferring business operations to new countries is not an easy proposition as it involves investigation of several factors affecting global business and establishing growth objectives in qualitative and quantitative terms. Business goals and environmental factors act as decisive elements in finalizing the country as well as formulation of strategy for expansion. The expansion goals of PPQ parts have been quantified within a period of 4 years and have been a basis for developing the strategic plans ...

INDIA: THE WORLD’S MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY

Introduction India, along with China, is considered as two of the most populous countries in the world. With the rapid growth of population in India, economists suggest: “by 2022, India's population will draw even with that of China, at 1.4 billion people.” Forecasts claim that by 2030, there will be an estimated 1.5 billion people in India, and this will further grow by 1.7 billion by 2050. On the other hand, China’s population will remain as it is until 2030 and will continue to decline as the years move forward. Despite the effort to slow down population growth, ...

INVESTMENT ANALYSIS OF VIETNAM

INVESTMENT ANALYSIS OF VIETNAM

Summary

Vietnam has changed in the last thirty years from an agrarian country to a service and manufacture country leader in the world in growth and economic activity. The country has a communist system legally but, in the practice, the country has a liberal policy in the economy signing the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement but maintaining the political control under the rule of one party. The country offers opportunities and risks for individual and corporation with the intention to invest.

Introduction

Vietnam is known in the world as the country where United States of America lost a ...

A Study on the differences between Maersk and Citigroup in IHRM practices

Globalization of business operations and the emerging issues have necessitated that business organizations reformulate their management policies to resolve the problems arising out of a diverse cultural atmosphere. Business destinations in developing countries offer a multitude of opportunities but organizations have to prepare themselves well to address the differences in business factors influencing success. These factors may be related to political, economic, cultural or legal environment and affect the functions of organizations. One of the organizational functions affected seriously by the diverse factors is that of International Human Resource Management (IHRM) and multinationals formulate different policies to confront the ...

Should every country in the world have a reasonable minimum wage?

Ideally, I think there should be a minimum wage set for every country. This would mean the assurance that each and every individual can provide for his daily needs. This would include rent, food, water, utilities. However, the minimum wage should cover enough of the spending to go beyond the poverty line and should cover inflation as well. There should also be the right balance between what a worker receives and what he pays in taxes. It would not be beneficial for one to receive high minimum wage while having a high tax burden to bear at the same ...

Question 2: Energy and Risks

Energy is fundamental to life. Without the resource, billions of individuals would remain hungry and cold. The prominent source of energy emanates from fossil fuels such as natural gas, coal, and oil in the developing and industrialized nations. Despite providing numerous benefits that sustain human, plant, and animal life, the fossil fuels also present disadvantages that have resulted in ecological damage, political disruption, and production failures. This paper attempts to compare the political and environmental challenges introduced by natural gasses, coal, and oil as well as possible remedies that can alleviate the problems. The greenhouse emissions that arise from ...

Introduction

Natural resources for decades have always provided many nations with the affluent source of wealth that helps in building their economy. As such, many of the countries that majorly depend on the natural resources such as copper, oil, gold and uranium often embark on intensive mining practices to ensure their natural reserves are productive and can offer sustainability to their economies. Due to their dependency on these resources, the countries often have structures and laws that govern how they handle the resources in every stage to ensure maximization. It is important to highlight that the resources are most often ...

1. The Social Miracle T. R. Reid moved to Tokyo, Japan, with his family – composed of his wife and their two daughters – where he lived for five years, as an expatriate employee for the Washington Post. He posits that some Asian nations (such as Japan, South Korea, and Singapore ) have built modern societies within the safest environment, providing the best education for the children, and with probably the most stable families on Earth. In Reid’s opinion, this accomplishment is due to the widespread acceptance by Far East countries of the ethical values of Chinese philosopher Confucius. He pointed ...

Children are often considered treasures for families especially as they would be the voices of the future. They must be given the capacity to study, grow and become productive citizens without fearing to work or be abused in any way. However, some children are forced into slavery and trafficked into sexual workers. Although action has been enacted by the international community to stop child sexual trafficking, there are still regions – such as South Asia, which still has high cases of child trafficking. Considering this issue, it is a question as to why child sex trafficking continues to persist in ...

1. Company oversight The company Relx Group is a provider of analytics and information for business, professional and academics to customers from different industries. The company has customers in 180 countries with offices in 40 countries. The company has 30 thousand employees; a half of the payroll is located in the United States of America. The company operates in the following market segments: ■ Scientific: The Company stores more than 16% of the scientific articles of the world that were published in the last ten years with peer-reviewed conditions with strategic associations with scientific magazines and universities. ■ Technical and Medical: ...

BUSINESS STUDY REPORT:

This report is devoted to the YEO’s Beverage Company. The report has four main parts. The first part is an introduction where the general information about the company, the environment where it operates and its main competitors are presented. The second part is microeconomic analysis. The factors of production and its cost structure are examined there. The third part macroeconomic analysis where macroeconomic environment in which the business operates are discussed. The forth part is the analysis of sustainability and the impact of business operations on the environment. At the end of the report, there is a conclusion ...

Geopolitics is simply the study of geographical position in relation to politics both internally and internationally. Geopolitical threats are, therefore, factors that can hinder the cordial livelihood of communities in the same geographic area and with different political agendas. This paper will focus on the various levels of threats (tickers, slow tickers and talkers) in the nations selected for discussion. It will seek to justify their levels of threats according to their past and present political issues.

Tickers

The first ticker country to consider is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). From the very beginning, North Korea started ...

The analysis of the collected data is the most exciting and creative stage of sociological research that requires thorough study as well as distinctive imagination, intuition, professional and life experience. However, this step is the most complex of all components of the research process of social reality. The most common is this definition of data interpretation: “data interpretation is a set of actions committed in the process of studying the empirical data for in order to formulate an idea of the characteristics of the researched object, or simply the primary processing of empirical data” (Macionis et al. 2010).

Hence it becomes clear that the main themes and issues of data interpretation are:

1) ...

Industry Case Study Report

Industry Case Study Report

Abstract

The world has become increasingly mobile or that is what the statistics shows us. The number of tourists across the world has been rising all through the years barring a few occasions like post 9/11 in 2001 and during the global recession period of 2008-2010. The latest data shows that the international tourist arrivals have increased by 4 % to reach a record 1.2 billion tourist arrivals in 2015 . Almost all the major markets exhibited positive results and is it is expected to upkeep the momentum in 2016 as well. New Zealand also continued to show ...

The continental plate in the eastern part of Asia is composed of various volcanoes and tectonic movements. Most of the volcanic rocks in this region are composed of alkali basalts with signs of continental contamination. There are various models that explain the region’s magmatic evolution. The two most common models used to explain the movements refers to the surficial processes and the other one refers to the deeper processes associated with the Pacific ocean plate. These two processes are antithetic and may hay happen subsequently. The volcanism can be traced by tomographic imaging that can be directly associated ...

In modern globalized world, an intertwining of numerous cultures takes place. Western values and lifestyle are known to be specifically actively spreading all over the world. Urbanization is one of the trends brought in Asia from the West. For instance, according to the research of the World Bank, from 2000 to 2010 around 200 million people from East Asia moved to urban area; it can be assumed that this tendency is to a great extent associated with the imitation a Western urban lifestyle by Asian people (“East Asia’s Changing Urban Landscape”). It is in particular captivating to observe ...

Being dominant in terms of economy, political affairs and military power requires a country to have a certain geographic location and a size that would allow achieving ambitious political and economic goals. Undoubtedly, for a small country with insufficient natural resources, little population, and large neighbors nearby it is very difficult to become powerful. In the meantime, even small countries may act as very authoritative international actors if they have several reliable and strong allies and the surrounding countries cannot harm them. In this paper, the importance of geography in making a country an economic, political and military power ...

Introduction

Air pollution as the name clearly suggests, refers to the accumulation of particles or impurities in the air composition. These particles could be dust, smoke, burnt fuel like diesel or petrol, and other burnt components. Air pollution, particularly in China, is a major problem or bottleneck that is more often than not ignored at the risk of the people’s health as well as that of the economy. Major health conditions especially, respiratory conditions like asthma, bronchitis and other perilous conditions like cancer could spell doom for the people of China (Ho, and Chris 115). Measures to curb the ...

Abstract

Developed countries have long agreed that there is a necessity to assist developing countries if the world is to develop continuously without issues. These developing countries have the capacity to compete against developed countries if they are given enough support and education on how they can bolster their development. Today, two regions are currently succeeding in breaking the expectations of the international community and they are East Asia and Latin America. Since the end of the Second World War, countries for both regions launched extensive economic reforms that enabled prosperity to persist in the region. Considering this change within ...

The Impact and Effects of Power Politics of United States, China, & Japan Arising from South China Sea Conflicts on the Sovereignty and Socio-Political Fabrics of Philippines

Introduction

The South China Sea (SCS) is a partly enclosed body of water that connects the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is marked with several island attributes which are grouped into four island bodies-- the Pratas or Dongsha Islands in the northeast, the Paracels or Xisha Islands in the northwest, the Spratlys or Nansha Islands in the south, and the Scarborough Shoal or Zhongsha Islands to Paracels' southeast (Hayton, 2014). It is teeming with ...

1. Since 1949, when the Chinese Communist Party won the Chinese Civil War, China has undergone many social and economic changes, for both ideological and practical reasons. When the communist party came to power, China had just ended a civil war, which had widespread negative effects on the economy of China. This lead to a phase of recovery which lasted a few short years. Also, the goals of the ruling government had changed; in order to be a communist nation, China would have to rapidly industrialize. This caused the institution of several five-year plans, the first of which began ...

Introduction

East Asia comprises of four countries located on the Eastern end of the Asian Continent. The four countries making up the region are China, Mongolia, Japan and North and South Korea. The geography of East Asia comprises of mountains, plateaus, deserts, and Islands. Other than the physical features, East Asia is characterized by high population densities with China and Japan being some of the most populated countries in the World. These high population densities coupled with the size of arable land has resulted in most East Asian countries having rice as the main cereal crop. The climate and the ...

Introduction

Asia is expected to become the second leading region for B2C eCommerce sales globally by the year 2018, second to North America, with an average sale of approximately 37.4% (Econsultancy Asia, 2014). The significant growth in this sector would be attributed to the high rate of urbanization within Asia, an increase in the number of active internet users within the Asian continent as well as mobile technological development. Other factors include an increase in the level of social commerce, growing consumer spending, changing trends in eCommerce payment solutions and cross-border trade.

Assumptions underlying the future development of a successful e-commerce business in Asia.

Asia is a densely populated continent with an ...

China has become a very powerful country that influences the development of the regional and global economy. The region of South East Asia is the closest to China and many countries from this region have had either tense or very positive relations with China throughout the course of the history. Nowadays China is applying the “Good Neighborhood” diplomacy, but many think that China is “a wolf in sheep’s clothing” (Lin 1). The next step that China is going to take on the international arena is the implementation of two initiatives Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime ...

The term “Silk Road” was used to refer to the long route used by merchants to trade exotic goods and glittering bazaars. The merchants used camel caravans to trade across Asia. In the book by James Millward, he outlined the historical background of the Silk Road, when it flourished and its contribution to cultural exchange in the world, particularly in the Eurasian region. The author argued that the Silk Road facilitated the culture of communication across the Eurasian continent. He has further listed some of the goods that were exchanged during this period and their importance. Millward explains some ...

A Case Study of UPS’ expansion strategy in India

  United Parcel Service or UPS is one of the best courier service companies in the world. Founded in 1907 it has grown into a $36 b company through the expansion of its operation in more than 200 countries all over the world. UPS has emerged as one of the largest package delivery companies in the global market and competes with FedEx and DHL in supply chain management activities. UPS extended its operations to South East Asia as a strategy to counter the recession and India offered a lucrative opportunity with a growing market (Arthaud -Day M. L. et al; ...

“Colonialism is a relationship between an indigenous (or forcibly imported) majority and a minority of foreign invaders. The fundamental decisions affecting the lives of the colonized people are made and implemented by the colonial rulers in pursuit of interests that are often defined in a distant metropolis. Rejecting cultural compromises with the colonized population, the colonizers are convinced of their own superiority and their ordained mandate to rule (Jurgen 16).” Apart from the economic and political incentives, race too played an important role in the colonization process. It was the feeling of superiority and the need to enforce it ...

The research problem will be to investigate whether the patrimonial political systems of Singapore and South Korea are democracies that surpass their liberal Western analogues in terms of national growth and even democratization in some ways. It appears that, contrary to the popular misperception, democracy is not necessarily a lack of restraint and complete discretion or at least a range of freedom like the right to media. Sometimes, states like Singapore being low on resources and facing external threats decide on less liberal norms and behaviors bordering on authoritarianism in specific aspects. Regulated merit-based selection practices and disciplining norms ...

Despite increased global policy attention on human issues over the past decades, human trafficking remains not only widespread but also deeply entrenched in most countries throughout the world (International Organization for Migration [IOM]). In South Asian countries, however, human trafficking is a plague. Whereas this problem can take several forms such as forced labor, servitude, peonage, bondage, and child trading in other parts of the world, in South Asia women and children sex trafficking is the most problematic, entrenched, and the most prevalent (IOM). Several factors have been shown to cause, influence, and sustain child sex trafficking in South ...

The Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism both share the common core beliefs and dedication to the life and teachings of Buddha. However, these two branches of Buddhism have some differences considering the location of Buddhist paths, scriptures, language, goals, types of meditation, and more. In the South East Asia, the Theravada Buddhism is closer to the Indian form of Buddhism while in the Northern part of Asia has its local traditions. Generally, Buddhism has a number of different transformations ranging from moral concerns, doctrinal interpretation, metaphysics, and philosophy. The perspective often holds the concept of a united and harmonious ...

I will be looking at whether resource prices are rising or falling. I will conduct a deep research into the root of this problem around the world. Through this research it will be easy to establish the solutions to this problem which is not healthy to the economy (Neumayer 68). The research will be conducted through; closed questionnaires, data analysis and use of internet research which includes the use of World Bank and IMF data. Just to take a preview of the essay topic, the history of this problem is from the recent drop in global oil prices that ...

Buddhism is a religious system that involves a variety of beliefs, spiritual practices, and traditions that are centered on the teachings of Gautama Buddha. According to Robson (2015) Gautama Buddha lived in the Northern India between 6th and 4th BCE.Buddha hailed from the Magadha Kingdom and was highly regarded as an enlightened and divine educator who shared his wisdom to help conscious individuals to bring their sufferings to an end. Buddha held an opinion that the only way of ending people's afflictions was through the elimination of ignorance. Haynes (2014) noted that Buddha accomplished his mission through the teaching ...

In this paper there will be the analysis, comparison and contrasting of the Samurai and the Knight. Both of them used armors but they were designed differently. The knight’s armor was known as the plate armor that was made from iron and steel plates. This was a full suit of armor that enclosed the wearer from head to toe. On the other hand, the Japanese Samurai armor was different from that of the Knight in that it was not a full suit but it was made of small overlapping metal scales that were lacquered and tied together using ...