...James McGregor, a consultant and former Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, voiced some of the problems vexing foreign investors: competition from inexpensive knockoffs: rivalry from state –owned enterprise that enjoy special advantages and seemingly duplicate government policies such as the selective enforcement of World Trade Organization norms. In the sector that any company may enter, China is awash with competitors, both local and foreign. Lock at the figure: the number of private companies in China shot up from 140,000 in 1992 to 6.6 million by end of 2008 even the as the number of foreign corporate grew to 435,000. Of the Fortune 500 companies, about 480 are already in China. This makes for a marketplace in which Chinese and foreign companies battle for survival. Although it may be scary to consider entering, what is arguably the world is most complicated and competitive market, the notion that it is not necessary to do so is misguided. Few Western Company prepared for the speed of China’s recovery. At the same time, doing business in China does not mean what it used to. The main global issue in China is the China Context, they is official China, Competitive China and Consumer China. Official...
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...1) Roper vs Simmons: Supreme Court ruled “the standards of decency have evolved so that executing minors is considered cruel and unusual punishment”. Graham v. Florida that holds life without parole sentences for juveniles convicted of non-homicide offenses unconstitutional. Sullivan vs Florida is similar to Graham vs Florida. Conflicts with the Eighth Amendment. 2) Risky Shift effect: the phenomenon that when placed in group situations, people will make decisions and form opinions to more of an extreme than when they are in individual situations. The phenomenon has shown that after participating in a discussion group, members tend to advocate more extreme positions and call for riskier courses of action than individuals who did not participate in any such discussion 3) Frederic Thrasher, “Isolation is common to almost every vocational, religious or cultural group of a large city. Each develops its own sentiments, attitudes, codes, even its own words, which are at best only partially intelligible to others." "Neighborhoods in transition are breeding grounds for gangs." 4) 5) Robert Park “Gangs are not confined to cities, nor to the slums of cities. Every village has at least its boy gang. Composed of those same foot-loose, prowling, and predacious adolescents who herd and hang together, after the manner of the undomesticated male everywhere.” 6) Motives for joining are boredom, defiance of authority figures, loyalty, adventure, money from trade or fear of being alone...
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...One of the most renowned companies in the technology word today is Apple. Created by Steve Jobs, Apple revolutionized the computer in 1976 with the release of the Apple 1. From that point on Apple has always been on the top of the market with its products. Presently they lead the market in Smart Phones, Tablets and Personal Computers. With the huge demand for their products, there comes an enormous responsibility for manufacturing the devices in a quick and cost effective matter. With the rapidly growing market of Apple computers and the technology/electronic industry as a whole, Apple eventually had to rethink how they manufactured their products to create the most efficient outcome; the highest revenue with the lowest cost. The competitive nature of the technology industry causes companies to look for a competitive advantage, which will make them much more profitable than their competitors. For the majority of the company’s history, they have been known to manufacture their products in the USA and even prided themselves with building the Macintosh computer which Steve Jobs described as “a machine that is made in America”. In 2004, when the company was not nearly as financially profitable as they are today, they decided their best option was to start manufacturing their products in other countries. The company, who is now a leader in foreign manufacturing, was lagging behind many American companies in terms of manufacturing abroad at that point in time. The majority of...
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...differentiated by history and cultural practices (Rex and Mason, 1986, p. 189). Nevertheless, the concept of race is an important one in understanding how it has shaped the politics and society of Malaysia. In this essay I will explain how Malaysia’s colonial past and affirmative action policies has contributed to the formation of a society divided along racial lines and how that has created racial tensions among the ethnic groups of Malaysia. Malaysia which touts itself as a ‘plural society’ is a country constituted by different race/ethnic groups, the three largest being the Malay, Chinese and Indian groups. As of 2010, the Malaysian population consists of 28.3 million people, with 91.8% Malaysian citizens. The Malaysian citizens are made up of 67.4% bumiputera (translated as ‘son of the soil’, a group composed of predominantly ethnic Malays along with various other indigenous tribes and native groups), 24.6% Chinese, 7.3% Indians and 0.7% Others (Department of Statistics Malaysia, 2010). With so many different ethnic groups within a country, chances are that tensions are bound to arise a one point or another. Malaysia’s Colonial Past Malaysia’s colonial history is an important one as the colonial knowledge is the basis from which the Malay and Malaysian history is formed. Group boundaries that have been formed among races in Malaysia were largely a byproduct of British rule of the late nineteenth and early twentieth...
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...Surplus was said to have originated in production in a competitive capitalist system. I found this very true to believe due to the fact that it is a major deal in society today. I take surplus today to be based solely on greed of the capitalist. America is a Capitalist country itself, seizing any opportunity it can. I’ll get to the supply and demand controversy of that later. When breaking down which one of the surplus-sharing classes during any particular historical phase were ‘progressive’ in the sense of furthering the process of accumulation and how the emerging and accentuating conflict of classes determined the dynamics of the system, I immediately began thinking about who the process of the surplus system was really progressive for. Seeing how purchase power for the higher class of society makes, goods, products and other services easier to obtain. The situation for the higher class either makes for an easier purchase, or a positive effect on the receiving end of Capitalization. Which leaves the middle and lower classes more subject able to separable distributions of the economy. Meaning, the further you are from the upper class, since you don’t have the same purchase abilities...
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...AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT RELATED TO COMMON PROBLEMS OF CHINA, JAPAN AND NORTH KOREA This paper identifies some common issues that East Asian countries are struggling to deal with and how they are unique in some aspects and similar in others to problems that Western nations face. This paper focuses on the countries of China, Japan and North Korea and look primarily at the issues that arise from these nations’ struggle to shape their national identity on the world stage as well as how these nations are dealing with the ever increasing force of globalization. This paper also looks at the role that the United States plays in shaping or dealing with these issues, as well as how an American citizen might play a role in perpetuating or resolving these dilemmas. Through this work it should be made more clear what problems East Asian nations share and reveal that they must deal with them in a way that is both uniquely domestic but also influenced by factors that arise from the United States and other International actors. Common Problems in China, Japan and North Korea and American Involvement There are two major dilemmas that are addressed in this paper that are shared by these three nations. The first can be identified as an issue of International Sovereignty where these countries all have a vested interest in exerting their will in the international arena but all have limited ways of making this happen. Associated with the issue of establishing their sovereignty ...
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...of Tattoos Several female Egyptian mummies dating from the Eleventh Dynasty (2100 B.C.) show evidence of being tattooed for ritualistic purposes or for therapeutic purposes during pregnancy. Most likely influenced by ancient tattoo practices in Nubia, the women’s tattoos (or mentenu) were blackish blue and were likely applied with a pricking instrument with one or more fish bones set into a wooden handle. The most famous tattooed mummy is the beautiful Amunet, a priestess of the goddess of Hathor at Thebes, who was tattooed with several lines and dots in geometric patterns. A second female mummy, who appears to be a dancer, also exhibits similar patterns as well as a cicatrix pattern over the low pubic region. Several figurines from the Middle Kingdom known as the “Brides of Death” also display similar geometric patterns (Jones 2000). Though Egyptian tattoos have been found on only female mummies, designs which seem to represent tattoos are seen on both men and women in Egyptian art, suggesting tattoos were not restricted to women. While tattooing sprung up independently around the globe, the significant Egyptian influence also helped spread the practice. Ancient Greece and Rome: Tattoos as Marks of Ownership and Criminality The Greeks learned tattooing from the Persians who, as Herodotus informs us, would tattoo slaves, prisoners of war, and even Hellespont with the name or mark of Xerxes. While tattoos sometimes served as a way to transmit secret messages across enemy lines...
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...Political History of China, an online article by Paul Halsall compiled from Compton's Living Encyclopedia on America Online, http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/chinhist.html Chinese Periodization in Light of Economic Developments by Paul Halsall, http://www.mastep.sjsu.edu/history_of_tech/chinese_chronology.htm China, Technology and Change, an article by Lynda Shaffer, from the World History Bulletin, Fall/Winter, 1986/87, http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/shaffer.html China's Gifts to the West by Professor Derk Bodde, for the Committee on Asiatic Studies in American Education Reprinted with permission in China: A Teaching Workbook, Asia for Educators, Columbia University, http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/readings/inventions_gifts.htm Part 2 - Science and Technology in China Science in China has a long history and developed quite independently of Western science. Needham (1993) has researched widely on the development of science and technologies in China, the effect of culture, and the transference of these principles, unacknowledged, to the West. The Chinese contribution to Western science is particularly interesting because it serves as a center of controversy about the roots of Western science. According to traditional Western scientists, the roots of science and the scientific method is in Greece and Greek thought. There...
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...Alison Robinson Art 11 Prof. Justin Campoy Controversial art exhibit What makes a painting controversial? Maybe something that attacks our religious concepts can be controversial; maybe anything that contains nude matter is controversial, or maybe causes a great debate. Well, none of this is wrong because people have general norms related to such matters. Paintings often become controversial when it goes against commonly accepted norms. Throughout history audiences have been offended and outraged by paintings that were socially, religiously or politically inappropriate. Artists used subject matters that were a taboo in social situations. This could be a matter relating to one human being or nudity or addressing a complicated moral issue. The artworks I’ve chosen are all paintings, sculptures, or performance pieces from history that were considered controversial, and by artists who weren’t afraid to stand out. The first piece of art I chose for my exhibit is by Georgia O'Keeffe. It is titled “Blue and Green Music”, 1919/21, and she chose to use Oil on canvas. It measures at 58.4 x 48.3 cm (23 x 18 in.) Although she had not yet visited Europe, Georgia O’Keeffe was exposed to Modernism through exhibitions at Alfred Stieglitz’s gallery 291 in New York and her studies at the University of Virginia and Columbia University Teacher’s College. She was drawn to the theories of the Russian Expressionist painter...
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...Culture of Malaysia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Life in Malaysia Culture Cuisine Demographics Economy Education Ethnic groups Film Health Holidays Languages Literature Malaysian English Music Politics Religion Religious freedom Society Sport Transport Tourism Indian Chinese The culture of Malaysia draws on the varied cultures of the different people of Malaysia. The first people to live in the area were indigenous tribes that still remain; they were followed by the Malays, who moved there from mainland Asia in ancient times. Chinese and Indian cultural influences made their mark when trade began with those countries, and increased with immigration to Malaysia. Other cultures that heavily influenced that of Malaysia include Persian, Arabic, and British. The many different ethnicities that currently exist in Malaysia have their own unique and distinctive cultural identities, with some crossover. Arts and music have a long tradition in Malaysia, with Malay art dating back to the Malay sultanates. Traditional art was centred around fields such as carving, silversmithing, and weaving. Islamic taboos restricted artwork depicting humans until the mid-20th century. Performing arts and shadow puppet shows are popular, and often show Indian influences. Various influences can be seen in architecture, from individual cultures in Malaysia and from other countries. Large modern structures have been built, including the tallest twin buildings in the world...
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...INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS EC 410 Term Paper In order to assist you in learning the concepts taught in this class, part of your assignment is to write a term paper, in which you will be asked to perform an in-depth study of a current issue from the field of International Economics. Formal requirements All the material turned in at any stage has to be typed. The final paper should be at least 12 pages long (Times New Roman, font size 12, a line-and-a-half spacing, one inch margins). While I want you to adhere to these guidelines, please keep in mind that the contents of your work will matter much more than its volume. Due to the unusually large class size, work on term papers will be done in teams of three students. I am leaving the task of forming the teams to you. The only constraint is that a team cannot consist of only international students. Upon completion of the project, you will be asked to assess the contribution of each member of your team, including yourself Work on the project is to be done in several phases, described below in more detail. Every deadline listed below is strictly enforced (except the cases when I officially amend it). In order to help ensure the timely completion of the intermediate project phases, they will be rewarded by points in the Homework category. The exact number of points will be announced later. If you miss a deadline, you are still required to turn your work in, but some points will be deducted. If I find that the material submitted...
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...to the areas were factories were built. Overcrowding became a real problem in the cities. Employers starting building tenements for their workers to live and was in walking distance to work. These buildings were very poor and dangerously built. Some were constructed out of single family homes. Thin walls were put up to make single rooms throughout the building. Many did not even have a window in their room. These rooms housed entire families. During this time inventions and technologies really started booming. With each invention lead to another invention or helped businesses expand. The invention of Electricity by Thomas Edison in 1879, lead to the development electrical power stations. These powerful electric grids were affordable middle class. They also helped businesses run after dark. 1876 the telephone was invented which used electricity. Businesses would use telephones to communicate which was faster and more efficient then mail. Inventions such as the...
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...Project: McDonalds and Hindu Culture Submitted By: Submitted By: 1. Connie Li 2. Elizabeth Sobel 3. Deep Kakkar 4. Maria Rutledge 5. Panna Patel Table Of Contents Table Of Contents 2 Gaining Familiarity 3 Stakeholders 4 Recognizing Symptoms 4 Controversy Analysis 5 Consequences To Controversy 5 Steps taken by McDonald’s to win customers’ trust 6 Identity and Relationship Based Issues 8 Conducting the SWOT Analysis 9 Strengths 9 Weaknesses 9 Opportunities 9 Threats 10 Challenges 10 Making the Diagnosis 11 Goals 11 Doing the Action Planning 13 Increasing Its Successes 14 Reducing Its Weaknesses 15 Tapping Into Its Weaknesses 16 Minimizing Its Threats 16 Conclusion 17 Alternatives 17 Correction to text 17 Appendix 18 Bibliography 32 Gaining Familiarity Some people might believe that India is a country with a single culture, but India is in fact comprised of more than five thousand different ethnic communities. “Each region and Sub-region in India has distinct food traditions and preferences…fast foods such as Samosa ,Bhel-puri, Chola bhatura, Pakoda, Aloo-bhurji,, Pav-bhaji, Dosa, and Sambar vada are popular among Indian consumers” (Dyson and others, 2004). In 1990, McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King all announced that they were switching to vegetable oil to reduce the fat content in their fries. Previously, they cooked their fries in tallow, which is defined...
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...Education in the People's Republic of China is a state-run system of public education run by the Ministry of Education. All citizens must attend school for at least nine years. The government provides primary education for six years, starting at age six or seven, followed by six years of secondary education for ages 12 to 18. Some provinces may have five years of primary school but four years for middle school. There are three years of middle school and three years of high school. The Ministry of Education reported a 99 percent attendance rate for primary school and an 80 percent rate for both primary and middle schools. In 1985, the government abolished tax-funded higher education, requiring university applicants to compete for scholarships based on academic ability. In the early 1980s the government allowed the establishment of the first private schools. The population has had on average only 6.2 years of schooling, but in 1986 the government set the goal of nine years of compulsory education for students by the year 2000. The United Nations Development Program reported that in 2003 China had 116,390 kindergarten classes with 613,000 teachers and 20 million students. At that time, there were 425,846 primary schools with 5.7 million teachers and 116.8 million students. General secondary education had 79,490 institutions, 4.5 million teachers, and 85.8 million students. There also were 3,065 specialized secondary schools with 199,000 teachers and 5 million students. Among these...
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...definition also highlights one of the many controversial issues many may have with globalization: the reallocation of human capital to emerging economies. This negative connotation of the definition perpetuates the fear anti-globalizers associate with the progression of globalization. Though the progression of globalization does not come without objectors and protestors, it is hard to refute that since countries have progressed towards a more globalized society the overall quality of life for a country’s inhabitants has improved. Mandelbaum states, “More countries joined the global economy, and the volume of cross-border capital flows expanded rapidly, increasing by an average of 11 percent per year between the beginning of the 1990s and the middle of the next decade” (Madelbaum 88). As more countries joined the global economy, the level of trade between the countries in the global economy rose as well. While cross-border trading was increasing, so was the GDP of the countries that were participating in trade. Ghemawat states, “The export-to-GDP ratio of the world economy increased from around 1 percent in 1820 to more than 20 percent...
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