...much of a contribution the spread of revolutionary beliefs in China had in the fall of the Qing Dynasty. In order to determine the importance of this I will therefore also be looking at other factors such as, foreign interference, double tenth and the inability to change. I believe it is partially accurate to say that the spread of revolutionary beliefs was important in the downfall of the Qing Dynasty; however it wasn’t necessarily the most important factor. This can be determined from the effects of Sun Yatsen’s anti-government movement in China. Initially, the extreme need for revolution and reform stemmed from Cixi’s need and desire for conservatism. Her oblivious attitude towards the failure of the government angered many people and essentially gave reformers the ammunition to spread their own beliefs. As previously mentioned, Sun Yatsen was one of the people who felt strongly about changing the way things worked in China. He was particularly open minded and due to his education abroad had adopted a Westernized style of thinking. Thus, Yatsen attempted to modernise and regenerate China by removing foreign control and reasserting their unique character and greatness by forming the revolutionary alliance in 1905. Within this, his greatest belief was that the only way in which China would be able to modernise was if they became a republic, so his party formalised this concept as the “Three Principles of the People”. Although, the reason why Sun isn’t regarded as being the most...
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...world. The rising economy of China was stated to have grown in an extraordinarily large number of nine (9) per cent per annum in the last twenty five (25) years whereas its consumption of energy has been said to have doubled to the extent that it outstripped the production of domestic energy. (Africa-practice report, 2007, p.2) Significantly, to catch up with the demand of its market, the economic powerhouse has channelled its attention to Africa. A continent widely known for its social and political unrest, though Chinese active involvement in Africa is a necessary mission in other for them to secure new export market for their manufactured goods, there are several strategic ways adopted by the Chinese government in their bilateral relation with African states; however, amongst the strategic ways is by significantly carrying out investment in the continent thereby increasing and securing a mutual relationship with various African nations they made contact with. On one hand, this article will pinpoint and elaborate on the strategized...
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...How significant was national resentment of foreign interference in bringing about the collapse of the Qing dynasty 1911-1912? I believe that national resentment was extremely significant in bringing about the collapse of the Qing dynasty. Despite this however I believe that it was not the only factor in the fall of the dynasty. I believe that other reason such as the failure to reform, and the unequal treaties were also vital reasons for the failure of the Qing dynasty. I believe that the fall of the Qing dynasty started with ‘the unequal treaties.’ It's hard to get by when the country you need goods from does not really need to trade goods with you. This is what happened with Great Britain and the Qing Dynasty. There was a high demand for China's tea in Great Britain but a low demand for Britain's goods in China. Great Britain was in debt with China and they had to do something to get out. As a result, they turned to selling silver to make the imbalance better. China couldn’t care less about Great Britain's silver so Great Britain was still behinds in payments. When selling silver did not work they began selling opium. China's people became quickly addicted to the drug and traded silver, originally from Great Britain to get opium. Opium was illegal and China wanted the trade of opium to stop. China tried to make new restrictions against foreign merchants and ships and Great Britain did not like this idea and fought back resulting in the Opium War. Of course Britain came out...
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...discussion day focused a lot on intervention by the West (or potentially not the West) into developing nations, and what then the duties are in terms of the work that is to be done there and the responsibilities after a forcible intervention is long underway. It was mentioned by fellow classmates that if superior nations like in the Western world, chooses and feels the need to intervene, it is also their responsibility to follow up and remain present; especially if it is a situation where things did not go exactly as planned and they may have potentially made things worse through their attempts of making things better. It was argued, essentially, that for an imposing country to just pack up and send their troops, army, military, or volunteers back, and just leave a community with the mess that they have, more or less so, created would be immoral and improper comportment by that nation. However, others brought up a very Mutua-esque perspective and argued that Mutua would see the Western world and their imposition as the cause of most problems; enforcing our own will onto other nations. During the means of interference, in order to implement human rights, there is often an even greater violation of so many other human rights. This whole argument becomes then a controversial issue because, as someone else brought up in the discussion, where then are we able to draw the line and decide when it is appropriate for powerful nations of the world to...
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...pp.195-208. Edward Said (November 1935 – September 2003) is a Palestinian born in Jerusalm. He is university professor of Comparative Literature at Columbia University and an influential cultural author (Said 1982, p1086). His book Orientalism (1978) addresses his ideas on Orientalism in his own words, a Western style of Eastern cultures (Said 1982, p1086). His work generally ties to the imperialist societies and represents the issue of politics. In 1983, he published ‘from “Opponents, Audiences, Constituencies, and Community”’. Constance Classen (1957 –) is an award-winning writer and researcher based in Montreal, Canada. She holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from McGill University and is the author of various essays and books on the cultural life of the senses such as ‘Worlds of Sense: Exploring the Senses in History and Across Cultures (Routledge, 1993)’. In 1996, she published ‘Sugar Cane, Coca-Cola and Hypermarkets: Consumption and Surrealism in the Argentine Northwest’ (Canadianicon 2012). Those two readings provide examples of how the human beings make their own culture, and could therefore change it. This paper briefly shows noninterference and interference in the every world life and how those two may have occurred in the global consumerism context. In the essay ‘from “Opponents, Audiences, Constituencies, and Community”’, Said does not directly define culture, but he does use some textual signs...
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...all over the world to learn foreign ways. The citizens of the “new” Japan were literate, educated, loyal, and compliant. 4) What was the Boxer Uprising and how did it encourage Japanese expansion in mainland Asia? The Boxer Uprising was a chain anti-foreign uproars in China. The riots were crushed by European and Japanese powers in Beijing. Because China was weakened, Japan and Russia fought for control of the mineral abundant Chinese region of Manchuria. Japan defeated Russia, which established its new strength, and became one of the world’s colonial powers. It had control over Manchuria, Korea, and Taiwan. 5) What was the difference between Japan's and China's reaction to Western imperial interference, and what were the overall consequences for each country? China was totally against becoming Westernized and fought against the Europeans throughout the entire process. Japan, on the other hand, totally embraced the imperial interference because it saw what happened to China when it resisted. China lost a lot of resources and power, making it extremely weak and susceptible to abuse, while Japan became an imperial power and could defend itself against Europe. Japan became so much stronger than China, that Japan won Korea, Taiwan, and the Liaodong Peninsula. On top of that, China was forced to pay Japan an indemnity. European countries and America forced Japan to give the Liaodong Peninsula back to China, and because of that, the Western countries made China allow them territorial...
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...by establishing a minimal state and a reliance on market economics. These ideas developed a lot during the early industrialisation of the 19th century. Modern liberalism provides a qualified endorsement for social and economic intervention as a means of promoting personal development. These ideas were related to the further development of industrialisation. Classical liberals thought that the best way to promote individualism was to allow individuals to make the most out of their individualism whereas modern liberals make sure everyone has the support network that is needed to become individual. Modern liberalism could be seen as an ideology which betrayed its initial principles; however, it can also be seen as a developed version of classical liberalism. As society changes overtime, ideologies may have to view certain aspects differently to adapt to society. This could have been the case between classical liberalism and modern liberalism. One way this could be demonstrated is with the economy. Classical liberals believed in a market free from government interference and constraint, which is known as free-market economy. Political economists such as Adam Smith were against mercantilism which emphasised the state's role in managing international trade and delivering prosperity. Instead, Smith believed that the economy works best when it is left alone by government and is managed by what he referred to as the 'invisible hand'. The classical liberals had a strong liberal...
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...issues? For each area identified, what can you do to overcome the issue? | Some areas that may present issues when designing a network would be the large conference room and the break room. The large conference room is surrounded by concrete walls and the AP is at one corner of the floor plan surrounded by more concrete walls. The break room is also surrounded by walls and vending machines. This causes the signals to weaken because of the several walls and metal obstacles that are interfering. One way to fix the issue is to rearrange the AP to another place where there is less interference or in this case less walls. | According to your site survey, is the data center an ideal location for the wireless access point? Would you place the access point somewhere else in the building? If so, where and why? Do you think it will be necessary to have multiple access points in this building? | The data center is definitely not the best location for the AP do to all the walls in the way. In my opinion I would place the AP in the center...
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...Rights: A Review of Literature China often faces the criticisms in human rights records. Comparing to the eagerly expectation of improving human rights situation from west world, the response of China government and Chinese seems far from warm. These strange reactions raise an issue. Furthermore, I will try to find the possible causes and the consequences of this issue, and finally, put forward some possible solutions. The Issues China has many issues in human rights. The beginning of critiques comes from the Tiananmen Accident. As Wan Ming pointed out, “Western rights pressure since 1989 has had an indirect impact”. Since the US and some other countries put strong pressure on Chinese government, Beijing realized that legal form is a necessity in human rights progress (Wan). However, after noticing the democratization could “erode the party dominance”, CPC (Communist Party of China) choose to resist the pressure from Western (Wan). The most severe critiques of China’s human rights come from the one child policy. China adapted birth control since the population pressure since Mao era; and then, China became the only country that “using legislation and administration power to control the birth rate”(Chen). Since China has a traditional patriarchal mentality misconception, there are many baby girls being abandoned. As Chen cited the statistic from Sarah Lubman, “Close to 800,000 baby girls abandoned or killed in a single region between 1971-80 alone” (Chen). Not only that but more...
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...JPMorgan Chase LEG100 Professor Cheri Reiser 03/04/2013 Discuss how administrative agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) take action in order to be effective in preventing high-risk gambles in securities / banking, a foundation of the economy. In the summer of 2012, JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. bank, announced trading losses from investment decisions made by its Chief Investment Office (CIO) of $5.8 billion. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was provided falsified first quarter reports that concealed this massive loss. The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. Requiring public companies to disclose meaningful financial information to the public is an effective approach the SEC takes in order to assure the securities of this nation (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). This helps investors prevent high-risk gambles and allows them to make sound decisions when deciding on which companies to invest in. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulates the commodity futures and options markets. Its goals include the promotion of competitive and efficient futures markets and the protection of investors against manipulation, abusive trade practices and fraud (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Both the SEC and the CFTC played a role in investigating...
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...HOW PEACEFUL IS CHINA’S PEACEFUL RISE? 16 July 2014 at 17:01 HOW PEACEFUL IS CHINA’S PEACEFUL RISE? The People’s Republic of China has been taking great pains to point out to its neighbours specifically, and the world in general, that they have nothing to fear of its increasing power. This approach is epitomised by China’s emphasis on the term ‘peaceful rise’ to describe its expanding influence since 2004. Not only is ‘peaceful rise’ used to allay concerns that China will use its power to further its goals at the expense of other nations, it is also used to directly contrast the PRC with the United States who have been embroiled in the same period in the controversial War on Terror. Given the prominence of the claim of the claim it is clearly in the interests of understanding international and regional developments that we pose the question “How peaceful is China’s peaceful rise?” As this essay will show, in light of the PRC’s domestic aims and because of China’s historical and cultural experiences, any attempt to answer question is contradictory, and depends on the region. The question of China’s contradictory peaceful rise is explained most completely by the theory of neoclassical realism. Neoclassical realism argues that it is the aim of states to gain power to pursue what they deem is in their national interests. It breaks down the state’s efforts in that respect into two spheres, the internal and the external. The external sphere is similar to other theories of...
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...Treaty of Versailles without any interference from the League of Nations, and the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Pact show that Hitler was determined, and wouldn’t settle for anything less than what he wanted. Hitler wasn’t the only one who was to be blamed for the second world war – the failures of the League of Nations and Treaty of Versailles, the practice of isolationism in countries such as the US, Britain and France, and appeasement were also to blame. The fact that Germany was limited to an extremely small army, 6 naval ships, and no air force, submarines or tanks at all was something that encouraged Hitler to build up an army, regardless of what the Treaty of Versailles stated. By 1936, the Germans had a total air force consisting of 5,116 planes, and were extremely close to overtaking the size of the British air force. This was eventually accomplished, as the Germans ended up with 5,606 planes in 1937. One of the main reasons for the outbreak of the war was that Hitler was certain he could regain everything that Germany lost as a result of the Treaty of Versailles. His certainty was appealing to the German people, as they felt they needed a strong leader who would provide them with ‘lebensraum’, or living space. With the growing amount of aircraft in possession of the Germans, Hitler, an extremely aggressive man, decided to invade what was left of Czechoslovakia in March 1939. Hitler was successful, as there was no interference from Britain or France. 6 months...
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...Business Torts & Ethics Law/421 Intruders Liability The intruder, in this case, is held accountable for his actions. The thief showed the intention to break-in and the intellectual aptitude to understand that what he was doing was wrong since he even became violent to Darryl and Sharon. The case consists of two transgressions, criminal wrongdoing for injuries caused and a civil case breaking into Sharon’s house. Mainly, the harshness of the situation is deepened by the fact that the intruder assaults Sharon and the resident manager with an intention to cause harm. For the trespass cases, the charges always increase in situations where the invader causes injury to the inhabitants. Also, the injured party has a legal right to sue the intruder for the physical damage caused by the intentional or the negligent act. Particularly, the owner of the property may not have any legal duties concerning the case. However, there is some ethical responsibility to the resident manager as well as the tenants in regards to the safety of the premises. It is the duty of the owner, after such an incidence, to review the security procedures within the properties. Our Legal Duties and Responsibilities to Sharon and Daryl The owner of the property is not legally responsible for the safety of both Sharon and Daryl. As a universal regulation, the owner of residential properties is not obligated to the renters any duty of care....
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...Are human rights truly universal? This essay will address the question of human rights, whether they are truly universal or not. First I will explore the contemporary definition of human rights by outlining the key points in the historical evolution of the concept. Then I will engage with those perspectives which suggest that human rights are not universal, because of cultural or other differences between societies. After that, I will consider the possible ways that human rights can achieve its universality without the contradiction of any culture. Human Rights have quite a long history. They have already been mentioned in ancient Greek Philosophy. Later on, “Rights of Man” has been mentioned in both the American Declaration of Independence, as well as in the Rights of Man and the Citizens at the time of the French Revolution (Summa, 2011). After the second world war, the need for an organization to maintain international peace and to prevent the world from a new world war has been emerged. As a result of that, on the 26th of October 1945, 51 country has established the United Nations. To protect and guarantee the rights of every individual in the world, the United Nations General Assembly has approved a bill, which contains the human rights of individuals. This document is called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which includes rights such as equality before the law, protection against arbitrary arrest, freedoms of speech, religion, assembly and political participation...
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...five? (c) In what three ways may non-Western civilizations potentially "respond" to the powers and values of Western civilization? Please choose two responses and provide and briefly describe/explain One specific real-world example depicting each of the two selected "responses." (d) In Huntington's view, why will civilizations clash? Please discuss in detail the six reasons Huntington uses to explain why a clash of civilizations is seemingly inevitable. (e) Do you agree with Huntington's argument as to why civilizations will clash? Why or why not? Provide at least ONE specific real-world example to support your answer. (HINT: In answering "why or why not," please consider whether Huntington overlooked and thus forget to add an important "reason" or whether he should omit/take-out one of his "reasons." Yao Jingjing Globalization and International Affairs October 9, 2012 Dr. Richardson Chapter 5 introduces a theory, “the clash of civilizations”, proposed by Samuel P. Huntington. According to this theory, “the fundamental source of conflict” after Cold war will be people’s cultural and religious identities. Based on Huntington’s hypothesis, my assignment will discuss about the features of the conflicts among the major civilizations mentioned in the article. And I also would like to point out what aspect is forgotten in analyzing the conflicts of these civilizations and to reason the interaction between the Western civilizations and non-western civilizations. In the...
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