...had selected a hundred of these essays for him to read; but Bao-yu had only glanced at them occasionally, reading a paragraph here and a paragraph there as some particularly felicitous expression or the extravagance. He had never settled down to the serious analytical examination of even a single essay” (Cao, 147). In ancient China, the writing test for official selection is really vital, but Bao-yu seems to be reluctant on it. Bao-yu wants to be whom he is instead of imitate other people. Moving onto chapter 74, lots of things take place in this chapter. Wang Shan-bao and his wife are not happy with Skybright. So they decide to set up a trap in order to kick Skybright out of the House. As Wang Shan-Bao’s wife says, “The worst of the lot is that Skybright that works in Bao-yu’s room. Because she’s a bit better-looking than the others and a bit readier with her tongue, she goes around dolled up all the time like a Xi-shi, putting everyone else in their place. If you say the slightest little thing to offend her, up fly her eyebrows and she will begin telling...
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... Extra Credit Jin and Yuan Literati Hagiographies of Daoist Quanzhen Masters By means of attending the extra credit lecture on April 12, 2013, the speaker Mark Halperin, Associate Professor of Chinese Literature, mainly talked about Jin and Yuan Literati Hagiographies of Daoist Quanzhen Masters. Since that, I have some basic ideas about the beginning of the Daoist as well as the development of the Daoist Quanzhen Masters. In particular, Quanzhe is the most important sect of the Daoist, and it was founded in the beginning of Jin Dynasty by Wang Zhe whose Daoist monastic name was Chongyang as well as who is one of prestigious Quanzhen masters. After Wang Chongyang accepted seven disciples, the Quanzhen was founded formally. These disciples were called Ma Yu, Tan Chuduan, Liu Chuxuan, Qiu Chuji, Wang Chuyi, Hao Datong, and Sun Buer. Qiu Chuji was the most prestigious and famous from seven disciples. He was the founder of the Dragon Gate sect of Taoism attracting the largest following in the streams of traditions flowing from the sects of the disciples. From The Legend of The Condor Heroes《射雕英雄傳》and The Return of the Condor Heroes《神雕俠侶》which was created by Jin Yong, Qiu Chuji was described as a highly skilled Taoist, this is why he was popular and well-known among Chinese people. In Chinese history, Qiu Chuji played as an important role to create positive effects on Chinese politics as well as Chinese society...
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...The data analysis is based on the journals, articles, books and websites I have used for the literature review. It gave me fascinating results. It is must to say that Sino-Indian relationship is based on powerful basics and there is a big potential as well to develop and strengthen the ties between the two. There is no doubt that India and China are both strongest countries in Asia in terms of Economy. Moreover both of them are developing at a rapid pace. The rest of the world has started to take these two countries seriously and the day might come when they will be the ones to drive the world. Even the economy is growing rapidly and with consistency. Both of them today are world’s fastest growing nations. In recent years, India and China are constantly on fourth and second leading economies respectively. They have left back other huge economies like few European countries and also countries like Japan, Russia, etc. The other fact is that both of them are world’s most populous countries, so it might be the case that in terms of per capita income they are at lower rank, but in terms of total GDP, they are constantly on the leading positions. These two countries are responsible for a big part of world’s total GDP. If we look at India, there is a huge number of people living below poverty line and also the basic needs are not available for the whole population, it is surprising that it still occupies its place in the world’s top five economies. It is the same case with China where...
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...How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? from the case china float or not to float How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as...
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...Answer to the general question of the case of Asian Paints-Global Expansion Strategy Now we are living in the global village. It becomes possible mainly for the bussiness. In business, Expansion is the very common term. It happens when a company wants to diversify their product & market. If a company wants to expand their market outside of its own country that is called gobal expansion. This case is mainly dealt with the global expansion strategy of Asian Paints Ltd & the general question is how far the company has achieved its objective of becoming “one of the top five decorative paint companies in the world by the year 2010”? It is India’s largest paint company and a market leader in decorative paints. Forbes Global magazine USA ranked Asian Paints among the 200 Best Small Companies in the World for 2002 and 2003 and presented the 'Best under a Billion' award, to the company. Asian Paints is the only paint company in the world to receive this recognition. Forbes has also ranked Asian Paints among the Best under a Billion companies in Asia In 2005, 06 and 07. But it will be tough for them to become one of the top five decorative paint companies in the world by the year 2010. In 2009, world market share of this company was just 0.6%. That is not satisfactory for achieving their main objective. On the other hand, they are running their bussiness in only 23 countries. Other top companies like AKZONOBEL (NED), PPG Industries (U.S.) , Sherwin-Williams (U...
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...oDesk: Changing how the world works. Business strategy of oDesk (best described in the case) as “remote employment”, a unique employment model that combines aspects of the more traditional models of local employment, local staffing forms and traditional outsourcing. Three strategies to choose: 1) Increase oDesk’s target market from small-medium businesses to large firms 2) Expand the expertise and skills of its contractor base in order to meet a wider range of employer needs 3) Develop oDesk’s global capabilities in order to move from primarily domestic-offshore outsourcing relationships, connecting U.S. businesses with international contractors, to offshore-offshore relationships, connecting global businesses with global contractors. Which option would make oDesk most successful in their market? Strengths | Weaknesses | * The company is cost-conscious * The company is very inventive and keep to achieve their objectives * oDesk offers additional services than their competitors + oDesk focuses on time-based contracts ( see definition in the case ) * oDesk policy is to provide only factual information on its Contractors. * oDesk online platform include payment functionality as well as move towards the worker classification and relates tax services. * oDesk is expanding beyond the area of computer programming, to include technical writing, design, data entry and other related areas. * oDesk is different in the ways of working.,...
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...endorsements, sources of primary data, or illustrations of effective or ineffective management. Copyright © 2009, 2010, 2011 President and Fellows of Harvard College. To order copies or request permission to reproduce materials, call 1800-545-7685, write Harvard Business School Publishing, Boston, MA 02163, or go to www.hbsp.harvard.edu/educators. This publication may not be digitized, photocopied, or otherwise reproduced, posted, or transmitted, without the permission of Harvard Business School. Purchased by: CHUAN LAN llaass2@163.com on August 24, 2013 110-045 A Letter from Prison Computer Associates and Stephen Richards Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) began as a four-person start-up in 1976. Its founder, Charles Wang, sought to fill a growing need for mainframe computing software for IBM computers. Computer Associates offered a range of products, including database, application, and financial management software, to fulfill the computing needs of businesses.1 In 1988, soon after graduating from Avondale College in Australia, Stephen Richards joined CA's Sydney office. Within two years, Richards became manager of the...
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...Background of the Communispace Communispace is the market leader in creating and managing private, brand-focused online communities for major corporate clients. And it was born in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1999 as a technology startup that provided a software solution in which employees of a client company could more easily communicate and collaborate. With the gradual development of market economy, the performance of Company Communispace also increases. It is $5 million in 2014 to an expected $36 million in 2009, and its employee count had had grown to more than 200 people across its six offices in the United Stated and several offices in Europe and Australia. And straight question about the customer Simmons wants to get a new brand of snacks for weight conscious consumers, they question whether the decision to enter the network WOM market? The target customers are the women age around 35-45 and the little child. For this point they get the two way analysis the different results. Get into the WOM or not it is the case important question. Do not get into the WOM market, the case one international and the other is not international market. For get into the WOM, they get three ways to analysis, Community Platform, Portal Platform and Ads company platform. For those we can get different result. And the first of the step for Internationalization Strategy, they should get familiar with the international market, get the E-business, get office between the two or more countries and...
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...你好 第一课 （一） 陆雨平： | 力波，你好。 | 力波： | 你好，陆雨平。 | （二） 力波： | 林娜，你好吗？ | 林娜： | 我很好，你呢？ | 力波： | 也很好。 | 你忙吗 第二课 （一） 林娜： | 陆雨平，你好吗？ | 陆雨平： | 我很好。你爸爸、妈妈好吗？ | 林娜： | 他们都很好。你忙吗？ | 陆雨平： | 我不忙。你男朋友呢？ | 林娜： | 他很忙。 | （二） 丁力波： | 哥哥，你要咖啡吗？ | 哥哥： | 我要咖啡。 | 弟弟： | 我也要咖啡。 | 丁力波： | 好，我们都喝咖啡。 | 她是哪国人 第三课 （一） 哥哥： | 力波，那是谁？ | 丁力波： | 那是我们老师。 | 哥哥： | 她是哪国人？ | 丁力波： | 她是中国人。我们老师都是中国人。 | （二） 丁力波： | 陈老师，您好！这是我哥哥，他是外语老师。 | 陈老师： | 你好。 | 丁力波： | 这是我朋友。 | 陈老师： | 你好！你也是老师吗？ | 朋友： | 您好！我不是老师，我是医生。 | 陈老师： | 力波， 这是你奶奶吗？ | 丁力波： | 不是，她是我外婆。 | 陈老师： | 外婆，您好！ | 认识你很高兴 第四课 （一） 老师： | 可以进来吗？ | 林娜： | 请进！杨老师，您好。这是我朋友，他是记者。 | 老师： | 请问，您贵姓？ | 陆雨平： | 我姓陆，叫陆雨平。 | 老师： | 你好，陆先生，认识你很高兴。 | 陆雨平： | 杨老师，认识您，我也很高兴。 | （二） 林娜： | 我是语言学院的学生。我姓林，叫林娜。我是英国人。你姓什么？ | 马大为： | 我姓马，叫马大为。 | 林娜： | 你是加拿大人吗？ | 马大为： | 我不是加拿大人，我是美国人，也是语言学院的学生。我学习汉语。 | 餐厅在哪儿 第五课 （一） 马大为： | 请问，这是王小云的宿舍吗？ | 女学生： | 是，请进，请坐。 | 马大为： | 谢谢。王小云在吗？ | 女学生： | 她不在。 | 马大为： | 她在哪儿？ | 女学生： | 对不起，我不知道。 | 马大为： | 没关系。好，再见。 | 女学生： | 再见。 | （二） 马大为： | 小姐，请问餐厅在哪儿？ | 小姐： | 在二层二〇四号。 | 马大为： | 谢谢。 | 小姐： | 不用谢。 | 宋华： | 大为，我们在这儿。 | 马大为： | 对不起，我来晚了。 | 王小云： | 没关系。 | 我们去游泳，好吗 第六课 （一） 王小云： | 林娜，昨天的京剧怎么样？ | 林娜： | 很有意思。今天的天气很好，我们去游泳，好吗？ | 王小云： | 太好了！什么时候去？ | 林娜： | 现在去，可以吗？ | 王小云： | 可以。 | （二） 丁力波： | 杨老师，明天您有时间吗？ | 杨老师： | 对不起，请再说一遍。 | 丁力波： | 明天您有时间吗？我们去打球，好吗？ | 杨老师： | 很抱歉，明天我很忙，恐怕不行。谢谢你们。 | 你认识不认识他 第七课 （一） 林娜： | 力波，明天开学，我很高兴。你看，他是不是我们学院的老师吗？ | 丁力波： | 我问一下。请问，您是我们学院的老师吗？...
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...Tong Zhang Pre-Modern East Asian History China: Introduction Written records of Chinese civilization date back to 1200 BCE. Naturally many parts of China have become worldwide attractions due to historical richness. The Dynasties of China covered in this chapter will be: Shang (1600 – 1050 BCE), Zhou (1046 – 256 BCE), Warring States Period (475 – 221 BCE), Qin (221 – 206 BCE) Han (206 BCE – 220 CE). Henan Museum, Zheng Zhou Yellow River Valley (Shang) Today, Zheng Zhou is the provincial capital of the Henan Province and is a fast growing city that is one of the centers of technology and politics in China. Lying on the southern bank of the Yellow River (Huang He) Zheng Zhou is home to many beautiful pagodas, Shaolin Temples, and amazing sceneries. Though a bustling megacity today, Zheng Zhou has been an integral part of since the Shang Dynasty of China starting in 1600 BCE. During the Bronze Age, the huge country we call China today had hardly developed. At the time, people understood very little so the base of Chinese culture known as Di (or god) was created. Di gave the Shang people a sense of predictability and understanding of the world. For example, they used Di to predict whether a harvest was to be good or bad. The Shang people communicated with Di through Oracle Bones and Pyromancy. Ritual specialists would use fire to strike a special oracle bone. The grains in the bone would crack in a certain direction and the Shang people would take that as a sign...
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...Leadership Project: Wang Cher 1. Give the title of the book and a brief biography about the leader (1/2) page. The legend of Wang Cher written by Zhenwei Zhang narrates the life of Cher Wang from childhood to her fifties. Cher Wang was born on September 14th, 1958, the third child in her big family. Her father, Y.C. Wang, one of Taiwan’s richest men, was the legendary founder of Formosa Plastics, the Taiwanese petrochemical conglomerate that now has about 100,000 employees. Born in a family like this, Cher had the privilege of attending private school in the United States. In 1974 she attended the exclusive College Preparatory School in Oakland, California. After graduating from high school, she attended University of California – Berkeley. Cher, who originally wanted to be a pianist, was first admitted to Berkeley as a music major, but switched gears mid-stream, earning a master’s degree in economics instead. In 1982, Cher cut her teeth in the technology domain at First International Computer, a computer products manufacturing unit presided over by one of her sisters. While working at this company she got the idea for what would become the products produced by HTC. However, it took several years for Cher Wang’s inner entrepreneur to surface. In 1987, she founded VIA Technologies, Inc. In 1997, at the age of 39, she came back to Taiwan, launched HTC along with associates HT Cho and Peter Chou. In 2010, Cher co-founded the ABAC Women’s Forum to identify capacity-building policy...
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...China in Africa Christopher Ransom On October 24, 2013, Professor Deborah Brautigam, from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, spoke on China’s impact in Africa. She began by discussing China’s thirst for resources in the area and how it was evident from her very first visit to Liberia in 1983. Professor Brautigam has written two books on the subject: Chinese aid and African Development and The Dragon’s Gift, so she seems to be a very reliable source of information. Initially one would think that the involvement is very big with twenty-five big dams built by Chinese funding, but a closer look shows that only five of the twenty-five were actually relevant operations of the Chinese. With that said, she did say that the engagement with Africa does present a very difficult situation with the tree and ivory demand of China. The high demand of both these goods makes for a very unhealthy and dangerous situation to the environment of Africa. Professor Brautigam then spoke on the partnership of China and Sudan and the deadliness of this. China is the largest supplier of guns to Africa. It goes without saying that this is not a good thing and results in a very dangerous atmosphere. Even with all of the downsides to the partnership of China and Africa Professor Brautigam did want to strip away all of the myths of the relationship. To begin she discussed how long they have been there, which has been since about the 1950s and has really ramped...
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...China China remained very isolated, so its ability to learn was limited. This intellectual heritage stressed the basic harmony of nature: Every feature is balanced by an opposite, every yin by a yang. According to this philosophy, an individual should find a way, called Dao, to relate to this harmony. Patterns in Classical China China has maintained the clearest links to its classical past. Already a pattern was set in motion that lasted until the early part of the 20th century. Dynasties would start rule, develop strong political institutions, and encourage an active economy. But afterwards, the dynasty would grow weaker and tax revenues declined, while social divisions increased in the larger society. As one dynasty went down, another emerged and repeated the pattern. * Three dynasties covered the centuries of classical China: Zhou, Qin, and Han. Zhou The Zhou dynasty lasted from 1029 to 258 b.c.e. The dynasty only until about 700 b.c.e. flourished. They replaced the Shang rulers. It was then declined by political infrastructure and frequent invasions by nomadic people from border regions. * Government was not very powerful. * Rulers didn’t have the means to control their territories directly. * In exchange for land, supporters were supposed to provide the government with troops and tax revenues. * Extended territory by taking over the Yangtze river valley. (Middle Kingdom) * Wheat grew in the North and rice in the Southpopulation growth...
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...Chen Hanyu A0110820B Tutorial D5 Question 1: Introduction For this paper, I will be discussing two opposing ideologies, Confucianism and Legalism. Towards the later part of ancient China (e.g Han dynasty), states started to adopt a mixture of Confucianism and Legalistic ideology. Why did Legalism and Confucianism fall off? In this paper I will explore and provide my own insights on the shortcomings of both ideologies; how Legalism was more persuasive in getting people to accept their ideas and more effective as an ideology and how Confucianism lost out in both aspects. Persuasiveness of Legalism The central idea of legalism was to provide absolute power to the person in charge and the supremacy of authority. Legalists like Han Fei Zi believed that human nature was “evil” and strict rules should be in place to ensure order, similar to a shepherd and sheeps3. With this theory in mind, the idea of absolute power was very attractive to rulers of states. Rulers will exercise the “two handles” of reward and punishment accordingly to keep their subjects obedient and loyal. This ideology is even more appealing towards newly founded states that lack in the department of control over its subjects. If states can adopt the legalistic way of ruling, rulers can exercise their control over the whole state to maintain order. Therefore it is more likely for rulers to be persuaded into adopting legalism as their state ideology since it aligns with their objectives. When compared to Confucianism...
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...INS 313 GROUP 4 ASSIGNMENT 1. Highlight the factors that led to the rise of early Chinese civilization I. Agriculture: Agriculture led directly to the availability of food surpluses. II. Pottery: This allowed efficient storage of the surplus produced by agriculture. This means that not only can the surplus be used to feed mouths that are not themselves producing food, but the surplus can be stored to feed everyone at times when crops fail. This allows the population to be more stable and less subject famine cycles. Pottery was practiced in China only after 5000 B.C. III. Specialization of labor: The advantages of specialization of labor are better defense, better technology, more goods for trade, and the ability to support traders and better co-ordination and cohesion due to specialized leadership. IV. Urbanization: Towns and cities grew and they became meeting points for traders who exchanged surplus food and crafts items. Centers such as Anyang and Loyang in China grew and became a focus of migration for a growing agricultural population. V. Political factors: Presence of a king with distinguished roles. VI. Environmental factors: Stability of environment, natural boundaries. 2. Discuss the major features of the following in the early Chinese history showing those that have affected development of the modern world. 1. Political structures 2. The Chinese economy 3. Social structures 1. Political structures China had a government ruled...
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