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- 281: United Nations
- ... New York. 3. The UN structure is a very well thought-out one. The UN contains over 150 countries, with 5 main heads of state. These 5 countries are America, France, Great Britain, Russia and China. The 5 head countries always make the decision on whether to help a country that is in need or not. The basic structure is that there is a general assembly, which is the head of ... make the UN a success. 4. The Security Council is the council in charge of the peacekeeping side of the United Nations. The Security Council contained 15 countries in 1995. The countries were Argentina, Botswana, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy, Nigeria, Oman, Russian Federation, Rwanda, UK and the U.S. China, France, UK, U.S and Russia are all permanent heads of the council. There are over 50 countries now listed in the Security Council. 5. The UN can be so ineffective because they do ...
- 282: Overpopulation?
- ... century (1998, 1). Higher temperatures are projected to threaten food supplies in the next century, while more severe storms cause economic damage, and rising seas inundate coastal cities. Population is not something to be overlooked. China realized that as they made laws against the Population of there country. China's program, although has made a difference. Instead of expecting 1.8 billion in the year 2000, they expect 1.3 billion (Meier, 3). China makes laws that say you can only have one child, or your benefits will be taken away. There have been reports that the Chinese mothers have killed the baby girls, in hope that their ...
- 283: Brave New World: Huxley Predicted Many Events of the Future
- ... sexual activity. Huxley's prediction of promiscuity is based on his iron law of sexuality: "As political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual freedom tends compensatingly to increase." A current example of Huxley's belief is China. China is the last remaining communist regime, it also suffers from having one fifth of the world's population within its borders. Needless to say, China's large population is a direct result of a very sexually active society. Aldous Huxley's fears of the future caused him to write about sexual freedom and the resulting over-population in Brave ...
- 284: Sociology
- ... and raw material to Japan was now greatly In 1949 when the Kumintang moved to the island so came over one million refugees fleeing from the communist mainlandThe first priority of the new Republic of China was its militaryin 1953 in the form of the Mutual Security TreatyTaiwan attempted many things to help its economyThese implementations made matters worseThe Nineteen Point Program of Economic and Financial Reform enabled local businessmen to act more efficiently and purposelyDespite many factors against it the Republic of China has been able to steadily grow economically and is likely to continue Made Miracle the author explores the history of KoreaKorea has long had a history of Chinese dominationBut as China became more an more under western spheres of influence Korea began to be dominated by Russia and JapanJapan used Korea as mercantilist colonyJapan did build roads and develop the economyAfter the war Korea was ...
- 285: East Asian Crisis In The Econo
- ... influxes of cash by optimistic foreign investors. South Korea faltered under the weight of its huge foreign debt, decreasing exports, and weakening currency (Lochhead 4-5). Other major countries touched by the crisis are Japan, China, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Japans economy is burdened by $300 billion in bad bank loans and a recession. Chinese banks may carry bad banks loans of up to $1 trillion. The banks lend 66% of Chinas investment capital to state-run industries that only produce 12% of Chinas industrial output (Manning 2). Malaysia and the Philippines are both faced with devalued currencies and lowered stock markets (Lochhead 5). The implications of the Asian financial crisis are many. A declining Asian economy ...
- 286: Gold And Its Uses.
- ... down gold coin to make their own alloy. Other applications for gold include decorative plating of costume jewelry, watchcases, pens and pencils, spectacle frames and bathroom fittings. Gold-based points are used for decoration of china and glass. Demand for gold from this sector is around 90 tonnes per year. The gold is used in various forms, such as rolled gold and gold fill, although both of these are under competition ... mine opened in 1994 and a major resource at Las Cristinas has been identified; Uruguay has opened the Mahoma mine and Argentina may develop the Majo de la Alumbrera deposit. Gold has been mined in China for over 1,000 years, mainly in Shandong province. A major investment programme has lifted official production close to 100 tonnes annually in the 1990s, but local cooperatives and unofficial alluvial mining probably contribute another 30-40 tonnes. All formal mine output is sold to the People's Bank of China, which re-sells some gold for local jewelry manufacturers. International mining companies are providing expertise and anticipate getting into joint venture projects. Ghana has been renowned as the gold coast for 2,000 years. ...
- 287: Confucianism, Daoism And Legal
- ... of the Zhou era, arose many intellectual thinkers that brought such profound impact in the field of politics, religion and philosophy. Even to the day, their influence can be espied in the many matters of China. Confucianism became the paramount school of thinking and later significant philosophies such as Daoism and Legalism gained immense recognition as well. Each party had their own proposals for creating an idealistic political society where the ... from growing lazy and disrespecting the authority. Out of the three different thought systems, Legalism was a success in the sense that it achieved what the other two systems desperately strove for - the unification of China. "Qin conquered Yan in 226, Wei in 225, Chu in 223, Qu in 221. Now, in 221, it ruled the entire Chinese world and was ready to make that world over in the image of ... in equality for all and government according to merit. However, the system gained a rotten reputation according to the ruthless rule of the First Emperor. Confucianism thus became the official Philosophy, gaining wide acceptance in China.
- 288: Infanticide
- ... death was due not to SIDS but to infanticide. There were 1515 deaths in children less than 1 year old in the U.K in 1989. (Meadow, 161) There are more infants unnaturally sacrificed in China and the moral guilt of the Chinese parents is immensely less than similar offenders in Christian countries. Infanticide has been spoken as one of the great social plagues of the Chinese Empire. Poverty has a great deal to do with the prevalence of infanticide. They do not mind boys- but a girl is a useless mouth to fill. For certain reasons peculiar to China, there is a great desire to have male offspring. Infanticide remains an offense of which the law does not recognize. The numbers of infanticides in China exceeds the number of infanticides in Europe in proportion to the population. (Coleridge, The Month and Catholic Review) Chinese law only punishes infanticide indirectly- that is, the penalties which are applied to it are ...
- 289: Canada's Aid to Third World Countries
- ... are working toward the disarmament of nuclear weapons and human rights. Canada contributed the ninth largest share of the regular annual budget to the United Nations. Another issue that faced Canada was the fact that China's membership in the United Nations brought Canada into conflict with some other U.N members, especially the United States. Since 1966 Canada had said that it was becoming increasingly more important that China be represented at the U.N. At the time, the U.N only recognized the former government of China which was established on the island of Taiwan. The Canadian government prides itself on sending foreign aid to developing countries. In the 1970's there was an estimated 4.2 billion people on the ...
- 290: Japan
- ... world. Japan was traditionally more self-sustained and semi-isolated in its islands, and it pursued its own historic path on the periphery of a great Chinese civilisation. The Japanese borrowed some cultural ideas from China. (4,p.1-2). Although the population is largely homogeneous, there is considerable regional diversity. This diversity is reflected in life-styles, dialects and speech differing patterns of historic and economical development. The four largest ... silk and cotton production and then, from around 1900, for steel production at the Yawata Iron and Steel works (now the Yawata Works, Japan Steel Corporation), using coal from Kyushu mines and ore imported from china. In 1963the five cities of Moji, Kokura, Yahata, Tobata and Wakamatsu merged to form the city of Kitakyushu (North Kyushu). Kitakyushu and Fukuoka each have populations of over a million.(1, p.30). To the ... huge caldera. Nakadake, the active crater, is 600 by 1200 meters across and 160 meters deep.(1, p.30). Its also famous for the crystal clear sea.(8). The Okinawa Islands, located between Japan and China, have traditionally maintained relations with both their powerful neighbours. From 1609 the Shimazu family of Satsuma controlled Okinawa and exploited it for sugar, which they sold into the Osaka market at a good profit. ...
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