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- 291: Third World Concept
- ... to safe water, urban population and Debt to First World countries and international banks such as the World Bank. Examples of these large disparities can be seen by comparing two Third World countries such as China and Peru. The GNP per capita for China is $860 (US), while for Peru it is $2610. Both countries have a life expectancy of around 70 years old, yet while the population of Peru is around 24 million, China has one of 1227 million people. These marked disparities show the wide range of diversity between two countries which are generalised under the same category. This can make it difficult to define a Third ...
- 292: Richard Nixon's Presidency
- ... which all U.S. forces were withdrawn and all known U.S. prisoners of war released before the end of March 1973. Nixon's greatest innovation was his approach to the People's Republic of China. Sensing that the time was right to make an overture to China, Nixon sent Kissinger to confer secretly with Chinese premier Zhou Enlai in July 1971. Nixon's own 1972 summit meeting in China was a diplomatic triumph that left the president's critics, accustomed to his fervent anti-Communism, astonished and off-balance. Within a few weeks, Nixon was in Moscow to negotiate the first step in ...
- 293: Yum Cha: A Chinse Breakfast
- ... talk about business deals, or spoil yourself after a week of hard work, by treating yourself to the finest Chinese Cuisine. Yum Cha dates back to the 10th century, and originated in the south of China, (Canton province of China) and now it has become a tradition and entertainment for the rest of the country. Most overseas Chinese from this province learnt this great culture and tradition and shared with the rest of the world ... think its the best place to have Yum Cha in Melbourne. They have the most qualified chefs, which will take special requests and often have special events. Now days, whether in Hong Kong, Taiwan, or China, you can find the most large restaurants serve Yum Cha. Even in a foreign country, like Australia, America, Yum Cha has slowly excepted by the community and gradually changed became a part of their ...
- 294: The Hundred Secret Senses By A
- ... book is about two sisters, one named Olivia and the other Kwan. Olivia lived with her family (lived in San Francisco) and never knew about Kwan her half-sister which her father left behind in China (Changmian) until her father died (of kidney failure even thought he had four of them ~ which (I know I shouldn't) find amusing) when she was only four years old. Olivia's mom promised to ... having a Chinese sister that knew nothing and she hated Kwan for it. However, Kwan didn't mind and still was nice to her sister, she would tell her stories about her past life in China and about her Yin eyes, which give her the ability to see the dead (it also got her committed in a mental institution for shock therapy). Tan makes it credible by the broken English Kwan ... we all bowed and asked the spirits (mostly from one's own ancestry) to protect us. After the feast we would burn folded paper painted with silver to look like the money use in ancient China. In conclusion, I think this is a deep book that deals with many themes, just with a Chinese American twist. Although it is a slow read in the beginning, everything will make sense in ...
- 295: Korea 2
- ... since the days it was ‘a nation of hungry rice farmers’, by pursuing an industrialisation-led development commitment since 1961, which has since produced annual GDP growth of 8.4% per annum, second only to China. The success of South Korea, has been identified by a number of factors including the shift away from import substitution strategies towards export orientated industrialisation, and the effective managing of the economy and authoritarian rule ... of trade has also changed somewhat, where South Korean exports went largely to the USA and imports came from Japan, Asian countries excluding Japan are now South Korea’s major trading partners. The importance of China is also becoming of increasing significance. South Korea’s economic success as noted can also be contributed to the high levels of savings and investment. South Korean’s save about 35% of GNP and thus ... South Korea’s economy are favourable, but the high rate of success from the growth performance in the 1980’s will be difficult to replicate. The next phase of the Asian miracle that will involve China emerging as the world’s largest economy within 10 years and the re-emerging Japanese economy will provide substantial benefits for the Korean economy. Some important strengths of the economy include: a well educated ...
- 296: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- ... of his elements. Kennedy usually backed bills sponsored by his party but would sometimes show independence by voting with the Republicans. He also joined with the Republicans in criticizing the Truman administration’s handling of China. In China, the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek, which had been supported by the United States, was unable to withstand the advance of Communist forces under Mao Zedong. By the end of 1949 government troops had been overwhelmingly defeated, and Chiang led his forces into exile on Taiwan. The triumphant Mao formed the People’s Republic of China. Truman’s critics, including Kennedy, charged that the administration had failed to support Chiang Kai-shek against the Communists. Despite Kennedy’s wavering within his own party platform, John F. Kennedy easily won reelection ...
- 297: US Generals Of WWII
- ... during the Saint Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne operations. From 1919 to 1924 he was aide to the U.S. commander in chief, General John Pershing, and during the next three years he saw service in China. Marshall taught in various army schools and organizations from 1927 to 1936, when he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. In 1939 Marshall was appointed U.S. army chief of staff with the ... Yalta, and Potsdam. In 1944 he was promoted to the rank of General of the Army. When he retired in 1945, President Harry S. Truman appointed him special representative, with the rank of ambassador, to China. He spent two years in China attempting to mediate the differences between the Chinese Communist and Nationalist leaders, but was unsuccessful. (Alexandria, pg. 24) One of Marshall’s briefings was called Operation Downfall, which was Marshall’s final blow against ...
- 298: Confucius
- ... Egypt didn't use any kind of physical punishment, but they used threats. The people thought that if they went against the values, Osiris, god of the afterlife, would punish them after their died. In China, the values weren't enforced, but they were protected by the government. In the second century B.C., Confucianism became the official philosophy of China, thus preserving it for the future. I am greatly impressed by Hammurabi's ideas. His laws may sound harsh, but they had to be. In ancient Sumer, you had to be harsh or people wouldn ... plebeian. I think that Confucius' ideas are the ones that come the closest to my own beliefs. I like the fact that Confucius' ideas are still just as relevant today as they were in ancient China.
- 299: Life On The Farm
- ... murdered Trotsky in Mexico. Trotsky was found with a pickaxe in his head at his villa in Mexico. Orwell cleverly uses the name for the workhorse, Boxer, as a metaphor for the Boxer Rebellion in China in the early twentieth century. It was this rebellion which signaled the beginning of communism in red China. This communism, much like the distorted Stalin view of socialism, is still present today in the oppressive social government in China. Boxer and Clover are used by Orwell to represent the proletariat, or the unskilled labor class in Russian society. This lower class is naturally drawn to Stalin (Napoleon) because it seems as though they ...
- 300: John F. Kennedy
- ... of his elements. Kennedy usually backed bills sponsored by his party but would sometimes show independence by voting with the Republicans. He also joined with the Republicans in criticizing the Truman administration’s handling of China. In China, the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek, which had been supported by the United States, was unable to withstand the advance of Communist forces under Mao Zedong. By the end of 1949 government troops had been overwhelmingly defeated, and Chiang led his forces into exile on Taiwan. The triumphant Mao formed the People’s Republic of China. Truman’s critics, including Kennedy, charged that the administration had failed to support Chiang Kai-shek against the Communists. Despite Kennedy’s wavering within his own party platform, John F. Kennedy easily won reelection ...
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