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- 431: Death Penalty - Herrera Vs Col
- ... death penalty to restrict its use of the death penalty, including not imposing it on juvenile offenders and limiting the number of offenses for which it can be imposed. Ten countries, including the United States, China, Pakistan, Rwanda and Sudan voted against the resolution. (New York Times, 4/29/99) Presently, more than half of the countries in the international community have abolished the death penalty completely, de facto, or for ordinary crimes. However, over 90 countries retain the death penalty, including China, Iran, and the United States, all of which rank among the highest for international executions in 1998. (Amnesty International, 1999) Return to Index Return to Part I -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources Amnesty International, "List of Abolitionist and Retentionist ...
- 432: Democracy Best Form of Government?
- ... who would like to strengthen civil society and live in a democratic state. Many people applaud Clinton’s policy toward Japan and Korea, as well as a stable, secure, open and prosperous relationship with hostile China--a China that respects human rights throughout its land and in Tibet. The platform also calls for democracy to further help in the development of Africa. It declares that continuing to help the people of Africa nurture ...
- 433: Popluation Growth-too Many Peo
- ... question. Many nations around the world have already realized that they have a population growth problem. Very few nations have done anything to control it. Two nations that have begun to stabilize their population are China and Singapore. China has had a one child maximum law to control the population. Though this approach is very effective, coercive measures such as this one would not work in a democratic nation such as Costa Rica. Singapore ...
- 434: Canada Immigration Laws
- ... efforts towards excluding certain people from entry, while encouraging others to settle. The Federal government decided in the early 1900's to take action against Asian immigration and devised different methods for discouraging immigration from China, Japan and India. Prime Minister John A. Macdonald commented in the late 1800's that a Chinese person “was a sojourner in a strange land..and he has no common interest with us, he gives ... women doctors and engineers are working here as babysitters and factory workers to pay the bills. York Professor Valerie Preston is working on a project examining the experiences of 24 women from Hong Kong and China living in Toronto. “If they aren’t working they have children to take care of,” she said. “They could not find a way to pay for day care at hours that they needed to either ...
- 435: Decline Of The American Empire
- ... to expand its credibility and influence. In short, it would take a new would-be superpower to usurp America's current status. There are only two powers that meet these criteria, the Peoples' Republic of China and the European Union. Both have the potential to become economic and military superpowers, but it is only a guess as to which one - if either or both - will grow in stature to eclipse the United States. The more likely of the two - in the short term - is the European Union, chiefly because it is a free-market democracy and is far more prosperous than China. However, since the United States is in a process of decline, the next superpower would need to weather America's decline while increasing its own status and affluence. Though, not a country in the strictest ...
- 436: Depression
- ... year. In a span of nine years its workforce expanded from 700,000 to 5,000,000. "Its economy grew by four percent a year, four times faster as western Europe, eight times faster than China's." The problem was that this economic growth worsened the social tensions in Japan. The rich got rich and the poor remained poor, the behavior of the "modern people" (rich) was considered to be American ... by farmers because they were that bad off. These young women made up the majority of the labour force. With weak labour unions only a select few had permanent employment. As the Depression rolled on, China and the United States put a ban on Japanese imports entering their boundaries. Farmers sold daughters to prostitution and sons to the military. The collapse of Japanese goods that were demanded abroad turned the Japanese ...
- 437: History of Percussion Instruments
- ... inhabited India also used musical cups, which were forerunners of the popular musical glasses. These musical cups were popular in India circa 800 AD. Western Asia is responsible for the introduction of the gong in China near the sixth century AD (“Percussion” 656). Romans and Greeks used the increasing availability of brass for their instruments. A cymbal was one instrument used frequently by both the Greeks and Romans. The Greco-Romans ... major advantage. It was believed that the Muslims invented the kettledrums (“Percussion” 659). Around the dawn of the seventh century, the use of drumsticks became a vital role in playing drums in Asia (“Percussion” 658). China and Japan invented a thunder drum, which is a drum that resembles the sounds of rolling thunder. These drums were used during large ceremonies and were played by many men at once. Drums played a ...
- 438: Deterioration Of The American-
- ... Chiefs were eager to secure from Stalin a precise commitment about entering the war. Some feared that Russia would let the United States undertake a costly invasion of Japan and then move into Manchuria and China at the last minute to reap the benefits of victory. In secret discussions with Roosevelt, Stalin agreed to declare war on Japan within two or three months after the surrender of Germany on condition that ... that the commercial interest of the Soviet Union in Dairen (Luda) and its rail communications be recognized. When Roosevelt obtained the assent of Chiang Kai-shek to these measures, the Soviet Union would agree "that China shall retain full sovereignty in Manchuria" and would conclude a treaty of friendship and alliance with the Chiang Kai-shek government. After the Chinese communists under Mao Zedong gained power, Stalin was only too eager ...
- 439: Nelson Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom
- ... as foreigners have affected South Africa. Now I will examine another issue seen in the book. In this paragraph, I will examine the movement seen in Long Walk to Freedom to the movement seen in China during the 1900 s. In South Africa, the movement I saw was the Africans fighting for freedom. In their time of struggle, they had little help from those with power. The liberation movement involved peasants ... and laws stricter and harsher towards the African struggle. Therefore, in South Africa, the movement received little help from the people who had influence in the country and the help they truly needed. While, in China, their movement involved their peasants and they had help, which truly helped their struggle. Mao stated that In a very short time, several hundred million peasants will rise like a mighty storm They will sweep ...
- 440: American Hawaii
- ... they had no guilt wearing no clothes or having sex in public! Hawaiians lived in worry free. But Hawaii s culture was fading away. America liked Hawaii for its location along the trade route to china and for its rich soil. Many American trading ships stopped at Hawaii on their way to Asia. Traders would use Hawaii as a "rest stop" on their way to China. The traders and merchants would have sex with native women and they would take advantage of their hospitality. Hawaii didn t have a very strong government or laws. So the Americans would come in and ...
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