... closer to him she is not so disturbed by him and she begins to notice things that go on in the imperial court, the way that the Emperor's concubines and other women play a role in politics. In most cultures that we hear stories about, the king's concubines were nothing but his slaves, who's only purpose was to please his sexual appetite and bear him sons ... . But here we see that in Japan things were different, both men and women, despite their occupation, played a part in the legislative process and in court politics. Because of her father ... 's influential position in the court, and ...

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... , radio, and print media, including but not limited to: -- Shanghai Cable Network -- Eastern Radio Station -- Xinmin Evening Newspaper -- Shanghai Fashion Magazine -- Eastern Magazine -- Cable TV Newspaper. Awards will be given in Sponsors' names, for: -- "Sponsor's Best Personal Image Award" (the Grand Prize) -- "Sponsor's Best Clothing and Accessories Award" -- "Sponsor's Best Make-Up Award" -- "Sponsor's Best Hairstyle Award" -- ... Beauty Fax for 13 weeks: 1. One 30-second advertising spot per half-hour program, re-run twice weekly, for 13 weeks, amounting to 39 total broadcasts. 2. ...

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... people will buy more of the product. Also the income of American's has been rising. In 1950 the average income of each person per year in the United States was $9729 and in 2002 the average income was $39,271 . One can see that the average income of people in the United States has been rising. If capitalism wasn't an effective government would the average ... income of people living in the U.S. be rising? I don't think so. In a communist country such as Cuba the average ... make it a world superpower. Instead the average income is less than $850 per person a year while the United State...

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... R&D operations, drawing upon the strengths and synergies between North Carolina's academic, government and industry base. The RTP is managed by the Research Triangle Foundation (RTF) of North Carolina. Founded in 1959, the RTF's mission is to provide opportunities for North Carolinians by connecting the region's knowledge assets to create economic opportunity. Since it was established, the RTP has witnessed a steady ... into a global center for scientific research and enterprise. Today, there are more than 170 global companies in RTP, including IBM, GSK, Syngenta, Credit Suisse, and Cisc...

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... 's, but they also adopted many aspects of Chinese culture. The Chinese form of government, their method of writing, their art, their philosophy and the Buddhist religion became popular in the court of Yamato. Soon Japan sent missions to China to develop good relations and to bring back Chinese literature and philosophy. This adaptation of Chinese culture continued uninterrupted through the 18th ... the faith and proceeded to study and promote it. Buddhism was spreading rapidly with the backing of the Japanese government. In the early 6th century, Prince Shotoku , a scholarly ruler who wro...

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... the same period of last year. The total sales income of the 36 key industries increased 12.56 percent to 161.218 billion yuan in 2003 compared to the previous year. The profits and taxes increased 15.73 percent to 108.156 billion yuan, accounting for 80 percent of ... the total industrial profits and taxes in the country, while the profit rose 25.02 percent to 22.994 billion yuan, accounting for 89.4 percent of the total. The ... 9.0425 million cartons (452.125 billion cigarettes), accounting for 25.47 percent of the total and up 1.44 percent compared to the proportion in 2002. The sale...

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... , the only thing that continued was an age of warring states, which consisted of endless rivalries with seven competing kingdoms. Qin Shihuangdi, a ruler that tried to unify China, succeeded in defeating the warring states and unifying China, developing an effective bureaucracy, adapting a philosophy called Legalism, and enjoying a rapidly rising agricultural output and a growing population. Within just a decade ... central government. Another internal factor that affected both empires was the rivalry among elite factions. In Rome, 26 individuals claimed to be the Roman emperor, and the p...

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The main characters of four mothers and each of their daughters, The Joy Luck Club tells a fascinating tale of two generations, in two different continents. The story ping pongs from mother to daughter, present, to past, and United States to China starts with Suyuan Woo, who passed away and her daughter, Jing- ... mei "June" Woo taking over her mother's seat at the mah-jong table which triggers the unraveling of memories and events in all of the characters. The varying stories of the daughters" ranging from marital problems to individual, inner matters, to cultural issues effortlessly and natu...

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... masses of wealth that their ancestors had collected throughout previous generations, opting to hire servants to perform even the simplest of tasks for them. In America today, culture is both similar to and different than that of early-twentieth century China. Women, though given so many opportunities to excel ... woman's job to tend to the children and mend the socks, it is now the woman's job to try cases in court, operate in complicated surgical procedures, and even work in construction jobs throughout the country. America deems it unlawful to follow polygamous marriage practices due t...

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... to stop the spread of addiction until early 19th century when the problem became apparent in court. In 1813 there where a number of palace guards who smoked. Directors of the Imperial Household investigate in 1831 and discover that a large number of senior eunuchs smoke, some had been doing ... leaders and followers would be separated. Eunuchs, if caught, were to be sent to Heilungkiang as a slave after two months in the cangue. In 1830 prohibition was again reviewed, this time however to try and control domestic growth. Domestic growers and refiners were punished as dealers ... governme...

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... West was given a smidgeon of respect was when they presented astronomy and mathematics related advancements. However, it was not that the Chinese were behind in their knowledge, but it was the Chinese who had originally thought of all of these brilliant ideas and had given them to the West, thus ... . The foreigners were only allowed to stay for practical means, which would help China. This brings us to an important point of the difference in the Chinese learning and Japanese learning of the West: the Chinese integrated their previous knowledge with the new ideas of West, whereas the Jap...

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... reader comes to expect this magical love to stand "unconquerable" but ironically their love is shattered. After they discover they are expecting a baby they are in constant battle with each other, "Because they argued now, they wrangled and fought and debated" (617). Jeremy reluctantly answers yes when China asks him if ... have them now that he is expecting a baby. As the couple prepares to leave high school for their camping trip, Jeremy alludes to Martin Luther King's speech, "Free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last" (615). On hindsight this statement has a very ironic r...

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... . Buddhism, had cultivated and grown very different since the time when it was introduced to China in the 6th century B.C. and since it had entered Japan in 552 A.D. Japan had fallen behind China; China was more advanced and developed in the arts, culture, economics, etc. Buddhism, which originated in India, soon found it's way to China, where it soon spread because of China's influence ... converting people along their journey. China had strengthened Buddhism. When Buddhism came to China, Buddhism was not powerful or known. China was advanced and it had traits that strengthened Buddhism...

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... accept Buddhism and started practicing it. Meanwhile, some people became very critical of the new language, and there were those who were indifferent about the religion, nor praising or declining. In the readings, Documents 2 and 3 show support towards Buddhism and its spread through China. Documents 4 and 6 show great discourage of the religion and the prevention of the spread. Lastly, documents 1 and ... Buddhism was at its peak; therefore, this passage seems credible. Although, the author could be Buddhist himself, revealing a most-likely heavy bias. Also, because he is a scholar, he...

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... York City has all the stuff dreams are made of, millions of residents and tourist, an extensive public transportation system and all kinds of diverse culture in a tight area. In a big city things seem to revolve around you. An example of this is delivery pizza. One shouldn't worry about getting across town because subways now go even across state. And ... if you looking for Chinese food better than that cooked in China then China town's got it. One can only asked them-self, why not live in a big city? Living in a big city doesn't always convey what most people treasure most, nature, lif...

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... , military technologies, and economics (utilization and control of trade). Isolation would allow the strength of outside empires to surpass China's, creating a huge gap in economic and military power. Lack of initial control of trade allowed a domino effect in opium imports that would later ravish China's resources. Furthermore, absence of military modernization allowed the outside empires to abuse their fortunate situations ... much more accepting of western influence, and as history would show, their outcome to imperialism and colonialism was more successful than their counterparts. Dur...

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... of the United States. This change has prepared China to join the world economy. Any policy maker not working with China will be excluded from the largest single event in the development of the world economy. Yet one must examine why China is becoming economically developed. Major reasons for China's economic development are its use of cheap labor, ... government officials are provided to enliven local economies. Essentially, many local governments now act as if they were the headquarters for local territorial corporations. The pervasive role of officials in local entrepreneurships has n...

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... the arrival of brutal communist revolutionaries, guards of a harsh dictator who have come to destroy you're home, you're family and everything that you believe in, before carting you off to a repulsive detention centre where you will be tortured for six and a half years. Still sound like a normal morning? For ... Tze-Tung threw the red flag' of communism over China. No communist state can survive without using violence against its opponents or evolve in any significant way without losing its very principles and ideals. These types of states are centred on the premise that they have the ...

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... treatment of the peasant class, the one thing that other previous moevements failed to offer. This won the support of enormous amounts of people in tge peasantry. The 2 most important industrial and political contributions are: the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution. The Great Leap Forward ... an individual meant nothing, and the party meant all- those who did not cooperate were often beaten, humiliated, and put to death. All in all however, the Cultural Revolution made Communist ideals become the center of Chinese culture, making long lasting effects on China. The Chinese mo...

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... customers for the tea trade. The British then added a new twist to the trade; they started importing opium from India into China. The use of opium took off like a rocket in China, soon it became a serious issue for the Chinese government, which then instituted measures to try and stop it. This decision eventually led to two Opium Wars, China was no ... Opium War, China was forced to open ports to foreign trade and residents and cede Hong Kong and Kowloon to Britain. China opposed European domination in a form of violent uprisings including the Boxer rebellion. Saint Francis Xavier arriv...

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How We Chose Our Topic Seeing as how the National History Day theme is Rights and Responsibilities in History, my partner and I were thinking about the rights and roles that other cultures and countries play besides the United States. First we made a ... topic would be perfect for our history fair project. How We Conducted Our Research Our choice for our project was to make an exhibit, so we split it in half. We decided that she would do the backboard and I would do the process paper which was an even half-to-half. I went to the library ... and checked out two books that were very helpful. ...

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... own talents and efforts," (230). Even under the iron rice bowl, this system furthered the income divide between villagers and city folk, favoring the ones in urban areas. By the 1980's the some of the reforms actually caused more harm on the rural areas, like de-collectivization and non-farm employment. " ... (231). De-collectivization brings less employment on the farms, leading migrants to leave their villages to seek work in the cities. The few rural families left, do not share equal benefits as those in the urban areas, and they also have to work twice as much to pay for medical...

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... perspectives on life, Buddhism brought completely new cultural innovations to these emerging societies. Buddhism was believed to be first introduced to China in the first century by traders from the west who traveled via the silk road. Over time China adapted this belief into their own ... separate kingdoms, the north and south, discrediting the power of Confucianism. Rulers of both kingdoms frantically looked for a solution and found it in the teachings of Buddhism. Due to its parallels with ancient rituals and emphasis on strong moral values of Confucianism and self-understanding of Da...

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... Sun Tzu, a Chinese military strategist. Sun Tzu argued that all warfare involves the employing of one's strength to exploit the weakness of the enemy. In his book, The Art Of War, he gives many suggestions on how to defeat a larger and better-equipped army than your own. Mao Zedong, the ... The strategy tactics of the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) were based very much upon the same tactics employed by Mao Zedong in China. The Viet Cong were organised in small groups of three to ten soldiers, also known as cells. The cells worked together, however they were organised so that they...

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... on mother-daughter relationships where the mother is an immigrant from China and the daughter is a thoroughly Americanized - yellow on the surface and white underneath. In "A Pair of Tickets," the mother tries to convey their rich history and legacy to her daughter, who is almost completely ignorant of their heritage, while ... the daughter attempts to understand her hopelessly old- fashioned mother. The mother harbors a secret wisdom and in the end, is right about everything. At the opening of the story, Jandale Woo, and her father is on a train and are destined for China. ... waited h...

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