... unpleasant obligations would be kept to a minimum. This at first sounds good but in the long run, really isn't. It has both positive and negative effects. The positive and negative effects of these two Confucian beliefs both helped and destroyed the empires of the Tang and the Song. Because the empire had a small army, they made themselves susceptible to military attack from enemies. To keep ... others from invading the song paid tribute to others. This depleted the economy for nothing because in 1125 AD the song empire was attacked and taken over. The attempts to achieve "the way" was ...

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... future after the human race is almost depleted. The survivors live in a state of collectivism. I believe that collectivism, in the sense of this book, is depraved, just as communism. In Anthem, and just as in communism, elite people keep the inferior people oppressed. Chine is a good comparison to the society in Ayn Rand's book. A more superior group of people chooses the jobs for the inferior people ... in Anthem. This relates to china in a way because everyone is paid equally and the pay is the equality of pennies here ... in America. Another way Anthem's society relates to communism...

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There are different mediums to get information or be entertained. The three oldest are: newspapers, radio, and television. It is a matter of personal decision to choose between them, but the decision is also influenced by their differences. In certain exceptions the media is determined by availability, in the case where one of the mediums couldn"t reach certain spot. Television is the biggest media. It ... reaches millions of homes around the world. The information shown in television is accurate and almost instantaneous. Television companies have a gigantic net of communication by satellites...

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... economic output for their respective nations at the cost of human lives. Both regimes had similar outcomes because of the similarities between their policies. Collectivization policies produced famines in both China and Russia. Discrepancies occur between the two because of their motives behind their economic policies. Stalin was more focused on self-sufficiency whereas Mao's focus was on social reform ... visible that these leaders had similar ideas for their respective nations, with little discrepancies throughout the establishment and results of the policies. Now it is necessary to e...

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... 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 naturally entwine with each others" and their mothers" stories. All four of the mothers" hardships exposed and shared, each differed ...

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... of cultural ties between the countries as time passes on. This book by Akira Iriye has some interesting views on the international exchanges of China and Japan. However, I believe that with this focus, he has left out many domestic issues that provided crucial clues to understanding the reasoning behind various actions. One example is his look at the 1930's relations between China ... and Japan. He glosses over the reasons why Japan invaded China and seems to forget that culturally Japan changed dramatically as the Taisho Democracy became no more and a militaristic government took contr...

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... time the people of the 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 maintaining Chinese superiority. As long as the people ... learning of the West: the Chinese integrated their previous knowledge with the new ideas of West, whereas the Japanese completely threw out the old and replaced it with the ones of the West as in Rangaku. The Macar...

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... depended on their physical surrounding, using natural resources to provide food, shelter, and tools for survival. Steadily, people living in China, India, the Middle East, and Egypt developed complex civilizations. You can see the relationship of history and geography in many different cultures. Here are just a few that show it. In China geography is important to history because if they didn't have the Himalayas ... protected Egyptians from invaders, it was the Nile that allowed them to grow food and flax to grow clothing. They also depended on the Nile for transporting goods for trade. ...

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... caused China to make into a problem. The U.S. then had to make sure tensions were lessoned by stationing embassy check points located in China. The U.S. must make sure to make adequate diplomatic policies when dealing with China and Taiwan. The United States and North Korea have been the longest standing adversary's . Recent steps to keep North Korea's WMD under control have been difficult. From ... 1994, when North Korea agreed to dismantle its nuclear program with the U.S. in return supplying them with 5 billion dollars worth of fuel oil. Along with this the United States, Japan, and ...

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... sell at various prices during a given period (Page 130). The equilibrium price is reached when the quantity consumers are willing and able to buy matches the quantity producers are willing and able to sell (Page 162). Substitutes are products that can be used in place of each other (Page 118). While elasticity is another word for the responsiveness of a product (Page 108), a ... product that is insensitive to changes in price or income is considered inelastic (Page 109). Normal goods make up most goods and increase in demand as income increases (Page 117). Diamonds are considered a norm...

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... had a significant democracy deficit. Does this scarcity of democracy really give them any advantage vis -vis economic development? Perhaps, in some ways, it does. Countries like China with authority vested in a small central body are capable of taking decisions quickly. In democratic societies like India and Brazil, the smallest of decisions often has to undergo detailed scrutiny from different sections ... democratic deficit aiding economic growth seems to have emerged. The first batch of developed nations - in Europe and North America - have all along laid a lot of importance to democ...

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... strengthen Buddhism, while Buddhism helped strengthen Japan. 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 and dominance on other countries. Monks went through Korea ... Buddhism came to China, Buddhism was not powerful or known. China was advance...

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... the Russians, but increased the economic effects equally in both regions. In China, the Mongols completely ignored civil service exams and administration by the Chinese, while in Russia, they maintained a tributary relationship with local princes. Both conquered regions were taxed, and increased globalization. The Mongol enforced harsh rules on both the Chinese and Russians, but allowed them to practice their religion freely ... . When the Mongols invaded China, the Chinese prohibited themselves from learning anything Mongolian. While in China, some Mongolians absorbed Chinese culture. F...

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... . For this essay I will use New York City as my example city. Living in New 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 ... 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, lifetime friendships, and family support. Other than overweigh...

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... the Viet Cong itself. The main objective of the Viet Cong was to gain the support of the peasants living in rural Vietnam. According to Mao Zedong, the peasants were the sea in which the guerrillas needed to swim: " Without the constant and active support of the peasants failure is inevitable." Upon entry into a village, the Viet Cong obeyed a strict code of behaviour ... and were issued a strict series of "directives". This ensured that the Viet Cong blended in with the everyday life of the villagers (who in most cases supported the VC), and ensured that the American, British, and Aust...

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... mainly on the 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, are still rather looked down upon due to the former ... emphasis on male dominance in the country. While it used to be the 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 procedu...

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... -known silk road that covered a large area of Asia as a transportation route. Ancient Rome is also known for their use of the arch in architecture such as aquaducts and, houses. Roman architecture was build from a mixture of lime powder and water, an early concrete mixture. Han China was the first to invent contraptions such as the watermill, horse collar, paper, as well as ... military advancements, like the crossbow.This advanced technology made life easier, and more efficient for the people in these civilizations. As the populations of the civilizations sprouted, different forms of re...

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... , where agriculture was the main focus but as time went on, the dynasty came to a halt and a new ruler would step in. This ruler's name was Sui Wen-Ti and during the Sui Dynasty he brought China back together until it hit its downfall around 618 C.E, and the Tang Dynasty took the opportunity to rise. During this dynasty, China became more stable with a strong ... central government, economic revolution, agriculture improved by its infrastructure and that led to an increase in population, which led to urbanization, the interaction with others, and the spread of Chinese culture and art wit...

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... city, then to another country; from a nurse to a computer technician; I have experienced three big changes in the last ten years. I graduated from nursing school when I was 19 years old, and got my first job in a hospital in my hometown, a small and peaceful town. After four years of insipid life in the hospital, I decided to look for different opportunities. At the age of 23, I left my hometown ... and went to a big city which was located in south China. It was the first time that I had ever been ... an international company as a computer technician. I found that I made the right deci...

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... non Western philosophy such as the philosophy of India and the philosophy of China. So we will concentrate on Western philosophy. But if any of you want to do research in non Western philosophy and apply it to your papers, do so.) And just as Western civilization began in ancient Greece, so Western philosophy also began in ancient Greece.) Now the earliest ancient Greek philosophers studied ... nature. In doing so, they were especially interested what things are composed of the matter or ... ). That is, they thought that the earth was at the bottom of the world, the waters above that, t...

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... have learned throughout this experience. Marketing of any possible productions, relationship between designers and manufacturers, and responsibilities of an individual product. Marketing Productions of Kidsfun are mainly divided in two categories: Self-design productions and ask-to-do productions. Self-design productions are products that are designed by Kidsfun and products are designed under the name of their company. The ask-to-do ... Sometimes they were given directions of how exactly productions are being produced and sometimes they have more freedom. Relationship Most of the compan...

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... badly defeated. Following from the Second 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 arrived in Japan during the mid sixteenth century. He began converting Japanese into Christians. The Japanese authorities saw ... this as a form of European cultural colonialism. In retaliation, the Japanese government refused permission to foreign nations to land in Japan. A further series of Japanese edicts forbade ...

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... Vietming, future communist, run by HCM. Americans loved them because they"re anti-French, anti-Japanese, and the only VN forces that has weapons & rebel against the Japanese. The OSS office in China has record of Ho Chi Minh. HCM returns to China from Russia and collaborate with the Chinese communists (aside: he asked Woodrow Wilson to drive out the French). Chinese arrested ... the American warfare tactics, etc. HCM is multilingual (Chinese, French fluently, English). In 1945, when Japanese is defeated in VN, Japanese is actually creating a vacuum for power. 3 masters (Vietnam, French,...

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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 list of different nationalities that are interesting to us. Then from there we went through a process of elimination. Since Diana had ... out two books that were very helpful. She then started to research on the internet to get pictures of people in China who were limited to one child. The internet was a great resource because it had so many var...

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... fact could not be neglected that China is a developing country .Just like backwards in the Southeast Asia and Latin American ,it faces an unbalance development.There is not abundant fund to support both cities and coutries developing fast at the same period.The goverment subsidy and foreign investment are intensive in the eastern big cities.Due to shortage of wherewithal ,the progress of rural areas ... is much slower then that in urban .As a result,low level of education and bad fund-envirment would not likly to be improved,which causes a vicious circle. ---From what have been discusse...

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