... 2002, but some analysts forecast growth may slow to 6.5% this year. Firstly, the business activities continue to cause concern. A number of foreign firms have closed their offices in China or ordered expatriate employees to return home. On May 6th, America's Motorola closed its main Beijing office after an employee had become infected with SARS. Sales of McDonald's have fallen in China ... don't forget SARS is an infectious disease, that makes China be a big fly among international counterparts. As mentioned above, some foreign firms have already closed their offices in China or ordered...

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... killing the people of his country but he was now killing pigs because he had an idea that wasn't fully thought through yet was still put into effect. " It was ordered that they start breeding pigs early and then turned into a situation where they were cross reproducing Chinese pigs, which could produce only small litters of two or three piglets, with ... and deciding whether more good or more bad would come of the situation if he put his idea into effect. Instead Mao let people know his idea and the government ordered for it to be done regardless of what the people felt should be done. ...

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... of these Zen centers are beginning to stress the importance of open communication, talking more with each other and other representatives of other religions. Many of the new centers are combinations of Soto and Rinzai from Japan, Ch"an from China, and Son from Korea. It is still too soon to tell if these new factions throughout our country and Europe ... ...

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... Shi Huang followed legalism believes, ruling the empire with strict laws and harsh punishments in order to have his subject behave in a proper manner. Under Li Si's suggestion, the emperor ordered all books related to Confucianism, other philosophies, and the history of the former Qin State to be burned, and possession of such book became illegal. This became known as the ... " recorded that when the emperor visited the area, he was greatly delighted to see the spirituality of the Langya Mountains and the area's economic potential in salt production. He ordered 30,000 households to immig...

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... was generally downgraded or denied, and faculty members were subjected to harsh criticisms, deprivations, and, in many cases, physical abuse, torture, and murder." In the spring of 1967, the government ordered highly educated students to go out and communicate with workers and to partake in the Cultural Revolution. The students disliked these instructions, and attacked the part organization, which led to ... , the government demanded that the Cultural Revolution values to be taught in schools. When most schools refused to cooperate, the government announced the removal of entrance examin...

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... the drug into China. After some time went by, with the trade of opium brought to a standstill, three drunken sailors killed a Chinese villager. Lin Zexu, a governor and well-respected man, ordered Captain Charles Elliot to deliver these men to be tried under Chinese rule. Elliot said the sailors could only be tried under British rule and would be dealt with appropriately ... legalization of opium in China. However, opium became more wide spread. In that same year, the Qing court sent Lin Zexu to strictly enforce the Opium law. Lin Zexu quickly ordered the surrender of all Opium from the...

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... Road. The Japanese army for the first time starting retreating as they thought, but not until many more lives were lost for both sides. General Stilwell ordered an emergency evacuation. On 6 May Stilwell sent a last message, ordered his radios and vehicles destroyed, and headed west on foot into the jungle. With him were 114 people, including what was left of his own ... ...

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... considered fair or free. First off, it can clearly be seen that the new Chinese laws were not fair. When Chairman Mao wanted to make farming into a collective system, he ordered his men to force the landlords to give up their land. It was estimated that about one million landlords were killed in this land redistribution process. It was not fair ... ...

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... life is provided by the communes as well. However, as the Great Leap Forward carried on, at around 1959, people within the communes were faced with impossible tasks in labor ordered by the commune leaders. If they were to fail the accomplishments of these tasks, they were considered a bourgeois10 and prosecuted or sent to jail. The decreasing health conditions and rising ... ...

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... low household incomes, poor postal services, a lack of credit cards, relatively few telephones, and bureaucratic red tape that delays tangible profits. As part of the direct selling ban, Chinese authorities ordered Avon to suspend operations in the country. A State Council notice, published in China's official newspapers, prohibits all forms of direct selling and orders firms engaged in such business efforts to ... ...

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... schools, read French books, and consisted of government employees, French-trained college students, educated landowners, and businesspeople. The hidden resentment of the Vietnamese people was ignited when the French colonists ordered a land structural reform with high taxation over the farmers, and when the Vietnamese intellectuals quickly and clearly saw the contradiction in the French profession of the hallowed principles of equality ... ...

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... imported from Europe and made of high quality china. Mugs were then decorated at the barber's wholesale supply distributor. The barber himself would receive a commission on any mug that a customer ordered, Thus began the era of the American personalized porcelain shaving mug. This can be divided into three periods. From the 1870's to 1889 was the early stage, where the idea ... ...

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... next four days expecting to be joined by more senior officers. But this was all to no avail as the Emperor regarded their actions as mutiny and so they were ordered to return to their barracks and after four days they surrendered and did so. As their actions were perceived as mutiny the fifteen ringleaders underwent a private military trial and were ... ...

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... been elected president, Yuan Shikai showed complete disregard for all principles that Sun Yat-Sen had stood for. This was particularly so for Democracy. In November Yuan Shikai, legally president, ordered the Guomindang dissolved and its members removed from parliament. Within a few months, he suspended parliament and the provincial assemblies and forced the promulgation of a new constitution, which, in effect, made ... ...

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... religions were tolerated. From the Khanate of Persia in the west to the empire of the fabled Kubilai Khan in the east, the law code first promulgated by Chinggis Khan ordered human interaction. The result was an important new stage in international contact. From eastern Europe to southern China, merchants and travelers could move across the well-policed Mongol domains without ... ...

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