... to mobilize funds and resources, and the large amount of these factors required for development of heavy-industry. "At the initial stage of China's economic development, the capital was scarce, the economic surplus was small and was scattered in rural areas throughout China (Lin, 2003)." As previously mentioned, China was predominantly agricultural. The total output of agriculture actually accounted ... ...

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... no economic growth. In that case the population would have to starve and economy will be suffering from poverty. Income inequality will rise as only the wealthy people can afford scarce resources. If China decided to borrow money, then the economy would be suffering from debt and budget deficit. Productivity of the country will fall because the mental and physical condition ... ...

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... 17th century. Tulipomania was the tulip bubble that happened in the Amsterdam in 17th century. When tulips arrived in Holland from Turkey, they became highly prized. The high demand and scarce supply played a role in the rising price of tulips, and consequently many people were attracted to invest in growing tulips because of its profitability. The supply of tulips grew, and ... ...

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... the obvious harm to the victims of sex trafficking. Beyond that, the victims are women that are kidnapped at a young age, meaning they are removed from the pool of already scarce women in the marriage market, it decreases the chance that women will enter the workforce as their value as wives and mothers becomes more important to society, and lessens the ... ...

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... were herded in the hold of the ship like a flock of sheep, with no sanitation; their food consisted of a rice cooked in water with some pork fat. Water was very scarce as the ship did not have huge water tanks; on long trips they depended on rain after the initial supply of water ran out. The Chinese were permitted to come ... ...

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... benefits of plants nutritional value (George Metljan Foundation 2008). A varied diet includes cereals, vegetables, legumes fruits and products of animal source. Although in some areas of the world due to scarce meat availability or due to religious reasons, some people do not include animal proteins. In such cases legumes become the main source of protein in their diet (Friedman 1996 and ... ...

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... Works. The structure of local government was also intricate, with provinces divided into prefectures, subsequently divided into counties, townships, and villages. The county magistrate had to govern a vast area with scarce resources to do so, yet all local power was subject to that of higher levels of government. The competitive civil service examination was used to select prestigious Chinese officials and ... ...

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... the purchase, then destruction, of the Shanghai to Wusong railway in 1877-78 by Shen Baozhen.25 This was clearly a retrograde and un-necessary step. Not only did they spend scarce resources in purchasing the rail-line, they then spent more in its destruction, after which expense they ended up with nothing. More importantly still, the Self-strengtheners did not recognise ... ...

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... rice supplies. There are also remote areas which are dependent on medical missions to because of their distance from the urban areas which made professional medical services very expensive and scarce. Although medical missions cannot be considered as an item of exchange, but there is somehow a high level reliance or hope for healing among the residents of remote areas which could ... ...

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... ate on a regular basis and ate well did not show signs of physical deterioration, which was common among addicts. To the poor smoking was a serious health hazard, as money was scarce and more opium was bought to feed the addiction rather than food to feed themselves. Opium addiction touched all levels of Chinese society. Eunuchs and members of imperial clan (Manchu ... ...

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... the wall inched across the Chinese wilderness, its builders were forced to rely upon local materials. Much of the Qin wall was built with dry-laid native stone, but where scarce, engineers built the wall from layers of compacted earth. The tamped-earth process began with a simple wooden frame. Workers filled the frame with loose earth, which was placed into a compact ... ...

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... skilled craftsmen, leaving construction projects abandoned and needed repairs undone. In the country, the Black Death cruelly and quickly solved an overpopulation problem. Peasant workers and agrarian products were suddenly scarce, driving up wages and prices, giving the lower class leverage they never had before. Land, meanwhile, became cheap and many peasants became landowners in turn hiring sharecroppers of their own ... ...

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