China Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

AE 20D

December 3rd, 2014
PARENT’S WISHES
People have dreams to get married and start a family. My father once implied that life is hard and sometimes sad, but all the harshness of life dissipates when you have children. He says having children should make me happier. My parents set goals for me to achieve in order to make them proud of me. Also, their expectations on what I should do did not stop when I graduated high school. Parents usually develop expectations once their child is born, and many develop their expectations for what their children’s goals ...

The art market in china is full of too many forgeries. Original art produced has become a way of making more money through manufacturing replicas of the original works. It has led to many fake artists using this as a source of livelihood. The art market eventually becomes a place that’s only breeding corruption. It happens when executive business people bride others with the forged art for favors. The market is in a very hesitant stage since most people are reluctant to buy art because they fear buying the forged ones rather than the original ones. The primary aim of this is ...

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Essence of ‘To Live’
Historical accuracy and sensitivity is one of the most important aspects that weigh heavily on the film To Live (1994), which is directed by Zhang Yimou. From a viewer’s point of view, the film is an interesting event-raveling depiction of what occurred half a century or so ago in China. This put the sequence of events into an epoch when the country was under what can be said to be a transformation characterized by a series of both political and social changes. By then, China was run by the political regime headed by Mao Zedong and this ...

Introduction

Organ trade is a term used to describe a process or operation that involves two individuals, the first one being the donor of the organ and the second one being the receiver of the donated organ, or the one who needs it. There can be many reason why a person would want or need to undergo an organ transplantation surgery and one of the most common reasons are those that are related to medical health and safety.
An individual who has been suffering from chronic diabetes, among other individuals whose kidneys are at high risks of failing, for example, may be ...

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Introduction
It is an undeniable fact that human beings cannot survive without food as it is one of the basic human needs for maintenance and sustenance of life. Food is, without a question, not only a necessity but a kind of pleasure in peoples’ lives regardless of their origin. In the contemporary times, food has significant symbolic power. It is not only necessary for survival but is also important “because it is no longer a widely (locally) accessible and equally produced resource” (Leda 95). Today, commodity-driven market considers food as an unconditional requirement. Moreover, it is also serving ...

Hiroshige's Woodblock Print of a Sudden Shower over Ohashi and Atake, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

The ideals and concepts of Chinese art today rely on the foundation of the country’s rich history and more importantly on two early artists, Hokusai and Hiroshige. Each of these artists has a different perspective in the way they view art and its design. Hiroshige views art as a replica of the environs that surround an individual. For Hiroshige, art should be a virtual display of our surroundings, and it should capture in detail every aspect that comprises of the environment. In order to translate the feeling of reality resorts to employing different colors in his artwork. Hokusai on the other ...

Introduction

The influx of over 300,000 people into California opened many opportunities in especially the economic sector. The initial news about the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in San Francisco appeared in a daily newspaper in March of 1848. the news did not receive much attention at first. However, gradually, the excitement grew among the locals after the newspaper published a picture of a merchant rejoicing at striking gold. As the news of the discovery spread fast across the country, it brought in people by sea and land from both natives and foreigners from Latin America, Europe and as far as ...

Political Science

Introduction
How does the commercial peace theory, in the long run, attempt to avoid wars and not create them? In order to understand, or answer this question, scholarly articles written by McMillan’s (1997) Interdependence and Conflict; Buzan’s (1984) Economic Structure and International Security; Lynn’s (2005/6) War, Trade and Utopia; and Rowe’s (2005) The Tragedy of liberalism How globalization Cause the First World War are considered.
The world witnessed two major World Wars, during, and after which, a number of countries came together to form unions and blocs. The Soviet Bloc was an amalgamation of ...

The United States Department of labour defines a sweatshop as a factory that violates two or more labour laws. These laws range between a number of issues such as working conditions, working hours, abuse and the overall salaries for the work done. More often than not, it is a factory that exhibits all the traits attributed with poor working conditions and exploitation. Such enterprises are present globally from developing regions like Asia and South America to major cities in the developed world where the exploitation is centered on the immigrant population. Despite the obvious drawbacks, sweatshops do have their proponents. A notable argument ...

Kohli’s argument suggests that cohesive capitalist states are the most effective at industrialization. What are the political, social, and economic insights to be gleaned from this observation? If countries want to develop economically in a democratic setting, what are the key lessons learned in Kohli‘s arguments?

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Capitalism is here to stay and one cannot deny that. Recently we have seen the development of several industrialized nations which are not capitalist founded such as China and India. In his book, Kohli argues that industrialization undoubtedly brings about social change so it is important that those countries that are embarking ...

Introduction

Following the Second World War in which the United States played a key role, there was a significant change in the nation’s foreign policy in the East Asia. While the post-war period was largely peaceful, America’s anticommunism policy prompted her to enter the Korean’ war to contain the spread of communism. The defeat and subsequent surrender of Japan prompted the US to put the East Asian country under its control to help rebuild it. This writer argues that internal politics in Korea and Japan, as well as events in China played a key role in shaping the US foreign policy ...

Introduction

Chinese poetry has been existent for a long time but it was only in the sixteenth century when it became known to the Western world. Missionary scholars came across some famous Chinese poems and helped in their translations. The translations brought into light some of the most prolific Chinese poets. One of these prolific Chinese poets is Du Fu. His expertise in Chinese poetry comes into lime light as one goes through his set of poems. Du Fu was the author of over 1000 poems. Some of his most famous poems include Three Partings, Three Officers, A song of Chariots, ...

One child policy in China was formulated in 1979 and took effect on the same year. Officially known as the ‘family planning policy’, one child policy requires couples who stay in urban areas to have only one child. This restriction does not, however, extend to persons who live in the rural areas of China. Other exceptions to the one child policy include persons who are from ethnic minorities as well as twins. Recent research indicates that as at 2010, approximately thirty six percent of the Chinese population lived in urban areas and were thus subject to the one child ...

Chinese Politics - Will China's Rise to Economic Global Dominance be Peaceful?

Introduction
Political stability correlates with the economic development in the country. In most cases, the countries that have high levels of development economically experience challenges in terms of political stability. China is a rising economic hub not only in Europe but also in the world as a whole. The developments in China have taken storm over the world as all the sectors have risen to compete at the world’s highest economic level. However, China will sustain the economic growth and maintain peace in the country at the same time. This paper argues on the possibility of challenges in maintaining ...

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Background Information

During the past decade, the trend that Chinese parents plan to send the children abroad seems unstoppable. Just two weeks ago, an airplane crashed at the San Francisco airport. Two young Chinese girls were killed during this plane crash. Both of them had planned to join a precollege exchange program. According to the article, ‘Chinese student’s goal was to study English’ from ‘Wall Street journal’. The Institute of International Education reported that nearly 200,000 Chinese students studied in US’ colleges from 2011 to 2012, the fifth straight year of 20%-plus growth (Areddy, 2013). As more ...

- Introduction
The dramatic rise of China as a political and global trading force presents a set of matters and concerns for the highly developed countries and particularly to the Asia-Pacific region. While China only poses a lesser security precaution at this juncture, its global intentions and developing capabilities warrant some serious considerations. This is due to the military, economic and political impact of any of its actions or moves.
- China’s Security Alignments and Oppositions
Of the other stable nations in the Asia Pacific region, only Russia takes China as its vital partner. The western democracies are ...

Buddhism and Confucianism are two of the most important schools of Chinese philosophical thought. The basic tenets of both religions deal with the well-being of the soul but they differ from each other in certain aspects. The topic of happiness is a major point of difference between the teachings of Lord Buddha and Confucius. Happiness in both philosophies is a spiritual state and not the result of material pursuits. However, while Buddhism seeks to attain happiness by forsaking all worldly desires, Confucianism provides an easier to follow path to spiritual happiness.
Gautama Buddha achieved “nirvana”, enlightenment. The process freed him ...

Qin Shi Huangdi: Was he a good or bad ruler?

Out of the several Empires that had led China into its greatness in the 21st century, the Qin Empire (221-206 B.C.E) is regarded as one of its most successful eras as it had paved the way to the construction of a more organized China. Under the leadership of Qin Shi Huangdi, the Chinese had both welcomed change and uniformity as he led the Qin Empire to greatness which is still visible in modern China. However, questions and arguments persist regarding Shi Huangdi’s leadership as he had also ushered the end of the various schools of thought throughout China and ...

China has long been hailed as the next rising superpower in the world economy. With such a large population and a booming business in cheap exports, there is no question that the Chinese will be an economic force to be reckoned with in the future. However, China’s sudden and explosive rise into economic power did not come without its problems. Economic growth in China is valued above nearly all else in the country today, and as a result, the country is facing severe economic and environmental consequences.
With the increase in lending in China comes the increase in business. Because ...

Introduction

This essay is about making decision on what would be a better choice. Carly LeBlanc works for Fashionforward!, an online auction site where interested customers can bid on designer apparels. Having caught between two options, Carly needs to decide which T-shirt manufacturer should she consider of having business with to promote the company; is it the one cheaper from Chinese manufacturer or the more expensive one from San Francisco CA? Both options have pros and cons on them. This essay is written including the analogy of the case to identify Carly’s dilemma and the moral issue, reflection on the ...

Modern fiction has often been marked by experts as being defined by the rise of first-person narration. First-person narration offers a variety of advantages to the author, but in addition to having advantages, it also offers unique pitfalls for writers who are utilizing it when they are creating fiction. The problem with the first-person narrative is that the “I”-- the speaker, the narrator of the piece-- must be compelling and believable, even if he or she is unreliable as a narrator. Everyone has an internal monologue, and if the narrator’s internal monologue strays too far from what is believable ...

The Chinese have long been accused of manipulating their currency to further serve their economic gains. The rest of the world, perhaps understandably, reacts badly to currency manipulation, as it is seen as the equivalent of “cheating” in the game of international economics. China is often reviled by the rest of the world because, unlike many other countries that pay lip service to traditional economic and political conventions, China has a tendency to act without thought to conventions. Even American presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused China of “cheating” at international economics and declared that if he became president, he would ...

Introduction

The western countries are the most governing and powerful countries in the world, but there are economic pressures from the Far East countries since the past decade to provide stable results in terms of finance. In the beginning of the 21st century the western countries were able to withstand all the economic slowdown like the crumpling of stock market, the 9/11 attacks, the Katrina hurricane in 2005 and the war against Iraq; however during the same time the far east countries like the Republic of China, Philippines, Thailand and many more caused a threat to the economy of the western ...

Military force is great reflection of power that any country possesses. The great power can be described as ability of country to apply its authority and control on a large global scale. According to Machiavelli, it is important for ruler to have no apprehensions, no thoughts except attention towards war. Stronger military force is primary requisite to win any war. Any country, Government or ruler should properly train his shoulders to form stronger military force and to reflect his power to the world. Weak military could be one the major reasons for any country to loss the power. Strong military ...

White Lies

It is common for individuals to lie especially if there is a need to protect one’s self or perhaps, someone else. The varying degrees of lies determine eventually their consequences. Although, generally considered as a bad practice, lying, in some instances, may be necessary and acceptable. We may all agree, after all, that all of us have made some white lies in the past. A white lie is generally accepted as a minor lie and can benefit the individuals concerned in the long run. Although called a lie, a white lie is part truth and at the same time, masks something else. It ...

China was fairly a unified country during the onset of the imperial times. Integration of china was facilitated by a number of factors such as, commonly well embraced cultural practices, well understood political orientations that, facilitated order and tranquility and a fairly strong social and economic foundations.
Even though, China had little tranquility before the formation of its republic. It can be argued that it was fairly unified. This is due to the fact that, it was not characterized by chronic divisions. Moreover elements that breed divisions in most states were lacking. For example, sssssthere was an absence of ethnic tensions and ...

Why does China allow Hong Kong to maintain its special status?

Hong Kong which is a special administrative region in the republic of China is endowed with privileges’ that other Chinese cities do not have. This is mostly in regard to participation in events and international organizations. Being governed by the basic law as well as its mini constitution, Hong Kong constitutes the Hong Kong Island, new territories, Kowloon and other small islands. Boasting a population of around 7.09 million and growth of about 0.9% it mainly consist of about 95% Chinese people and the rest is others. The official languages are Chinese and English. Having a good GDP and the main industries ...

China’s Presence in Africa

China has long been known as a nation that has been a part of every history of each country around the globe. The nation has been known as a friend to many especially in the field of trade and business. They have introduced Western nations to rare and exquisite Eastern culture, cuisine and resources only one can find in the region. For the Eastern nations it has worked with, it was the Chinese who have introduced Western merchandise and traditions. At present, the country is slowly becoming famous not only for its economic boom but also due to its rapidly increasing power ...

Conflicts in measuring income disparity in Hong Kong

In terms of comparison between the west and east, parallels are often drawn between the two cities of New York and Hong Kong. They are both relative in terms of population, square foot area, lifestyles and even constructions and economy. However, unlike New York, Hong Kong’s rise to power in the global economic scene started only in mid 90’s and had shown exponential results—its gross GDP growing a whopping 180 times in the period between 1961 and 1997. The city had been popularly described as “World’s greatest experiment in laissez-fare capitalism” by Milton Friedman.
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China’s Role and Contribution to the Global Economy

Economists and editorialists often describe the rise of China as a case of a flourishing economy which is following an ascendant trend, preceded by Japan and the Asian "tigers" (Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong) and that will be soon joined by India. The impact of China's continuing rise on the world countries-on both the developed and the developing countries - will be enormous, and so will be the need to find new strategies and reactions to the challenges created by China.
Taking into account the differential purchasing power, China is already the second largest economy in the world. Advancing ...

In 1978 the government of the People’s Republic of China introduced one child’s policy. Today, almost three decades after implementation of the policy, it becomes possible to discuss its impact on population growth, economic development of the country, social and human rights.

Without any doubts, the changes in demographics of China are remarkable and they can be seen in the following table, which represents changes in population growth for every five year interval between 1970 and 2010.Of course such radical reform has various aspects and today a lot of people all around the world express concerns about such ...

Introduction

Technology is the application of knowledge as the main tool in order to solve a problem. Technology has had a very big impact in the development of the world in various areas. These include; construction, medical and information fields. (Goyder, 2004)
International division of labor is as a result of globalization. It occurs when process of production is no longer confined to national economies. This has led to global industrial shifts whereby production processes are relocated from the developed countries to developing countries. This is so as companies are searching for the cheapest options for the manufacture and assembly of their ...

The debate over the need for a more strict enforcement of gun laws in China is mainly based on the argument that such enforcement could help in reducing violent crime. The year 1966 brought about changes for the Republic of China concerning gun laws and its effects on violent crime. According to Moxley (2010), Moa and the Communist Party implemented one of the strictest gun laws in the history of the world. Areddy (2008) included in his research the laws that were enforced “forbidding the private manufacture, sale, transport, possession, import or export of bullets and guns, including replicas” (p. ...

China and Russia are two significant members of the group known as the BRICs. The other members are India, Brazil and South Africa. While China seeks to use its economic influence in buying world power, Russia seeks to regain its lost political influence by challenging the United States and Western Europe. This paper seeks to examine and explore China’s use of economic incentives in the form of cheap loans to gain influence in Sub-Saharan Africa. It also examines Russia’s constant antagonism with the United States and its allies in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. The argument ...

Chinese health and the effects fast food has made over the last 20 years.

The inevitable process of globalization is undoubtedly accelerating the movement of humanity towards progress. A good example – the Asia-Pacific region, where until recently many millions of people lived in absolute poverty. And now, in terms of welfare, the region approaches North America and Western Europe.
China is the most obvious example. In 1981 there were 84% of people who lived from hand to mouth (The Wall Street Journal). In 2012, according to Gallup the number of people living below the absolute poverty went down to 7% (Kravtsov).
Those millions of people entered the category of the “new Chinese”. This ...

Ningbo’s newly completed Central Business District (CBD) belies its status as one of China’s oldest cities. The austere downtown landscape is the equivalent of architecture’s white-washed wall: a place of erasure, forgetting, and dubious progress. With the completion of Wang Shu’s Ningbo Museum in 2008, however, the Ningbo of the present is confronted by the forgotten landscape of its not too distant past. A craggy mountain of a building inspired by the region’s natural topographical features as well its unique crafts and architectural traditions, the Ningbo Museum is not simply an obligatory nod to ...

Introduction

Air pollution as the name clearly suggests, refers to the accumulation of particles or impurities in the air composition. These particles could be dust, smoke, burnt fuel like diesel or petrol, and other burnt components. Air pollution, particularly in China, is a major problem or bottleneck that is more often than not ignored at the risk of the people’s health as well as that of the economy. Major health conditions especially, respiratory conditions like asthma, bronchitis and other perilous conditions like cancer could spell doom for the people of China (Ho, and Chris 115). Measures to curb the ...

Discovery of Americas and its Impact on Commerce, Navigation, and Industrialization

Introduction
The European exploration efforts and the subsequent discovery of the Americans was in the simplest terms, a capitalistic venture. Of course, it was accidental, but its primary goal had been to find a new sea route to the orient. The European desire to make more profits by cutting out the Arabs and Turkish nations from the trade is typical of any capitalistic venture. In addition, the idealistic desire to expand the horizons of the European reach coupled with the optimistic search for a completely new way of reaching the Orient was demonstrated in the efforts of Columbus and ...

In his article “Why the United States is in Decline,” Professor Hu Angang discusses the rise of China by examining a number of aspects which he considers demonstrate the decline of United States (Hu, 2014). In making his point Hu, discusses the specific circumstances of America’s decline and China’s rise. In his explanation, Hu concentrations on five main areas of scrutiny: GDP, manufacturing output, exports, human capital and national strength (Hu, 2014). While Hu’s analysis of the U.S. seems reasonable enough, the truth is that there is no proof to substantiate an inevitable and permanent American ...

There are a number of differences between the eastern and western cultures. These differences have always existed in eastern and western cultures. The differences in both cultures are clearly visible in terms of lifestyle, thinking, dressing, eating and even expressing emotions and love to each other. There are also differences in the power of love between Eastern and Western Culture and the same has been reflected in various films and novels. This paper proposes a discussion on how eastern and western cultures have different power of love because of three main reasons: firstly, because family is considered as the ...

Gross National Product or Gross National Happiness

It will not be a matter for an ace economist or even a budding economic graduate to gauge the nation’s growth through its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). A vintage multiple, GDP has long been used to forecast the productivity of a nation by summing the amount of goods and services produced by a nation during the year. Ironically, this economic multiple has the biggest flaw: It only measures money. We believe that our generation knows least about the Great Depression so let us propose our ideas by citing the recent financial meltdown of 2007-08 when even the world’ ...

Amy Tan’s exquisite novel The Joy Luck Club, is the unforgettable tale of four immigrant Chinese families residing in San Francisco. The novel is narrated through a uniquely feminist perspective. The Chinese mothers with their essential parochial background coupled with the bitter childhood experiences, growing-up in China during the hard times of the Chairman Mao’s cultural indoctrination and the subsequent political purge, think circumspectly and while-away their time playing Mah jong. On the contrary, the confident American born and raised daughters have a completely different approach towards life. The generation-gap and cultural differences between the mothers and the daughters ...

On February 9, 1950 unknown senator from the State of Wisconsin Joseph McCarthy, shaking by a sheet of paper, stated thaat he have declared on meeting in Wheeling (West Virginia) that he has a list of 205 persons who are known to the state secretary as members of communist party and who, however, continue to work and formulate policy of State Department. (Caughey, 68) He has made similar statements also in other cities of the country. The right-wing press and other mass media have picked up these charges. The name of senator soon became a banner of political reaction ...

Internet Censorship

The internet is the most resent large-scale communications medium that impress two-way communication. It provides an opportunity to people to say or create something and transmit to millions of people around the globe. Many people around the world believe that the internet should provide a platform where information follows freely and easily. However, since the first existence of the internet there have been efforts to censor it, that is, to control or suppress information published and accessed by the internet users. In other words, the internet, the ultimate source of information, has led to new opportunity for censors who prefer ...

The Different Ways by Which Oil and Gas Interests May be Created and/or Transferred in the United States and United Kingdom

Introduction

A mineral (i.e. oil and gas) interest refers to the “ownership of the right to exploit, mine, or produce minerals lying beneath the surface of a property” (Hancock 2009, p.1). The creation and transfer of oil and gas interests may mean the same things in different countries. However, the laws that apply to them tend to vary- sometime in small and at times in big ways (Hancock 2009; Glasser & Humphrey 2013). This paper explores more keenly the creation ...

Zhuangzi’s Way in the Past and Today

Introduction
Zhuangzi, also known as Master Zhuang, is one of the famous and earliest thinkers, who have made significant contributions to a philosophy, which has been named as Daojia. Zhauangzi is considered as contemporary of Mencius, who is a Confucian thinker, but there was a lack of communication between them. He is considered as great literary philosopher, and his name is included among the best philosophers China has produced so far. The style of Zhuangzi is poetic, humorous, mythical, indirect, and narrative. He has critically analyzed the usual evaluations and the generalization, considered different forms of understanding in different cultures, individuals, ...

The short stories, Two Kinds by Amy Tan and Powder by Tobias Wolff, seem to be autobiographical accounts of their childhood memories—Tan of her strict mother and Wolff of his estranged father. While the stories may contain some true elements from their youth, these stories are still fiction and seem to contain a lot of wishful thinking on the part of the authors, a wish that somehow things could have been better. As an adult, one can view his or her childhood past in better—and perhaps more grateful—perspective. On cannot be who he or she is without his ...

Before Liberation, Mao’s thoughts propagated against religious superstition; because there was no clear boundary between religions and superstition, against superstitions also included against superstitions. Religious superstitions were considered anti-social and anti-government, so many religion propagator of was exiled, including Buddhism. Along with Liberation, religion was accepted by society in order to unite all people together, and then the distinction between religion and superstition gradually became clear. Undeniable, religion had close relationship with superstitions, but religions are completely different in ideology then superstition (Jagou, n.d).
Both superstitions and religion are theist idea and unscientific, but this is the ...

Introduction

The development of technology created some possible solutions to the global warming such as sustainable energy sources (Jin et al, 2013). In addition, the modern architecture is also contributing to the care of the environment. The government and some organizations are now promoting the sustainable use of materials and designs in buildings and skyscrapers. It is often called the “green architecture” which refers to the evolution of architectural designs which are concerned with the awareness to the environment (Bhattacharya & Singh, 2013). Skyscraper sustainable designs are usually efficient in energy use and it values the factors that could remove the ...

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Decline of the American Empire since 2003/Hegemony
Introduction
Hegemony is a term mostly used to refer to forms of government where one government dominates another government by use of power or a threat of immense force directed towards it. Hegemony can be defined as imperial dominance where a government dominates another government politically by manipulating the social system of power to suit them. An empire can be defined as a controlled region where order and stability in governance has been implemented. The American empire has had hegemony over other states in the world for quite a long time where it has influenced ...

The issue of understanding diaspora is a controversial subject that is discussed and interpreted different among different generations. Its effects are so influential to the extent that it plays a role in the determination of an individual’s identity. By using a broad range of multivalent narratives concerning ethnicity and identity, Radhakrishnan enables the reader to visualize the ideal picture of ethnicity in the United States. From the narratives used in the text, it is possible to see that ethnicity is conceptualized in different phases. First, opportunism and pragmatism and used to suppress ethnicity (121). Another phase of conceptualizing ethnicity is resistance ...

Essay 1: Compare And Contrast How You, Lao Tzu and Homer Would Respond To The Old Testament

Lao Tzu is the spiritual leader behind the philosophy of Taoism. He is best known for his writings which currently form the foundations of Taoism. Taoism basically seeks to help people achieve harmony and peace with nature through distancing themselves from the world. It encourages people to avoid issues happening around the world as the only way in which they will attain inner peace with themselves. Homer was also a philosopher and one of the first influential writers in Greek. He was known for his many poems which were used as a standard to evaluate ones level of education in ancient ...

When the first congress on alternative medicines was organized by the Faculty of Medicine in the University Of Rome in the year 1973; private practitioners from across the world presented more than one hundred and fifty brands of alternative medicines (Whistler 14). The congress, which sought to establish the validity and effectiveness of alternative medicines established that most of the alternative therapies were indeed functioning and that they could be tested and proven scientifically. Some of the therapies were found to be common in more than one community with most of the communities coming from the Asian continent. The ...

The study of infectious diseases has always been crucial to mankind because of the devastating effects it has had on the human race. The influenza epidemic, for example, occurred repeatedly in the 20 th and 21st century, spreading across large regions and multiple continents. Influenza in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people world wide. This was higher than the amount of people that died in World War I. About 500,000 fatalities occurred in the US which was approximately 28% of the US population at that time. The number of deaths that took place in 1957 and 1968 ...

While there seems to be nothing to unhinge the economic development, whether in a global or regional context, now that military conflicts are history. Countries engage in mutually profitable trade relationships and enter into trade blocs, conduct strategic planning, develop their respective economies; however, a miscalculation on the part of one country can precipitate the entire region into economic crisis that inflicts all types of damage on the productive capacity, exports, and social welfare. The Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 was one of such regional disturbances that did serious economic damage to countries like China, Japan, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The reason ...

Introduction

According to Kim (2007), the Korean Wave can be applied to many aspects, aside from making a more profitable economy for the country. The term Korean Wave gives it a generic definition which symbolized the “Korean-ness” of their cultural products, but more importantly, the nationalistic sentiment that made Korea a big hit not just in Asia, but the rest of the world. Aside from the popularity of the K-pop groups, the Korean cultural products became global success due to their uniqueness and fame (Kim, 2007). Hyun-key Kim (2013, p.135) stated that the term “Korean Wave” or otherwise known as “hallyu” in Korean ...

Cuba is the largest nation in the Caribbean. Cuba is located approximately ninety miles from the southern coast of Florida. Cuba has been the subject of a number of struggles in its history. Cuba was the final colony that gained independence from Spanish rule. The initial struggle for independence from Spanish rule in Cuba imitated in 1868. Thirty years afterwards, when the U.S. military intervened in the Spanish American War, Cuba gained its independence in 1898. Cuba’s Independence was established by the Treaty of Paris, which was conceded subsequent to a three year period (Vanderbush 57). The perspective of CIA ( ...

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Kongzi, or Confucius, often known as the Socrates of the east, has been a pretty influential figure in the Chinese culture. He is considered to be the first man in China to emphasize on education for everyone and its role in building one’s character. Based on the learning abilities, he considered humans to belong to upper, middle or lower groups. However, his view on human nature has not been well- documented. From whatever we know, he only spoke once directly about the human nature. In The Analects of Confucius XVII, verse 2, he said that by nature, the humans ...

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Introduction

Cultural Artifacts Need to be Returned
Description of Cultural Artifacts
Axum Obelisk of Ethiopia
Bronze animal heads of China
Khmer sculptures of Cambodia
Lydian Hoard of Turkey
Ways Artifacts were Removed from their Countries
Returning Artifacts to their Places of Origin
Reasons for Returning Cultural Artifacts
Conclusions
Introduction
Cultural artifacts should be returned to their rightful owners. These form part of a people’s culture and have a clear function in that society. Artifacts are not meant to be just decorative pieces in museums of foreign lands. The reason ...

Attitudes toward and opinions regarding stricter gun control laws in the United States seem to be growing following the dreadful reality of the recent Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting ("edition.cnn.com"). There now seems to a nationwide discussion going about regarding the issue of stricter gun control as if it is the solution to prevent such tragedies in the future. People on the news and everywhere else have started talking about the second amendment of the US constitution, which states that “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and ...