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The opium war which took place in the 19th century was one of the first major defeats of the Chinese government. China had a tremendous amount of wealth which was mostly attributed to the tea trade in the country. Britain had a great demand for this tea, while the country had nothing to offer the Chinese government in return. China was also ignorant to the western revolution and considered the western culture barbaric. China was a traditional country which held strongly to its traditions and culture. While China hoped to keep its culture free of the western culture effect, ...

Introduction

Geographic and Language The Asiatic geophysical location of Japan places its collective land masses in Eastern Asia, situated in the northerly Pacific Ocean, bounded by the Sea of Japan on the other side. According to the data source experts at Index Mundi, beyond the adjacent oceanic water bodies, its latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates are 36 00 N, 138 00 E (“Japan – Geography,” 2015). In terms of mapping references, Japan lies east of China’s enormous nation. For considerations of the business traveler who intends to travel to Japan, for pending negotiations settlements, the length of the trip alone presents ...

Question. 22. a. A population pyramid is a representation of the population breakdown in terms of age and gender at a particular point in time. Population pyramid represents how many males and females are there in different age groups in the population. The numbers by age and by gender depend on the interactions between migrations, mortality, and fertility. Above all, the pyramid shape and its variations depend on the variations in the fertility. Population pyramids help in understanding several aspects of the population, such as the history of a particular group in the population, and project the future of ...

Term Paper

1500 words The Modern period continued to change the society until the late 20th century, where a new artistic era began and continued up to this day; the 21st century eventually became the Post-Modern Period and many radical changes brought by the Modernism is adopted by the new art styles to the point of it is hard to discern what Post-Modernism is all about. If Modernism concentrated on the preservation of ideal pure art, Post Modernism welcomed changes by using eccentric methods to produce contemporary art found in Modern Museums. The 21st century is currently covered by postmodern epoch ...

Nowadays the problem of animal slaughtering is becoming more and more pressing. More and more people around the world make a choice to become vegan and not to be a consumer of the industry that promotes cruelty. However, the demand for meat and products of animal origin is still very high. The rights of animals are not preserved to the extent they should be. People forget that animals are living beings and that they can feel pain and suffering just as humans do. If people do not want to give up food they should reduce their consumption of any ...

The Dichotomy of Being Vegan or Non-vegan

Many authors have different positions when it comes to whether or not animals should be used as meat to feed human beings. Various grounds have necessitated these arguments. And some of the reasons for the arguments include the moral values as well as the religious values that the authors have and value of the animal as God's creation. Business owners have branded animals as items, without putting into consideration the pain and terror that the cows, sheep, goat and all other animals in the farm undergo. The primary motive as to why the authors responded to the use of ...

The concept of the mental map, cognitive psychology, does not represent a vividly defined research theory. They are, however, stereotypes, cartographic history, discourse history and the history of travel. The developments in the field of geography and urban planning have tremendously contributed to the concept of cognitive map becoming a paradigm for interdisciplinary research on the on the spatial orientation capacity of humans. Mental mapping in academics, however, refers to the mental abilities that enable an individual to collect, organize, store, remember and analyze information about the spatial environment. It represented the spatial knowledge in the human brain and ...

Introduction

The pollution in the highly urbanized areas allows the phenomenon called ‘greenhouse effect’ wherein the heat from the Sun is trapped on the land causing tremendous amounts of heat and leads to numerous issues such as the rise of temperature, drought, the melting of icebergs, and high evaporation of water. Unfortunately, the cities contribute to this effect, the use products containing CFC’s and the pollution of too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to the destruction of the ozone layers. With the destruction of the atmospheric barrier, the excessive radiation from the sun cannot be prevented. In ...

Introduction

One of the primary factors that influence the public transportation sector in Saudi Arabia is the low petrol prices. Saudi Arabia is well known for its abundance of oil. Given that it’s one of the global suppliers of oil, petrol in the country is very cheap. The low prices make it more desirable for the public to use private transportation since it is affordable and this may not change anytime soon. Nonetheless, Saudi Arabia still has a public transport network. It is, therefore, essential to look into the economic and societal impact public transportation has on the Saudi ...

Terrorism is a global threat that involves acquiring individuals especially the youth to carry out terrorist and violence attacks for various reasons. Recruitment into terrorist groups is a process met by both successes and failure by the recruitment personnel. The positive side involves the fact that the terrorist groups can attract new members, and consequently the terror groups can acquire approbation to help them carry out their activities. The downside of the terror groups involves high chances of the arrest of the terror suspects and offenders and compromise of intelligence chattels. There are various techniques used by terrorist groups ...

As a self-taught photographer Samuel Bourne has given the world a view of India that is as prolific and beautiful. His photographs are an example of the true photography artistry and the photos remain a gem even in this time. The history of the mutiny in India against the British dominance is captured in a way of contrast between the old and the new. Bourne is centered at the period of disruption in the Indian lifestyle and portrays both the good and the racially charged emotions of the times. Bourne shot his photographs in the 1850 and 1860’s ...

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Executive Summary The current research evaluates the option of online education in the community colleges. It is believed that the online programs may benefit the students and the educational facilities in terms of cost-efficiency and effectiveness. The main goal of the research is to reveal if online courses in community colleges have the potential to reduce costs for education and become an effective substitute for the conventional programs. In order to reach the goals, the study implemented a qualitative research design by using literature review as the tool for collecting the data, where the analytical and deductive methods served ...

Abstract

China could have remained peaceful were it not for a group of revolutionaries who are located in the southern China. This group led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty in 1911. Their purpose was to end the imperial system that existed in China by establishing the Republic of China. The two Opium wars which were focused on the Western powers incurred a great loss to China. It was due to these wars that China lost Hong Kong. This played a key role to the 1949 revolution. This paper discusses elements of the Communists’ view of the revolution, identity ...