Essays on Taiwan

Ang Lee is a Taiwanese-born film director who has made America his base. He grew up in Taiwan and studied in the tertiary level at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he finished a degree in theater in 1980. Thereafter he studied at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University where he received a master’s degree in film production. In 1982, he finished the film Shades of the Lake, which won Best Short Film the same year in Taiwan. Another film made in 1984, Fine Line, bagged the NYU Wasserman’s award for Outstanding ...

English is the main language of communication used in the East Asia as a lingua franca in all types of international contacts. It is, hence, not surprising that the problem of appropriate teaching of English in schools, colleges, and institutions occupies not only the minds of professional tutors and young students’ parents, but also politicians who understand the importance of English in the world. The internationally recognized status of English as the major language of worldwide communication has been formed by a number of historical and economical factors, including colonization periods in East Asia and the international importance of ...

Summary: The Taiwanese government is attempting to regulate society as a uniform existence while the homosexual community is attempting to establish itself as a sub-culture. Taiwanese literature and political movements are both helping, and hindering, the process of creating a homosexual sub-culture. This article reviews how the movement is changing the landscape of the homosexual community for Taiwan culture, however, the article also speaks of blocks to the movement. The movement began in the 90’s, and the repurcussions of the movement have yet to be monitored. There is a growing sense of identity crisis in Taiwan, and the ...

Introduction

Industrialization refers to the sustained structural transformation of a traditional agrarian society to a modern economy driven by high productivity in manufacturing society (Szirmai, Naudé and Alcorta, 2013). Industrialization started in the mid-eighteenth century in Britain and then spread to other European countries and the USA in the nineteenth century. In the twentieth century, Japan, Singapore, Korea, China, and other East Asian Tigers became industrialized (Szirmai, Naudé and Alcorta, 2013). Gerschenkron (1962) used the term rarly industrializers to refer to countries that were first to industrilze such as Britain. He used the term late industrilizers to refer to countries ...

My name is and I was born on the 23rd of December, 1988 in Keelung, Taiwan. My parents were and . I have one older brother who works as a firefighter for the FDNY. He also was part of EMT (FDNY) for 3 years. My family immigrated to the United States in 1994. Our only support here was my uncle . He is the only one from our family who speaks English. We moved to the United States because my parents wanted me and my brother to have a good education and have a better job. It was really hard for ...

At the forefront of the causes of the First World War was the growing sense of Nationalism among the European nations as they reacted to the “fallout” of imperialism abroad and social class conflicts at home (WWI and the Interwar Years, Part 1 3-4mins). In other words, each European power was keen to minimize its counterpart’s influence in the colonized territories and within its borders. Subsequently, one of the effects of World War I was the taint it placed on the presentation of the West as the “height of civilization”; in answer, colonized persons began to question the ...

Introduction

In the contemporary world, China is considered as a country with a brilliant future. The reason is that the country has dealt with the issue of poverty and repression and is taking a premier place in the category of the most economically developed nations. According to the data provided in the book by Chai, May-Lee, and Chai W. (23), the Chinese economy has provided employment opportunities to numerous people from all over the world. This success is associated with the Chinese policy of ‘one country nation, two systems’ that was adopted in the 1980s under the rule of Deng ...

Britain took Hong Kong as a 99-year lease from the Chinese authorities through a treaty in 1898. This happened at a time when China’s Qing dynasty was at its weakest after the first Sino-Japanese war of 1895 and 1895. Thus, Britain presented the Convention for the Extension of the Hong Kong Territory as a means of gaining a strategic trading post that could give Britain power to operate within the Asia-Pacific region. The lease ended on 1st July, 1997 and Britain handed Hong Kong back to China. As of 1997, there was a completely different China from Qing ...

Organization Change

Analysis

When it comes to globalization, the impacts are often looked at in terms of corporations and businesses. However, the scope of the globalization and the change management involved goes quite far beyond that. Just as one example, globalization and its effect on higher education is massive. There are a couple of major theories and trends and some of them are rather different in nature. For example, there is what is as the convergence thesis. This thesis explains and asserts that there is a shift towards homogenization. In other words, there is an attempted fusing of multiple cultures and ...

Film Studies Portfolio

Xavier Dolan’s “Laurence Anyways” Film Review

An extremely ambitious project from a very young director, Xavier Dolan, the romantic drama “Laurence Anyways” follows the love story between Fred (Suzanne Clement) and Laurence (Melvin Poupad). Ironically, although they both have masculine names, Fred and Laurence are women. A transgender who had lived as a man, Laurence comes out with the revelation that he has always felt as a woman inside, and continuing his fake male life would kill him. The filmmaker situates this unique love story in the 1990s, a time when transsexuality was still considered an illness, and ...

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Introduction

Business Process Reengineering (BPR) incorporates the process of transformations in the management, values and structure of the organization in order to enhance the business performance. The effective means of performance measurement ensures the increased performance of employees, which eventually leads towards cost efficiency and enhanced quality, and supports the prevalence of BPR in the organization.

Analysis

The study conducted by Huang et al. (2015) was aimed to enlighten the relation between information technology, business process reengineering and employee performance. The extensive review of the literature was conducted in order to determine the prior findings and support the hypotheses ...

Influenza Vaccine on the Elderly

Introduction Based on current evidence, there is an overwhelming response with respect to the clinical efficacy, safety, and feasibility of influenza vaccine in the elderly. The impact of the vaccine is observed in elderly patients with chronic diseases with an influence on reduced mortality and hospital admissions. Based on a recent publication, the influence of the vaccine is also observed among health elderly population around the globe. Researchers and healthcare providers state that the declining age is associated with poor antibody response coupled with various confounding factors. However, these factors have not been clearly stated in literature. On the ...

Factors that Influence Purchasing Relationship in Automobile Industry of China

Introduction The USA, Western Europe, and Japan markets for the automobiles are almost stagnating causing an increased attention and concern to the world automotive industry. They have turned their interest in China market for cars. This is associated with the fast growing economy in China unlike that of European nations and the USA. The Chinese market for cars is indeed the turning point for all auto companies. The environment is conducive to start production in China to supply the potential markets and then export from there to other world markets. This literature will focus on the purchasing relationship in ...

Reflection Paper

Introduction The documentary, “Sick around the World” by Jon Palfreman centers on the health care systems of five capitalist democracies and compares them with the U.S health care system. In particular, the film analyses the way the United Kingdom, German, Switzerland, Japan, and Taiwan provide health care and draws a comparison with the way the United States provides the same. There are remarkable differences in the health care systems of all the six countries. The present paper reflects on the differences between these countries with regard to the insurance, services, technology, and consumer satisfaction and comments on whether the ...

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Healthcare Reflection Paper

The documentary shows countries throughout the world that have extensive medical coverage for all citizens at lower prices than what a typical U.S citizen would pay. The documentary shows that the U.S could fix their healthcare system if it could take the technology and services offered by some countries while reforming the insurance industry. The U.S has a user pay, market dominated system in which citizens are concerned about their privacy so adopting some of the best features of health care system from around the world may be difficult. Most governments ...

The Ford Company was relatively new in the Automobile sector in the Chinese economy at the time of its incorporation in the country in the year 1995. With the growing market in automobiles, luxury and otherwise, the Company has successfully been able to occupy its share in the market, and the said share continues to grow as the automobile market grows in a size bigger than it already is. Unfortunately, the future for the company could take either of two directions where only one is for the better. The more pessimistic possibility arises in the face of the territorial ...

The presidential powers have considerably extended since the time when the Founding fathers framed the Constitution of the United States. At that time, the thirteen colonies that formed a newly established state were afraid of a strong executive leadership. They feared that if a president were entitled by the Constitution to have extended powers, he would have misused or abused these powers, governed by self-interests, rather than the interests of the nation. This skepticism toward strong leadership resulted from the experience that the founders had when dealing with the English monarch (The Declaration of Independence, 1776). In order to ...

China Warns of Sea Conflict

Diplomatic tensions remain high in the Asian region regarding the South China Sea controversy. The territorial claims that are being made have resulted in the instigation of a flashpoint for the security of the region and to an extent that of the world. Territorial claims are by no means empty or unwarranted; for one, the area is one of the most important fishing lanes with a staggering five trillion dollars’ worth of trade passing through the area. Looking at the annual global fisheries catch, the South China Sea contributes up to 12% of the entire fisheries catch (Tisdall para. ...

1.0 Tectonic Setting of South China Hong Kong, which is located near the southeastern margin of the Eurasian Continental Plate (ECP), called the Cathaysia Block, in Southeast China, rests on a stable intraplate region of the ECP some 700 km from its nearest plate boundary, an area that underlies Taiwan and trends southward to the Philippines and northeastward to Japan (Pappin, Koo, Free, & Tsang, 2008). Although stable, this continental intraplate region has been associated with earthquakes in the past as it straddles the northeast-trending Lianhuashan Fault Zone. There are two major fault zones, which trends in the regional northeast ...

Ang Lee is director of wide range of films, and each of them provokes controversy and interest among the audience and critiques. In every taken film the sequences are combined in a unique narrative with its questions and much less answers. Lee is a representative of so called independent genre, meanwhile it should be noted that his films could hardly be titled by any kind of clichés (Siraganian 1). Nevertheless, having in mind the alternative, not common point of view and the craft of directing, all his films are definitely independent. The core essence of Ang’s style ...

Ang Lee’s Films

The history of Taiwanese cinema has more than a hundred years and reflects a long history of culture, along with Japan and China, the colonization of the island. In general, the film in Taiwan until 1949, mostly had only a form of renting movies imported from the mainland, from Hong Kong and the western countries. But during the 60-80-ties, along with the economic development of Taiwan, he began to blossom "island" film, which the director sought out their way to other continents. Along with the emergence phenomenon of Chinese cinema on the international stage, outstanding representatives of which are ...

The Ming dynasty in the 1600s made considerable and deliberate efforts in a bid to ensure that its regions remain under one ruler. A Buddhist monk who was also a peasant found the dynasty, rose to the rank of an army general and led a rebellion against the Mongols. The monk assumed the name of Hong Wu and made the decision to have Nanjing as the capital of China, but a latter emperor of the dynasty moved the capital back to Beijing. One of the major roles that Hong Wu assumed as the emperor include reorganizing every aspect of ...

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“Institution Affiliation” “Instructor’s Name” “Date” Abstract Libratone intends to expand into Brazil introducing its two unique Zipp Speakers that use new technology. Because market entry is not an easy thing, it becomes necessary to investigate economic conditions that favor and challenge entry decision. Further, once economic conditions are determined, a marketing approach to facilitate entry and penetration is required. In this study, market conditions in relations to economic environment of Brazil are investigated. The study establishes that Brazil presents favorable macro-economic factors such as high growth economy and stubborn inflation that guarantee sustainability and profitability of the company. ...

The Unilever Company initiated the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty back in 2004 as an international marketing strategy. The campaign has incorporated several approaches aimed at marketing the products publicized by the campaign ranging from advertisements, workshops, sleepover events, videos to the production of a play and a book. The market segment targeted by the campaign is that which is composed of all women and particularly those in professional jobs. Recently the campaign has extended its scope to capture even the young girls in their teens. In the past decade, the campaign has been very successful compared to the ...

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Appendix A . 13 1.0 Starbucks at 20 Percent Net Revenue Growth 1.1 Net Revenue Growth of 20 Percent 1.1.1 Current State Statista (2016) ranked Starbucks as the 2015 top leading coffeehouse chain globally in terms of revenue with its revenue of $21.095 billion, followed far behind by Costa Coffee ($1.809 billion) and McCafe ($1.462 billion). It also has the largest store chain of 23,043 stores worldwide. As of fiscal year 2015, Starbucks had a total number of 23,043 stores globally, 12,235 (53%) of which are company-operated stores and 10,808 (47%) are ...

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BA (Hons) Fashion Management

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THIS WORK HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR ANY OTHER ASSESSMENT ”. “ I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY SUPERVISOR, , FOR HER GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THIS DISSERTATION. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE DESIGNERS SELECTED ON PROVIDING ME DATA AND SPENDING TIME ANSWER MY QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT INTERVIEWS AND THOSE PARTICIPANTS FOR FOCUS GROUP FOR TAKING PART ...

Generation gap has been a widely discussed topic because of its significant impact on work, family and social relationships. The issue started being discussed during the post war era when globalization and multiculturalism were taking root in society. In most situations where a generation gap exists, the older generation always holds relatively more conservative opinions, while the younger generation is more accepting of their current worldview, and this evidently introduces conflict between the two generations (). The unique historical background of Taiwan notwithstanding, the country (region) has also had generation gap as one of the most challenging social problems after ...

BUSINESS STUDY REPORT:

This report is devoted to the YEO’s Beverage Company. The report has four main parts. The first part is an introduction where the general information about the company, the environment where it operates and its main competitors are presented. The second part is microeconomic analysis. The factors of production and its cost structure are examined there. The third part macroeconomic analysis where macroeconomic environment in which the business operates are discussed. The forth part is the analysis of sustainability and the impact of business operations on the environment. At the end of the report, there is a conclusion ...

Introduction

Since the end of the Great Wars, the US hegemony has remained superior than other countries and it was clear no one would be able to challenge their dominance in the fields of politics and the economy. Many countries often seek the advice of the US in terms of their political and economic reforms and seek aid to ensure their continuous growth. When there are major conflicts, the US is considered by many countries to act immediately due to its role as a world police. Considering its role in the international arena, many believed that the US would remain ...

Every nation has some sort of historical trauma. The creepy and full of horror twentieth century did not miss anyone generously awarding each with a bouquet of mass psychosis caused terrible events. However, among the many big and not very countries most of all has gotten to China: war, revolution, famine, the occupation in the first half of the century and the severity of the second one. Mainland China having suffered under Comrade Mao with his Cultural Revolution, Hong Kong remembers the bloody riots of the 1960s, and Taiwan has gone through a difficult period of "White Terror." This ...

Geopolitics is simply the study of geographical position in relation to politics both internally and internationally. Geopolitical threats are, therefore, factors that can hinder the cordial livelihood of communities in the same geographic area and with different political agendas. This paper will focus on the various levels of threats (tickers, slow tickers and talkers) in the nations selected for discussion. It will seek to justify their levels of threats according to their past and present political issues.

Tickers

The first ticker country to consider is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). From the very beginning, North Korea started ...

Kawaii, in the context of Japanese culture is the quality of cuteness and has become one of most prominent aspect of the Japanese popular culture such as the unique Japanese Fashion Styles. Prior to being a modern translation of cute, the world signifies shyness or a form of embarrassment in the past. Due to the unique and liberating feeling brought by the culture it is no wonder that it took the world via storm. The term Kawaii was initially seen from Lady Muraki’s The Tale of Genji that highlighted pitiable characteristics. Before the term refers to women being ...

In traditional neoclassical economic thought, state regulation of the economy has often been seen as detrimental to economic growth and development. However, a new wave of literature on Asian economic growth models points to the opposite of these traditional claims by observing that regulation has been instrumental for better economic performance in countries like China and Japan. The rapid economic transformation challenges both economic and political orthodoxy. The ability of China to lift millions of people out of poverty has not translated to changes in the political system especially the drive towards democracy. This research seeks to analyze the ...

The Nationalist Party may have lost popularity in China due to its failure in the economy, which resulted in a high level of inflation. Despite the loss of popularity, a proletariat uprising, and a popular revolution were not the main reason for its fall. In 1945, both the Nationalist Party and the Communist Party sought to expand their territories within China through their strategic placement. The nationalists focused on acquiring expansive territories in areas previously controlled by their rivals. They aimed at conquering major cities and fertile coastal regions to reinforce their previous control over the region. The only ...

Stage One: Initial Settlement and Growth

Siu Hoi Wan is located in the southern part of Canton, and has been populated by Cantonese-speaking Han people known as the Hakka since this time. Initially settled in 206 BC during the Qin Dynasty, the area has been occupied since (Van Dyke). The Hakka found Siu Hoi Wan, or “little bay,” to be largely protected from the worst of the typhoons that annually strike the southern regions of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Because of the historical infighting that existed between the different city-states, the people of Siu Hoi Wan found the area to be particularly helpful in ...

Mayday

Mayday is a Taiwanese rock band that was created in the late 1990s. The name of the band in Chinese is 五月天 (pinyin: Wǔ Yuè Tiān). The band consists of five members: Ashin, a vocalist, Monster and Stone, guitarists, Masa, a bassist, and Guan You, a drummer. The previous name of e band was So Band, they became Mayday only in 1997. The present name originates from Masa’s nickname in the Internet (Baidu.com).

Ashin, the vocalist, whose real name is Chen Ashin Hung, was born on the 6th of December, 1975, in Taipei, Taiwan. Monster, one the guitarists ...

The research problem will be to investigate whether the patrimonial political systems of Singapore and South Korea are democracies that surpass their liberal Western analogues in terms of national growth and even democratization in some ways. It appears that, contrary to the popular misperception, democracy is not necessarily a lack of restraint and complete discretion or at least a range of freedom like the right to media. Sometimes, states like Singapore being low on resources and facing external threats decide on less liberal norms and behaviors bordering on authoritarianism in specific aspects. Regulated merit-based selection practices and disciplining norms ...

Transforming Taiwanese Economic structure in the 20th Century

Taiwan is the 17th largest global economy, 14th largest exporter and 16th largest importer, and also the third largest economy to be holding foreign exchange reserves, that are more than 180 billion US dollars. In the second half of the 20th century, Taiwan witnessed increased agrarian output because of the land reforms that were initiated, under the Chiang Kai shek’ rule. The 1960s saw a creation of export processing zones with attractive incentives for foreign investors. There was a gradual shift in emphasis from agriculture to technology because of several advantages that Taiwan presented in the international markets, and ...

The leadership of Jiang Zemin can be described as successful considering the achievements made during his reign. His successes against his failures can be rated at 80% against 20% because he was able to rebuild broken ties with the United States which had been broken since 1989. Furthermore, regardless of the fact that he was an object of ridicule on so many occasions, he managed to meet the demands of the period and ensured sustainability in China (Qin). His efforts towards eradicating corruption also defined his tenure together with social, political, and military changes he introduced in China. The ...

1. Generalised Theories and Principles relating to Organisational Change On the other hand, discontinuous change refers to the transformation of an organisation from past traditions to a new way of doing things. It does not refer to regular improvements or enhancements; rather, it is the name of introducing new patterns of carrying out certain activities or bringing an unorthodox type of change such as relocating a business or targeting a new demographic segment of customers (Ramanthan, 2008). (Rossetto, Rossetto, and Carvalho, 2009) 3. Testing and Application 3.1. Identifying Changes at Nike Nike has undergone several types of change during ...

Introduction

China has long portrayed the image that there is a singular Chinese culture, but in reality, it is a large country with a varied population. While many consider the Taiwanese to be a traditionally “Chinese” people, there is a lot of conflict in the region between the Taiwanese government and the Chinese government. Even more interestingly, there are some specific cultural minorities in Taiwan, like the Hakka people, with their own cultural traditions, beliefs, foods, and even languages. In reality, China and Taiwan are complex social networks made up of varied cultural groups. The Hakka Chinese are one of ...

ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR

Organization Behavior Introduction The culture or behavior of an organization determines the performance of the firm and how it sustains its employees. The organizational behavior is determined by the people working in the organization, the groups in which these people are and how the organization is structured (Stephen 2012). The paper focuses on the Organization behavior and culture of AU Optronics (AUO) which is a global company that was formed in the year 2001 from Acer Display Technology Inc. and Unipac Optoelectronics Corp. The company is the leading manufacturer of TFT-LCD worldwide with operations in Taiwan, Mainland China, Japan, ...

Clinical problem

The common concept surrounding palliative care is that it is afforded to patients within inpatient care units and hospice care by specialty palliative care nurses. This has meant that palliative care is only confined to those patients within these settings and thus limiting the accessibility of these services for outpatients populations with chronic or caner illnesses. Patients in need of palliative care usually have physical and psychological problems that require early and constant monitoring and intervention which can only be afforded through palliative care (Zimmermann et al., 2014). While these patients do not seek to cure their illnesses, their ...

The Sun Flower Movement was a protest by a coalition of Taiwanese students and civil society organizations. It lasted for 24 days having been held between March 18, 2014 and April 10, 2014. The protest was inspired by unilateral adoption of the Cross-Straight Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA) by the ruling party Kuomintang (KMT) in the absence of a clause-by-clause review. It was christened “sunflower” by the protestors to symbolize hope. Besides, it amounted to an allusion to the Wild Lily Movement of 1990 which marked a milestone in the democratization of Taiwan. During the protest, the protestors occupied the ...

Abstract

Chinese government and Chinese people were working out new conceptual framework for practices that departed from the traditional philology of the Chinese dialects. The essay not only discusses the differences between Wenyan and Baihua traces the progress made by modern Chinese, leading to a new type of literature. The discussion sheds light on the ancient Chinese language and the struggle between classical and vernacular literatures and how baihua promoted a sense of immediacy as compared to wenyan. Chinese ‘language’ and its dialects’ are as complex as their long history. One cannot deny the impact of Western’ languages on the ...

There are various elements that are common to those across the most diverse social and cultural divides. Life, death, and human struggle are all essential aspects of human existence. This is evident in the film “Yi Yi: A One and a Two”. Written and directed by Edward Yang, the film gives an account of the various struggles that a multi-generational family goes through in modern day Taiwan. These struggles indicate the underlying challenges that can be seen to be experienced across both generational and cultural divides. After the events of the Chinese Civil War, one contending side of the ...

Abstract

Kindle has been one the success stories created by Amazon and has been one of the most popular e-readers for millions of customers throughout the world. But, Kindle has also been part of the outsourcing revolution that’s taken many manufacturing jobs out of the United States of America. So the question arises, over the production of the Kindle and the reasons for outsourcing its production. There are many reasons associated with the decision; mainly the availability of better and cheaper technology in Asian countries is a fact. Over the years, as manufacturing jobs have been outsourced, Asian countries ...

Abstract

Many of the issues that HaiDiLao Hotpot is facing as it strives to expand internationally are largely cultural in scope. While expansion into Taiwan and Singapore has been largely successful, that same level of success has not be gained with their recent entry into California. It appears to be that the cultural distance at this time is to great, which means that the company will need to tailor its menu offering and method of service to fit a more Western market if it wants to be successful in the end. At the same time, the company does not want ...

Several media houses target their niche audience. Thus, their news is tailored to meet that particular market segment. Taiwan Independence Movement is an issue that is quite emotive in different ways. Therefore, the media houses have different editorial policies while reporting on issues such as this one. This goes beyond the need for reporting objectively. This paper will, therefore, look into how the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and South China Morning Post (SCMP) report differently on Taiwan independence movement. Thus, the paper will focus on the reporters, graphics as well as the sources used. The issue of whether Taiwan ...

Shin

Comments Taiwan trait is one of the most challenging for international security since it has the power to trigger war between US and Peoples Republic of China (PRC). As such, this may affect military operations in various ways including depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, disease, injury, and death. Militiamen subjected to combat in war often suffer mental and physical injuries. The same happened to ROC, which lost to the People’s Republic of China. Taiwan has two defined group; the first group is for independence while the second group is for unification of the two. These parameters of qualification or ...

Question 1: Briefly describe the background and Purpose of the research Study.

The main purpose of this study is to help the Taiwan military determine the current situation of affairs in the country and enable them to make current reforms necessary for the future of the country. Personally, I am doing this research basing all information to the current and future security affairs of the Chinese (Taiwan) military. Through this, I will get information from the public, and measure what they prefer. By doing this, the military alongside the government can easily project the future of situations in the country.

Question 2: Describe the procedure to be used and type of data to be collected

The participants in this research study will be required to fill ...

Taiwan’s Independence Status

Politically speaking, there are two distinct voices in Taiwan: the first group is for independence while the other is for the status quo (unification). The Pan-Blue group of parties support the unification idea. On the other hand, the Pan-Green coalition is seeking independence. The KMT and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) are the largest Pan-Blue and Pan-Green parties respectively. The issue of independence or unification dominates the politics in Taiwan. Despite some nations treating Taiwan as independent, international law would classify the state as not independent. Internationally, the PRC is considered the country and that Taiwan is its twenty-third ...

Taiwan is a fascinating case of international law because even though it wants to be its own territory, China has greatly inhibited its rights from doing so. There are many reasons for this; however, the primary one is that China invaded Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War in 1949, (Why China and Taiwan Are Divided). The Nationalist government, which was defeated, fled to Taiwan as Communists. What has made China’s relationship fascinating is that they insist that Taiwan does not trade with other countries, (Why China and Taiwan Are Divided). Instead, China prefers that Taiwan has to rely ...

Foundation Course – English Essay

Problems Associated with the Use of Plastic Bags Plastic bags are unimaginably inexpensive that no one treats them as worth a thing in stores. They make use of two, three or even four bags when one would otherwise do just as fine without them. Introduced in the year 1970s, the bags currently account for the four in every five bags that are handed at each grocery store. Interestingly, when viewed as a product, plastic bags become unbelievable success fairy-tale. Notably, the success of these bags means a considerable and rather dramatic increase in the number of sacks found floating ...

Every president has his or her doctrine towards the solution of international problems. It happens for the reason because every country does not exist alone in the world and has to deal with the issues of the other countries that surround her. The United States of America is not an exception. Every president is trying to participate in the solution of problems on the international arena. President Nixon (1969-1974) has his own understanding of the international politics: “Supply weapons but not troops to countries fighting off communism”. President Nixon was fighting against communism. His well-known speech states: “The major ...

Overview and research questions

China has long portrayed the image that there is a singular Chinese culture, but in reality, it is a large country with a varied population. While many consider the Taiwanese to be a traditionally “Chinese” people, there is a lot of conflict in the region between the Taiwanese government and the Chinese government. Even more interestingly, there are some specific cultural minorities in Taiwan, like the Hakka people, with their own cultural traditions, beliefs, foods, and even languages. The purpose of this discussion will be to investigate the current sociocultural status of the Hakka population in Taipei today. The ...

Globalization focuses on enhancing the economic strength and condition of cities, building their style and culture. The essay makes an empirical study of Taipei, looking at the symbolic economy of culture.1.1 Competitive strengths of the city1.1.1 The economic strength is of a city is replaceable in competitive capacity because of better economic packages from other cities. 1.1.2 What is not replaceable are the culture resources of a city that can help build its competitive strengths.1.1.3 Countries and cities can focus on the development of culture to increase their competitiveness Establishing art and culture districts, for example - Dallas Arts ...

History is the field of science which has always been of a great interest to me as it shows the events and movements which took place in the past, gives explanations and arguments, influences the way of our development and the way we are now. That’s why for my research I have chosen then topic connected with a historical event – Taiwan Independence Movement. I have experience in doing qualitative and quantitative researches, gathering information and analyzing it and that’s why I have decided to proceed with using these strategies in the given research. In order to understand ...

This paper substantiates the insights espoused by Enrico Moretti that the level of economic success depends on a number of factors, such as: education, productivity, and salary. These factors related greatly to geography, that is, where you live and work (Moretti 3). According to Moretti, a worker’s educational level and skills will determine his salary and on the economic progress of other individuals around him/her. Depending on the geographic location, the economic success between two individuals shows significant variances. Workers in developed cities, where innovation proves to be the driver in labor productivity, earn up to three times ...

Variables in a Research Study and Data Collection

A researcher has to identify variables in the study. There are two variables in a research study; the dependent variable and the independent variable. The dependent variable is what the researcher is interested (Yin, 2013). The aim is to measure the changes that take place with the dependent variable. On the other hand, the independent variable affects the dependent variable. The researcher will manipulate this independent variable with an expectation of change on the dependent variable. Data collection comes in as the process of gathering and then measuring information on the variables identified (Yin, 2013). This is done in ...