This is true not only in African countries with "dictatorial or authoritarian regimes but in fact China's […] commonly shared roots with African nations […] has struck a chord even with those democratically elected leaders in Africa," allowing China access to even those countries that might at first glance appear to natural allies to the United States due to their democratic form of government.

Thus, Africa's colonial past has simultaneously meant that China has a natural cultural, historical, and ideological connection to the continent while any action by the United States is viewed with a degree of inherent suspicion and reluctance; the difficulty the United States has faced in developing close strategic and economic partnerships in the region is evidenced by the fact that it has yet to find a suitable host nation for AFRICOM, the U.S. military command on the continent, even amongst putative allies, at the same time that…...

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de Morais, Rafael Marques. "THE NEW IMPERIALISM: China in Angola." World Affairs 173

China Sample
The China Fallacy provides an interesting perspective between American perception and that of economic reality. The book illustrates, how in many instances, a disconnect between truth and reality has the potential to create unnecessary conflicts between parties. The China Fallacy is no different in this regard. Within the book, the author Donald Gross illustrates how the notions of security, economic turmoil, and political instability are skewed within the general public. Gross also illustrates that it is in the best interest of the United States to allow China to prosper and flourish. This prosperity, Gross argues, will ultimately lead to an optimal relationship between the two countries, abating many of the negative influences that plague them. Gross, in his book provides solutions to abate the influences that society deems important to U.S.- China relations while also providing means to expand the overall relationship in a sustainable manner. Through his literature,…...

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1) "CIA - The World Factbook." Welcome to the CIA Web Site -- Central Intelligence Agency. Web. 16 Oct. 2010. .

China
Under Communism, Confucian values, considered vestiges of the old feudal system, were supposed to have been completely swept away. Judging from what you have read from the readings, do you believe Confucianism completely disappeared after 1949?

Confucianism is the philosophical and ethical system of belief based upon the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. The core belief of Confucianism was humanism which is the belief that human beings can change, adapt, and grow. No one's identity or personality is concrete and anyone can learn from their mistakes and change. People are asked to make decisions using reason, logic, and critical thinking. hen the Communists took control of China in the, Confucianism was abandoned officially because those in charge did not want people thinking for themselves. Instead, the people were to listen to the word of the government and to accept their demands without question. Although under Chairman Mao and the Communist…...

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Chen, Yuan-tsung. The Dragon's Village. New York: Pantheon, 1980. Print.

Elliott, Mark C. Emperor Qianlong: Son of Heaven, Man of the World. New York: Pearson

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DeWoskin, Rachel. Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China. New York:

China Largest Country in World
China the Largest Country in the World

China is the largest country in the world. You are thinking about marketing your product in their country. Your information must be current (NLT2004). You are to conduct a comparative analysis between China and the United States. You are to determine the population of China, the mean gross income, the gross national product (GNP).

When you compare the United States with China, it is clear that the U.S. is a more developed nation. Evidence of this can be seen by: comparing the median income and the GNP of both counties. As the U.S. has an average income of $47,200.00, while China has median income levels of $7,600.00. In the case of the GNP, the U.S. is much larger than China with their economy realizing $14.66 trillion in total output for 2010. Whereas China; is experiencing GNP productivity rates of $5.878 trillion.…...

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I do not approve of reading so many books. The method of examination is a method of dealing with the enemy. It is most harmful and should be stopped" (Johnson 1992:552). Mao wanted control of China's destiny -- and he wanted that destiny out of the hands of the religionists, whose doctrine was not formulated by him but by an outside body. Thus, places like Sacred Heart convent in Peking were closed, the sisters expelled, the school children sent home. Not limited to Christianity, Mao's Cultural Revolution targeted "Moslem institutions and uddhist sanctuaries" as well (Fitzgerald 1967:124).
The Cultural Revolution was, of course, fueled by Mao's own Romantic tendencies. Unable to accept reality on its own terms, Mao insisted on having it his own way. His pseudo-intellectual wife convinced him to leave Peking in 1965. They settled in Shanghai, where Mao nursed his "hatred of Soviet Russia and its leadership,…...

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Fitzgerald, C 1967 'Religion and China's Cultural Revolution' Pacific Affairs, 40, 1/2, pp

124-129.

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Horsley, J 2006 'The Rule of Law in China: Incremental Progress' Yale Law.

China-Puerto Rico
K -- 12 Students in China and Puerto Rico

In this essay, the author will use the 2009 PISA analysis to compare the China and Puerto Rico's policies on education and the impact or influence on the performance of K -- 12 students. Both countries are radically different in that they have different relationships with PISA and OECD. China is not a member and the Puerto Rico is via its relationship with the United States as a commonwealth entity (Fleischman, Hopstock, Pelczar & Shelley, 2011, 3).

hile in certain categories China is not rated, China is being rated by the OECD standards because of the shear size of China. The rating standards are set by areas such as Shanghai-China, and Hong-Kong China is areas such as Combined reading literacy scale and reading literacy sub-scales in the table below in areas such as those in the table below as they are compared…...

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Central intelligence agency: puerto rico. (2011). Retrieved from  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rq.html .

Fleischman, H.L., Hopstock, P.J., Pelczar, M.P., & Shelley, B.E.U.S. Department of Education,

National Center for Education Statistics. (2011). Highlights from pisa 2009: performance of u.s.

15-year-old students in reading, mathematics, and science literacy in an international context.

In each of these cases, the impact of the countries' relative geographic proximity should not be underestimated. Countries like Britain and France, or Holland and England, had significant land to gain from the other and this was a main reason for their conflicts.
The only instance in which a rising power usurped the existing power without war resulting was when the United States overthrew Britain; this example is more analogous to the dynamic between the United States and China since there is less geographical proximity. However, it should also be noted that the United States is significantly more powerful than Britain was and so they should not feel as threatened. However, it would be most useful for the United States to work cooperatively and attempt to contain China's rise through engagement. An attempt to contain China would be ill-advised as it would vastly underestimate the influence that China possesses within…...

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Finn, J.D. (2008). China-U.S. Economic and Geopolitical Relations. Hauppauge: Nova Science Publications, Inc.

Qingguo, J., & Rosecrance, R. (2010). Delicately poised: Are China and the U.S. heading for conflict? Global Asia, 4(4).

China and India Trends towards Western-Style Consumption
Products that interest these youth markets

In these markets, the youths are intrigued by technological applications. They lead the world in innovation ranging from mobile platforms, automated cars and internet purchasing. This has been accelerated by the emulation of Western-style consumption, which is characterized by mobile devices instead of television or computers as their principal source of information access. Experts in social media argue that these markets will leapfrog America in terms of mobile innovations and corporations will seek to provide effective attempts than the U.S. (Doole & Lowe, 2008). Many young people in these markets have trendy cell phones with data access surpassing voice for the first time across this continent. It is arguably believed that mobile phones are likely to be the chief banking method in these countries. This is because the youths are already using them to make micropayments among themselves.

New technologies…...

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Doole, I., & Lowe, R. (2008). International marketing strategy: Analysis, development and implementation. London: Cengage Learning.

Heide, M. (2013). Opportunities and Risks in India and China. Mu-nchen: GRIN Verlag GmbH.

Jones, S. (2012). BRICS and beyond: Executive lessons on emerging markets. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

The new reform policies set up industries producing appliances, textiles, garments, computers, mobile phones and other inexpensive manufactured goods (Shekarabi & Rabii 2007). While China opened up to foreign investments and the outside world, its leaders assured that the transition to a market-oriented economy would be complemented with policies to promote social stability. As foreign money pours into the Chinese markets, research and development in various fields advance the status of the state and the population. As a consequence of economic growth, improved infrastructure, better public facilities, agriculture, housing and social welfare programs raise the Chinese people's standard of living. Further consequences are a decrease in disease, infant mortality and poverty. New management care techniques and advanced pharmaceuticals are introduced. The massive infusion of trade, commerce, services and new information replaces the obsolete and brings new awareness of other nations, global issues and human rights among the citizens (Shekarabi &…...

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(China, Sudan and the Darfur Conflict Fact Sheet). The types of arms that have been purchased by the Sudan from China since the 1990s include tanks, helicopters, and fighter aircraft as well as antipersonnel and antitank mines. There are many reports of the use of Chinese weapons in the ongoing struggle in the Sudan.
A according to a Sudanese government official. The SPLA in 1997 overran government garrison towns in the south, and in one town alone, Yei, a Human Rights atch researcher saw eight Chinese 122 mm towed howitzers, five Chinese-made T-59 tanks, and one Chinese 37 mm anti-aircraft gun abandoned by the government army,,

China, Sudan and the Darfur Conflict Fact Sheet).

Other indications of the involvement and relationship between the two countries in terms of arms and weapons can be seen in the fact that China has aided Sudan in establishing three weapons manufacturing facilities in the country, which…...

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Calling on China: The China-Darfur Connection. December 2, 2007.  http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2004/0805africa_cohen.aspx 

China, Sudan and the Darfur Conflict Fact Sheet

 http://www.savedarfur.org/pages/china_sudan_and_the_darfur_conflict_fact_sheet 

Darfur: a genocide we can stop. December 3, 2007. http://www.darfurgenocide.org/

China's massive growth over the last two decades has brought with it a similarly explosive need for energy resources, a need that as of yet cannot be fulfilled by domestic reserves. Thus, China imported 3.5 million barrels of oil per day in 2006, and that number is expected to increase to 13.1 million barrels per day by 2030 (Hanson 2008). Subsequently, "as the world's second-largest consumer of oil, and with only limited national resources, China is attracted to Africa's relatively underexploited petroleum and other natural resources" (Alden 2006). China's efforts in this area have become increasingly overt, to the point that "China's state oil company, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), has invested heavily in partnership with national petroleum (and natural gas) interests in the Sudan, Angola, Algeria and most recently Gabon." Furthermore, as Alden notes, "China has used a range of other economic instruments -- financial assistance, prestige construction projects…...

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King, K. (2006), "Aid within the Wider China-Africa Partnership: A view from the Beijing

Summit 1," University of Hong Kong & University of Edinburgh.

For example, there are several suspicions regarding the foreign companies audited by Chinese authorized auditors, given their reduced number and lack of experience. Another example regards China Life Insurance, which was listed on the Hong Kong and New York stock exchanges, raising approximately $3.4 billion. The company's future evolution was not as successful, since the following year a routine audit on the company revealed that it had uncovered $652 million in financial irregularities. The result was the immediate fall of stock, attracting a series of lawsuits regarding financial fraud. The United States investors were obviously misled, they lost significant amounts of money, their efforts were in vain, and their image was severely shaken.
The consequences of this defective accounting system that is still applied in China can become quite severe for foreign companies that invest here. As mentioned above, a series of financial irregularities can emerge. Although these irregularities are…...

China's Economic Reform
An Examination of Economic Reforms in China since 1980

As the 21st century unfolds, China has emerged as a potential political and economic juggernaut that appears to be finding its stride in the international community and marketplace. As the second-largest economy in the world after the United States, the Chinese people have clearly embraced international commerce in a major way. To date, though, while there have been a number of political and economic studies conducted at the national level on China, specific regional studies are less common; however, the 1989 analysis of Guangzhou by Ezra F. Vogel helps to place this enormous region into perspective. In this regard, this paper will provide an overview of the economic reforms taken by the Chinese leadership in general since 1980, and those in Guangzhou in particular, to identify the impact of these reforms on the country's social and economic progress. An analysis…...

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China Economy. (2005). U.S. Government: CIA World Factbook. [Online]. Available: http://

www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html#Econ.

Hao, Jia. Changing Central-Local Relations in China: Reform and State Capacity. Boulder,

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China's Economy
The Sustainability of China's Present Economy

The Sustainability of China's Present Economy

In the past thirty years the Chinese economy has exhibited phenomenal growth, especially when compared to what the country had seen for the century before that. China has become a model of economic efficiency and stability. They have used different models to attain this through a graduated system that has been marveled at by the rest of the world. With a mix of free markets and governmental control, China has been able to achieve something few thought possible.

However, quick rising bubbles often collapse. Just like a souffle, China's economy could be in for a fall with the slightest, unconscious bump.

People have been analyzing this growth for the past three decades, and there are many theories regarding the sustainability of the model with which China has, so far, been successful. This research paper is designed to examine where china has…...

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Ahrens, J., & Mengerinhaus, P., 2006. Institutional change and economic transition: Market-enhancing governance, Chinese-style. The European Journal of Comparative Economics, 3(1). pp. 75-88.

Alon, I., 2003. Chinese economic transition and international marketing strategy. Westport, CT: Praeger.

Auty, R.M., 2001. Resource abundance and economic development. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Bramall, C., 2000. Sources of Chinese economic growth, 1978-1996. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

China's currency manipulation is one of the most important. The Chinese government buys foreign currency, keeping the value of the yuan low. hile this is a benefit to Chinese exporters, it makes non-Chinese products more expensive in China. High prevalence of government control in key industries is another non-tariff barrier. Some of this changed with China's ascension into the TO. A government entity, COFCO, handled both imports and exports of a wide range of agricultural products, but now many of China's agencies for agricultural trade have been converted to for-profit enterprises, reducing the impact of government intervention in agricultural trade (Carter & Rozelle, 2004).
Tariffs and minor trade disputes, however, have proliferated between China and major trading partners in recent years as China seeks to stimulate its economy. For example, China has increased tariffs on American chicken (89% of China's chicken imports) in order to protect domestic producers (Food Manufacturing,…...

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- The role of social media in shaping public perception of the Russia/Ukraine war
- The impact of the media's portrayal of the conflict on international relations
- The significance of the historical and cultural ties between Russia and Ukraine in the conflict
- The role of propaganda in influencing the attitudes and beliefs of the people in Russia and Ukraine
- The economic consequences of the war on both Russia and Ukraine
- The humanitarian crisis resulting from the conflict and the international response
- The implications of the war on global security and stability
- The potential for a peaceful resolution to the conflict and....

Nonverbal Communication: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Nonverbal communication, often referred to as body language, is a form of expression that conveys messages without the use of words. It includes gestures, facial expressions, posture, and eye contact. Nonverbal communication plays a vital role in human interaction, conveying emotions, attitudes, and intentions. However, its significance and interpretation can vary widely across different cultures. This essay delves into the intricacies of nonverbal communication in various cultures, exploring how cultural factors influence the way people communicate nonverbally and the implications for cross-cultural communication.

1. Greetings:
Greetings set the tone for any interaction and often involve nonverbal cues.....

1. The Role of Deception in Julius Caesar

2. Betrayal and Dishonesty in Julius Caesar

3. Lies and Deceit: Themes of Dishonesty in Julius Caesar

4. The Manipulative Power of Dishonesty in Julius Caesar

5. Brutus and Cassius: The Art of Deception in Julius Caesar

6. The Consequences of Dishonesty in Julius Caesar

7. Deception and Betrayal: Key Themes in Julius Caesar

8. Honesty vs. Deception in Julius Caesar

9. The Mask of Deceit: Characters in Julius Caesar

10. Political Machinations: Dishonesty in Julius Caesar
11. Unveiling the Truth: Deception in Julius Caesar

12. Deception Unraveled: Analyzing Julius Caesar

13. The Web of Lies: Dishonesty in Julius Caesar

14. The Betrayal Game: Deception....

Topic 1: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Election

Analyze the ways in which the pandemic affected the election campaign, voter turnout, and the overall results.
Discuss the role of technology in facilitating remote campaigning and voter registration during a public health crisis.
Examine the implications of the pandemic for future elections and the challenges it poses to democratic processes.

Topic 2: The Role of Social Media in the Election

Evaluate the impact of social media platforms on the spread of information, voter engagement, and the dissemination of misinformation.
Analyze the effectiveness of social media campaigns by both candidates....