China And India Compared And Contrasted

When analyzing cultural traditions and innovations, economic relationships, and social classifications and expectations during/between the periods of classical China and classical India. Classical China lasted from 2000 B.C.E - 600 C.E, while classical India lasted from 600 B.C.E – 600 C.E. There are quite a few similarities and differences between these two civilizations. With regards to cultural traditions and innovations both developed similar technologies in their period. Spoken language was introduced in China during the Zhou Dynasty. Also in India, Sanskrit was the language of educated people.. India and China were similar as agricultural societies. Both civilizations relied on a large peasant class,

Though they had some different qualities, Classical China and India were very similar. The complexities of both India and China’s social hierarchy systems were very different. However their religious views and ideas were similar, and they both began to decline but were able to recover and maintain stability.

5. Evidence – Since China was overall more unified than India, many of the systems and beliefs they had and practiced during Classical times are still intact today. Also, although the Han dynasty came to an end, the existing culture remained in place with little change during the years and years to come. India was constantly changing during the next time period. Only certain things, such as Hindu practices, still exist in India today.

China has changed in certain ways and remained the same in others from the early Golden Ages to the late 1900s. China has experienced a series of cultural and political transformations, shaping the lives of many Chinese citizens. Culturally, the country’s art and literature hardly changed for almost eight hundred years. Along with their culture, China remained politically the same from the beginning of the Golden Ages all the way until the 1800s. On the other hand, China’s government and society were restructured after new leaders took over. From a monarch to total communism, China’s society had a multitude of new ideas and policies they had to adapt to.

During the Classical period, Han China and Mauryan/Gupta India developed many methods of political control. Although these empires were located in different geographic regions, they both used social hierarchy, language, bureaucracy, and religion as a means of political control. Many of Classical India’s religious beliefs and bureaucratic practices contrasted each other in relation to the ways that they supported the methods of political control.

Although classical China and India had good institutions, they both pursued that characteristic in different directions. For example, China had developed one united dialect within their society, as India had come up with a variety of different languages. China basically developed solitary, with no outside help or advice until later on. So they grew with the society that they had created, no outside

Briefly compare the political regime type in China and India. Which of the two would you prefer to do business in and why?

All along the silk road, everything from ideas to religions were sought after and traded. The early religion of Buddhism was no different and eventually lead to the cultural realizations between China and India. As both countries expanded, the Gupta Empire and the Han dynasty were destined to meet at one point or another. The Gupta Empire, patrons of the art, produced powerful poets with skills compared to the later Shakespeare. The empire was known for its impressive mathematical skills and invention of the infamous Arabic numerals, developing the first place-values system. China’s imperial government was dependent on the idea of astronomy and important for the survival of the state. Thus astronomy was related to the idea of the Mandate of

Early Chinese society placed a strong focus on the male members of the family. Sons were favored over daughters. Husbands were the masters of the home and were to be deferred to. Women were required to be submissive to the males, even their sons. All classes of women were expected to live by this way of life. There were various customs, which would be considered barbaric in today’s world, which women in China had to endure.

Women’s lives in China has changed dramatically throughout reforms in the Qing Dynasty, the Nationalist period, the Chinese Civil War, etc. In the historically male-dominated society, there still is not gender equality that women have been hoping for. “Millions upon millions of women are missing. They are not lost, but dead: victims of violence, discrimination, and neglect” (Baute). Why should one gender be valued more over the other? Why should one gender be viewed as more important? Females in countries like China are discriminated against, mistreated, and are valued less since many women and girls are not allowed to get an education, the violence/abuse that they have to go through, and because the one-child policy rule that is placed in countries like China.

Women in our culture just start to have opportunities to raise their rights after the oppression of thousands years. For those centuries, Confucianism plays the dominating role in terms of the China politics and culture. The core philosophy of Confucianism is to enforce the stabilization of agriculture society and politics. Hence, it became popular and be promoted by Chinese and other East Asian monarchs in history. Confucianism requires or forces women to be loyalty to their husband and hyper sexuality of women is absolutely not acceptable in the patriarchal society. Specifically, the conclusion of “three obediences and the four virtues” creates the ideal model and the moral criterions for the famine, where a woman are expected to function well in relationship with her father, husband and son . I certainly believe those ideas that women

China and India are two of the oldest surviving civilizations in the world. Prior to the 18th century, Europeans viewed these nations with the utmost respect in regards to their immense wisdom and wealth. However, around the time of the early nineteenth century Europeans began to view these civilizations through a different lens. In the eyes of Europeans, these once renowned civilizations had become debilitated and obsolete. The twentieth century only further instated the agony associated with the conditions of the two countries. Nonetheless, they were and still remain as one the most populous countries. In 1820, they had a combined population amounting up to over half a billion and by the twentieth century each of these nations had earned themselves a reputation smothered in famine, disease, and idiocy. Lands of women with bound feet and people deemed untouchable, all that was good in the name of China and India was lost.

Germany, a western country is well-known for beer, sausage and innovative technology. China, an eastern country is well-known for delicious food, martial arts and low priced products. Everyone knows they are completely different. However, can you raise some concrete examples showing their difference? And is it true that both of them do not have a single similarity at all? Though, they have certain similar aspects if you look closer.

This diagram shows the increase over the space of 65 years, from 1950-2015, so it is showing the growth based on the trend that urbanisation has followed since 1950. In this graph England, USA, Mexico, Brazil and Japan are the MEDC’s. Egypt, Nigeria, China and India are the LEDC’s. As shown in figure 4 the LEDC’s tend to follow a steeper slope, this means they have been increasing rapidly. The MEDC’s aren’t increasing as quickly, they tend to follow a gradual increase. This is because when urbanisation first began, it started in MEDC’s because these places had the facilities and industry for people to be able to urbanise. As people began to make more money, they moved out of the city back into rural areas because they could afford the rural lifestyle. This is called counter urbanisation, it is shown in figure 4, London has had a decrease in their urban population ever since 1950 and it has kept slowly decreasing, and it is a good example of counter urbanisation. This is also another reason as to why urbanisation is increasing slowly in MEDC’s, people moving into LEDC’s are urbanising to get out of poverty in rural areas so it has increased faster in these areas. The growth in the USA has been very minimal over the past 45years as shown in figure 4. Japan hasn’t had any growth over the last 15years; this could mean the beginning of sub urbanisation in this MEDC. In figure 4 it is clearly shown that in the last 65 years urbanisation in Nigeria and India have at

As per definition of Pitelis and Sugden (2000, p.72), Multinationals (MNC’s) are corporations that operate in more than one country. Until recently, multinationals from developed economies had the primary control over the global market. They created opportunities, made acquisitions, made FDI’s in emerging markets. They were also sharing their knowledge and experiences with SME’s in emerging economies. The flows to a great extent were one way, however in the last few years, a considerable two way relationship has developed. The main reasons for the change in the set of circumstance has been due to the emergence of companies from rapidly developing economies, from what SME’s have learned from the knowledge and experience shared by