The Land of the Rising Sun Home of 20 percent of the world’s population, China has a very unique and diverse culture. China’s long history dates back over 4000 years. After the birth of the Chinese Communist Party, the country began an overhaul to change its economic status amongst the world. This research paper is going to introduce and educate the reader about the geography, economy, political party, and the military that makes up the mysterious country to the East. Fourth largest country in the world, China makes up almost the entire East Asian Landmass. China’s 9,596,960 square kilometers in total area, features the highest and one of the lowest points in the world. Nearly 70% of China is made of mountains, hills, or plateaus (Defense, 2010). China has 23 providences and 4 Municipalities. China is also home to more than 3,400 islands. China’s climate reflects what one might think coming from such a large mass of land. The cold Siberian air coming from the north and tropical air masses coming from the south create bipolar conditions. China is home to many rivers, most notably being the, “Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) literally translated as “Long River,” the Chang Jiang, at 6,300 km (3,915 mi), is Asia’s longest river and the third longest in the world” (Defense, 2010). China has 20 of the 30 most polluted cities in the world, according to the World Bank (Defense, 2010). Consequently, the Chinese government has made pollution control a high priority
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.
The context in this paper therefore is going to analyze the country progression utilizing the information written in On China. I will analyze the country from the ancient China to the Modern china that has established her through political leaderships and economic stability of the country.
Present day China is an unlimited nation. It is the world's fourth biggest nation and is home to roughly 1.25 billion individuals - about a quarter of the world's populace. It has an awesome assortment of atmospheres and territories. The south is wet and tropical, with some downpour woods scope. North-west China is secured in desert. In the exact far north-east, near Russia, the temperature can drop to - 50ºC in the winter. In the west of China there are the Himalayas, with a percentage of the most noteworthy mountains on the planet. China's most minimal point is in the Turfan Depression, at - 154 meters beneath ocean level. The Turfan Depression is otherwise called one of the "heaters" of China due to its mind boggling warmth. The liquefying snows from the mountains in the west make the headwaters for two of China's most essential waterways, the Yellow River and the Yangzi River. The Yellow River gets its name in view of the yellow wind-borne earth dust called loses that is blown over the north of China from the steppes of Central Asia. The loses is blown into the waterway and gives it a yellow appearance. The Yangzi River is the longest in China and third longest on the planet. The Yangzi River waters the rice developing districts in the south of China.
“The Party: The Secret World Of China’s Communist Rulers,” by Richard McGregor is a book which provides detailed insight into the Communist Party of China, revealing many of the secret underpinnings of how the party is run, and explores the question of how they have continued to stay in power for so long. While other strong socialist powers, such as the Soviet Union and Eastern Germany, fell at the end of the 20th century, the CPC was able to stay in control and ultimately come out of that period even stronger. In McGregor’s own words “the party picked itself up off the ground, reconstituted its armor and reinforced its flank. Somehow, it has outlasted, outsmarted, outperformed, or simply outlawed its critics, flummoxing the pundits who have predicted its demise at numerous junctures.” Instead of letting its own ideologies weaken its power, the CPC has continually adapted and transformed its policies and goals in order to maintain their stronghold over the nation. Through his impressive list of Chinese scholars and political contacts, McGregor is able to lay out the fundamental workings inside the Chinese government and the impressive actions they’ve taken to remain such a powerful organization.
Created to promote tribal authority, revitalize native languages and sustain native cultures, Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) are a cornerstone in American higher education. With thirty-seven institutions that serve over 28,000 American Indian and Alaska Native students, TCUs seek to align their respective missions with community and tribal values (American Indian College Fund). Despite TCUs ambitions to sustain native culture and provide quality education for their populations, these institutions face innumerable challenges due to underfunding and a lack of intentional investment from U.S. governing bodies. Federal support for TCUs has been dreadfully insufficient in keeping up with the rapid expansion of these establishments, while poverty in Native communities greatly limits the amounts of tuition that can be collected; moreover, sustaining the will to endure in the face of structural inequalities is yet another barricade that TCU stakeholders face.
explained, in part, by the historical and political evolution of China as it emerged from
For any of those willing to travel around China, we will now explore China’s geography. China is located on the eastern Eurasian peninsula. The Yangtze and the Yellow rivers flow through China bringing silt and water, making farming possible. These rivers are supported by heavy rains and snowmelt. Sadly, in the flood season, the Yellow River gives out some deadly floods. This is why we nicknamed it “China’s Sorrow”. Even though it is a deadly danger, the Yellow River brings and deposits 1.4 billion tons of silt, some of which goes into the Yellow Sea. Our civilization grew up because of cities on the banks of rivers, which were supported by the fertile silt brought over which could be used for agriculture-just like in Mesopotamia.
China, the crown jewel of the golden ages, was left broken and without leadership after the Second World War. Their land was torn by war and their people’s morale had been severely affected with all
The last verse of chapter 2 simply says the fish vomited Jonah on dry land. It’s a rather gross description of what happened but we almost get the sense that Jonah’s presence made the fish sick. For those of you who like alliterated outlines we could say Jonah was Rebellious, then he Repented and now he was Regurgitated. A man went to his doctor and said, "I don’t know what to do about my wife.
One can find many similarities between a human and an animal. One such instance occurs in the novel The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. A main event in the book is when the primary characters, Jake Barnes, Lady Brett Ashley, Robert Cohn, and Mike Campbell, travel to Spain and then to Pamplona to see the bullfights during the fiesta. Throughout the book Brett is adored by every man that she is encountered with, which gives her power. Therefore, I believe that Hemingway compares Brett to a bull and Jake, Cohn, and Mike to steers because Brett controls the men's emotions and essentially destroys their value. This analogy leads to one of Hemingway’s themes,
“Beijing lie between longitudes 115°25′E and 117°30′E and between latitude 39°26′N and 41°03′N in North China. Specifically, Beijing is located at the eastern edge of the Eurasian continent and belongs to the Bohai sea rim economic circle, with small plain in the south and mountains in the west and north, covering an area of 16,807.8 km2. The city’s climate is a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate.” (Gengyuan Liu et.al., 2011). As the capital city with full of the long history and Chinese traditional culture and one of three economic-centered cities, which are Beijing, Shanghai, Hongkong respectively, in China Beijing has been regarded as one successful city that has
Why Capital Punishment should be illegal The Constitution that governs our laws in America is there to protect all of its people and that include the criminals that are on death row. The death penalty materially violates the constitutional ban against cruel and unusual punishment, the guarantees of due process of law, and of equal protection under the law. This is the reason why capital punishment should be illegal in all fifty states. We believe that the states should not give itself the right to kill any human beings. Capital punishment is an inexcusable denial of civil rights and is inconsistent with the basic values of our democratic system. The death penalty is uncivilized in theory and unfair in practice. The death penalty system in the US is applied in an unfair and unjust manner against people, largely dependent on how much money they have, the skills of their attorneys, race of the victim and where the crime took place. Through litigations, legislation, and encouragement against this vicious and brutal way, we strive to prevent executions and seek to abolishment of capital punishment. We would like to think that the death penalty is more cost effective. It seems like the accused is seen in court for their horrendous crime, sentenced for Capital Punishment, and the next day they face execution. Easy, cheap for us taxpayers. That is far from the truth. The death penalty is a waste of taxpayers’ funds. It boggles the time and energy of courts, prosecuting attorneys,
The Yellow river, the East China Sea, and the Pacific Ocean are located to the east of China. Mountain ranges and deserts dominate about two-thirds of China’s landmass. Taklimakan Desert and the Plateau of Tibet are in the west of China. To the southwest are the Himalayas. The Gobi desert and the Mongolian desert is in the north of China. The Huang He’s floods could be disastrous. Sometimes floods destroyed the villages. Because of China’s relative geographic isolation, early settlers could not trade with other peoples. China’s natural boundaries did not
Ernest Hemingway’s first novel The Sun Also Rises is regarded as the quintessential novel of the Lost Generation. Published in 1926, within the decade after the First World War, The Sun Also Rises embodies exactly what the Lost Generation is. The term “Lost Generation” was created by Gertrude Stein and is referred to today as a vast amount of American intellectuals, writers, poets, and artiest, who were born around the beginning of the 20th Century and served in World War One, this generation pursued different lifestyles and rejected the values of American materialism (Bolton 78). The lost generation, including Hemingway, created some of the most renowned American literature to this date. The Sun Also Rises follows Hemingway’s Characters from
Robert Cohn said in Ernest Hemingway’s novel that “ You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There's nothing to it.” Cohn, like the other characters in the story wanted to find a place of self satisfaction and wordley value. In Ernest Hemingway’s novel, The Sun Also Rises, Struggle, pain, and worthlessness, are evident throughout the novel, that the characters can not escape. Based in the early 1990’s, not long after the war, everyone has seen more than they wish to, and long to see and feel calm, and peace with life situations and themselves. War injuries, feelings of masculine inferiority, and longing to find the perfect prince charming, plague the characters. Drinking, and being surrounded