Metropolises in China Introduction The boom of house market has emerged accompanying with the soaring development of Chinese economy over the last two decades. Although the prosperity of real estate sector makes contributions to the growth of national fiscal revenue and Gross Domestic Product‚ it also raises a serious problem --- housing bubbles‚ defined as the housing prices deviate too much from its fundamental value (Flood and Hodrick‚ 1900)‚ especially in metropolitan areas in China such as Shanghai
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Great Floods have been a topic of many myths throughout time. These stories are mostly about gods or higher powers trying to wipe out or cleanse the population. Some of these myths include; Eridu Genesis‚ Atrahasis Epic‚ Gilgamesh‚ and many more. The Eridu Genesis is the earliest flood myth. It tells how The deity Enki tells Ziudsura about his plan to destroy all of man with a flood and instructs him to build a giant boat. It floods for seven days and then Ziudsura makes sacrifices and chants
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2012 China’s HDI rose by 2.0% annually from 0.407 to 0.699 today‚ which gives the country a rank of 101 out of 187 countries with comparable data. The HDI of East Asia and the Pacific as a region increased from 0.432 in 1980 to 0.683 today‚ placing China above the regional average. 1.4 1. Global warming has been a controversial subject for decades. It is inevitable for an economy that wishes to grow in the short term as the efficient‚ non-renewable resources emit greenhouse gases whereas in
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Davon Holmes 10/10/2012 Sociology China China is the world’s most populated country with the population of 1.3 billion people. Since there were so many people in China they had to think about a way to control population so this is where the one-child policy was made. It officially restricts married‚ urban couples to having only one child‚ while allowing exemptions for several cases‚ including twins. This policy was introduced in 1978 and initially applied to first-born children from 1979. The policy
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Social Media in China: The Sina Weibo as the Study Object Mass media influence and restrict by the social and political‚ at the same time‚ the characteristics of the mass media also influence the process of social development. In most of the westen coutries‚ the media set up their rloe as the ‘watch dog’ for the governemtn‚ supervision the government and as well as a bridge of communication between government and public. From the Collins English Dictionary‚ a watchdog is defined as ‘a person or
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21-005 The Story of the Flood in three Gilgamesh‚ The Metamorphosis and Genesis It is apparent in our class readings‚ that when the gods are angry at the humans they created‚ these gods unleash unforgiving rains to flood the earth‚ and kill the human race. Over the years‚ there have been various texts about these floods. While the occurrences of the floods themselves are continuous throughout these texts‚ they have varying reasons for the cause of the floods and different aftermaths or consequences
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Epic of Gilgamesh vs. Noahs Flood The epic of Gilgamesh and “Noah and the Flood” both tell stories of a treacherous flood which wiped out all of mankind. These “The Great Hymn to the Aten” is the longest of several New Kingdom praise poems to the sun god Aten. This poem‚ composed as a hymn‚ or sacred song‚ was found on the wall of a tomb built for a royal scribe named Ay and his wife. It was intended to assure their safety in the afterlife. The Egyptians had worshiped the sun—along with a host
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Papers may be downloaded for personal use only. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University DRAFT June 20‚ 2005 The Internal Morality of Chinese Legalism Kenneth Winston Abstract It is widely held that there are no indigenous roots in China for the rule of law; it is an import from the West. The Chinese legal tradition‚ rather‚ is rule by law‚ as elaborated in ancient Legalist texts such as the Han Feizi. According to the conventional reading of these texts‚ law is amoral and an instrument
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How successful were the National Governments in dealing with economic problems in the years 1931 to 1939? [24] The National Government‚ formed in 1931 by Ramsay Macdonald to tackle the economic problems that Britain was undergoing at the time can be seen to be a success in many ways‚ but equally in many ways a failure. This essay attempts to recognize and elaborate upon those successes and shortcomings‚ and ultimately come to a conclusion on how successful the National Government were overall
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Case study – Boscastle flash flood * Afternoon – Monday 16th August * 200mm rain fell in 24 hours – most in 5 hours * Average for whole of Boscastle in August – 75mm * Water poured down steep-sided valley slopes and swelled normal * Water poured down steep-sided valley slopes and swelled normally small River Valency flowing towards harbour = burst its banks. * Effects – * Nobody was killed * 58 buildings flooded‚ some had to be demolished * 25 business properties
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