WATER POLLUTION IN CHINA River like blood in Roxian‚ Guangxi About one third of the industrial waste water and more than 90 percent of household sewage in China is released into rivers and lakes without being treated. Nearly 80 percent of China’s cities (278 of them) have no sewage treatment facilities and few have plans to build any and underground water supplies in 90 percent of the cites are contaminated. Water shortages and water pollution in China are such a problem that the World Bank
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Cited: Zhu DG‚ Zhao XT‚ Meng XG‚ Wu ZH‚ Wu HZ‚ Feng XY‚ Shao ZG‚ Liu QS‚ Yang ML (2002) Quaternary lake deposits of Nam Co‚ Tibet‚ with a discussion of the connection of Nam Co with Ring Co-Jiuru Co. Acta Geol Sin 76(3):283–291 Wu YH‚ Zhu LP (2008) The response of lake-glacier variations to climate change in Nam Co Catchment‚ central Tibetan Plateau‚ during 1970–2000. J Geogr Sci
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3. SHANG DYNASTY The Chinese had settled in the Huang He‚ or Yellow River‚ valley of northern China by 3000 BC. By then they had pottery‚ wheels‚ farms‚ and silk‚ but they had not yet discovered writing or the uses of metals. The Shang Dynasty (1766-1122 BC) is the first documented era of ancient China. The highly developed hierarchy consisted of a king‚ nobles‚ commoners‚ and slaves. The capital city was Anyang‚ in north Henan Province. Some scholars have suggested that travelers from Mesopotamia
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Kelly Tong 702 12/12/2012 A)Art Segment of a Daihokobutsu Kegongyo (710–794) Description: This is one of the handscroll out of the original set of sixty handscrolls. The painter was unknowned. It was donated to the Todaiji
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Early Christian art spans from the first to fifth centuries followed by the vast era of Byzantine art from the fifth century to the 16th century in Eastern Europe. Much of the art during this period had a religious context or enacted a religious purpose. The paintings and mosaics were meant to remind worshippers of their God‚ and the architecture was meant to serve both functional and aesthetic purposes. When Constantine I issued the Edict of Milan in 313 and moved the center of the Roman’s empire
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perspective of this poem. During those times‚ China was in a civil war. There were three states that tried to break free from the government and succeeded. Later on‚ they established 3 separate states: Wei‚ Shu Han and Wu. Among these three‚ Zhou Yu was the general and strategist of the Wu or South China. The battle of Red Cliffs happened during the winter time of the year AD 208. This explains the “window of snow” in Li Tuan’s poem. The reason why the woman was touching a wrong note occasionally was
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connoisseurs. However‚ the cultural identity of the scholar-official class could be simply built on the basis of tea drinking and its aesthetic principle in general. In a discussion on the relationship between tea consumption and the scholar-official class‚ Wu Zhihe argues that tea drinking played a significant role during the scholar-official gatherings‚ in which tea drinking could create an environment and support all other elegant activities‚ such as writing poems‚ discussing about meditation‚ and spending
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References: Pike‚ A. (2013). Women ’s Roles During the Han Empire | eHow. eHow | How to Videos‚ Articles & More - Discover the expert in you.. Retrieved May 30‚ 2013‚ from http://www.ehow.com/info_8415578_womens-roles-during-han-empire.html Wu‚ J. (2003). Zhou Yu (Gongjin). Kongming.net. Retrieved May 30‚ 2013‚ from kongming.net/novel/kma/zhouyu.php Huo‚ J. (2001). Chinese history - The Tang Dynasty ( 618 - 907 BC ) - A Women of the Tang Dynasty.Chinavoc.com . Retrieved May 30‚ 2013‚
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no surprise that he is opposed to Buddhism which clashes with Confucianism in many aspects including how Confucianism promotes one fulfilling his duties to his lord and country‚ where as Buddhism promotes detachment to avoid sorrow. The Tang Emperor Wu wrote (document 6) “Buddhism has transmitted its strange ways and has spread like a luxuriant vine until it has poisoned the customs of our nation… Buddhism wears out the people’s strength‚ pilfers their wealth‚ causes people to abandon their lords
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amcient‚ and stated that people in the crowd of the coming of Buddha’s finger will mutilate themselves and cut off arms in Buddha’s honor. He believed it should be eradicated and that they should spare the youth the delusion of Buddha (4). The Emperor Wu used the excuse that if Buddhism continued to grow‚ an economic downfall would follow. He said the nuns and monks simply waited for the farmers to feed them and clothe them. He exaggerated numbers by saying the temples had grown to numbers larger than
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