objective of this research project is to identify the financial institutions that are involved in financing the companies undertaking two major oil and gas projects in Burma. These projects are known as Block M and the Shwe Reserve (including the Arakan-Yunnan Pipeline). The consortium companies undertaking the Block M project have a production sharing contract with Burma’s 100% state-owned Myanmar Oil & Gas Enterprise (Burma). The consortium includes Chinese and Singaporean companies: CNOOC (China)
Premium Finance Investment Bond
China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of agricultural products – and some 300 million Chinese farm workers are in the industry‚ mostly laboring on pieces of land about the size of U.S farms. Virtually all arable land is used for foodcrops. China is the world’s largest producer of rice and is among the principal sources of wheat‚ corn (maize)‚ tobacco‚ soybeans‚ potatoes‚ sorghum‚ peanuts‚ tea‚ millet‚ barley‚ oilseed‚ pork‚ and fish. Major non-food crops‚ including cotton‚ other fibers
Free Agriculture
History of Chinese Tea: Chinese Tea has a very long and complex history that dates back a few millennia. According to Chinese legends‚ a Chinese inventor and emperor was the first person to discover tea in 2737BC. It is said that the emperor liked his drinking water boiled before he drank it so it would be clean‚ so that is what his servants did. One day‚ on a trip to a distant region‚ he and his army stopped to rest. A servant began boiling water for him to drink‚ and a dead leaf from the wild
Premium Tea
agricultural run-off‚ siltation‚ and loss of wetland and lakes‚ which exacerbates seasonal flooding. Some sections of the river are now protected as nature reserves. A stretch of the Yangtze flowing through deep gorges in western Yunnan is part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas‚ a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History The Yangtze River is important to the cultural origins of southern China. Human activity was found in the Three Gorges area as far back as 27 thousand years ago‚ initiating
Premium Yangtze River China
What is it? School violence is someone harms or threatens to harm a person’s body‚ feelings‚ or possessions while in school. As defined in the Oxford Dictionary‚ School Violence is a subset of students or teachers violence‚ physical force exerted for the purpose of violating‚ damaging‚ or abusing‚ the act or an instance of violent action or behavior at school‚ abuse or injury to meaning‚ content‚ or intent‚ vehemence of feeling or expression. It is said that school violence needs to be a concern
Premium Education Violence Teacher
Mt. Namcha Barwa Mt. Namcha Barwa is identified to be located in the southeast of Tibet Autonomous Region with its elevation of 7‚788 meters above sea level. It’s one of the world’s unconquered mountains to its height above 7‚500 meters and at the same time‚ it’s also the highest peak in the eastern part of the Himalayas. Locally‚ people regard this Mt. Namcha Barwa as a “shy girl” as the apex of the mountain is sometimes seen to peek out from the mist. Furthermore‚ its peak is always capped with
Premium Population Demography United States
China Shortage of Fresh Water‚ People often thinks that water will never be used up. There is plenty of water‚ such as rain‚ water from the rivers and wells. It seems as if water is always available around us and we never have to worry about water shortage. In fact water is rather limited on the earth. With the rapid increase of population and fast development of industries‚ water is more needed than before. At the same time‚ a large amount of water has been polluted and wasted every day. Some big
Premium Water Water supply Water resources
interior of the country to the main cities of its coasts. Three main transmission routes were set up‚ sending electricity from Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi province to Beijing and Tianjin‚ from Sichuan to the central regions around Shanghai‚ and from Yunnan‚ Guizhou and Guangxi provinces to China’s factory heartlands around Guangzhou. 2 The South to North Water Transfer Project Setting itself another huge engineering challenge‚ China has budgeted some 500 billion to shift volumes of water from the
Premium China Three Gorges Dam Yangtze River
My name is Jesse Jimenez and I have chosen to write my essay on Chinese Exorcism Masks. China is a country in Asia and was the first country to use money for currency and have been incorporating masks in their cultural traditions for thousands of years. “The first Chinese masks were made about 3‚500 years ago as part of shamanism‚ or religious healing” (The History of Chinese Masks). Masks from China are separated into different categories based upon their set functions. For example‚ Sorcerer masks
Premium China Tang Dynasty Han Dynasty
Title: Awe-Inspiring Places That Look Like A Dream Header: The mind can come up with spectacular places when dreaming‚ but there also real awe-inspiring places that could leave you thinking you are still dreaming. Books and movies have long sought to capture the surreal and awe-inspiring places we sometimes see in our dreams. However‚ there are a few places on earth that are so unique that you might have to pinch yourself just to double-check you are still awake. If you want to experience a truly
Premium Dream Psychology Dreaming