...is affecting their environment. The implications from industrialisations which results in over exhausting natural resources, has caused environmental degradation, and most of this is done by human activity especially international business activities. This essay will look at the impact of economic globalisation on China while focusing on China’s ecological environment. To start off, the essay will look at the definitions of globalisation and economy, followed by China’s change from being an agriculturally farming intensive country towards rapid industrialisation. Because of this activity pollution, emissions as well as environmental degradation resulted in serious ecological problems. International bodies such as the Kyoto Protocol, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United Nations Environment Programme, have stressed the importance or reducing pollution and emissions in developing countries in order to maintain sustainability. Cancer villages are becoming a major concern in China and that was enough to make the Chinese political party to take responsibility and change their views on the ecological environment. The question here is can China implement these changes to maintain sustainability for future generations, and if so what methods are they using to achieved this by? According to Morrison (2011), globalisation is the “process by which products, people, companies, money and information are able to move quickly around the world.” (p. 43). The definition...
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...Ecological impact of international business on China In the last decade, China has undergone veritable economic expansion, but with great cost to its environment. Unregulated production and pollution have resulted in the existence of over 400 cancer villages in China, concentrated around areas of high economic development (Florcruz, 2013). According to the Chinese media, cancer villages are defined as villages where the number of cancer patients is extraordinarily high due to levels of water pollution from industrial activities. Outside of China, the scientific community identifies "cancer clusters" as regions where cancer is more common as a result of the density of cancer-causing pollutants. The proliferation of cancer clusters in China is higher than anywhere else in the world. Cancer is the number one cause of death in urban China, with lung cancer being the most deadly (Liu, 2010).This essay will analyse the rise of China's economy, the environmental effects it has had on present day China, and how it will continue to effect China in the future. It will also discuss several environmental, economic, and legal policies the government of China are currently looking at and changes they need to consider in the future. "China's economic transformation is one of the most dramatic economic developments of recent decades" (Greene, Dihel, Kowalski & Lippoldt, 2006, p. 5). In 2001, the Chinese economy overtook Japan to become the second largest economy in the world behind...
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...it in finite terms like we do with oil and other valuable resources we consume. After all, why should we think of water as a limited supply? Our entire planet is covered with 75 percent water. It is implausible to believe that countries would go to war over water as they have for oil. Due to rapid economic growth, China is increasingly becoming a water stressed country as it faces two major problems with its water resource management: water pollution and water shortage. The water crises needs to be examined in finite terms as its quantity and quality continues to have a strangle hold on China. “China’s economic boom has, in a ruthless symmetry, fueled an equal and opposite environmental collapse. In its race to become the world’s next superpower, China is not only draining its rivers and aquifers with abandon; it is also polluting what’s left so irreversibly that the World Bank warns of catastrophic consequences for future generations.” (Larmer 2008, 153) Rapid economic growth and along with an increase in population is fueling environmental degradation and is becoming increasingly detrimental to its current and future economic growth in China. The gap between economic growth and environmental degradation is widening as water scarcity becomes a serious threat to China’s sustained economic growth. As the population increases the demand for water will also increase, therefore the government will have to make tough political and economic choices as its...
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...least 2000 years. It was first introduced into Western medicine in 1839 by W.B. O’Shaughnessy, a surgeon who first discovered its medicnal properties while working in India for the British East India Company. He discovered the drugs medicinal properties can help improve a number of problems a surgeon usually face during surgery such as it helps reduce pain ,can be used to sedate patients , helps reduce swelling, can prevent muscle spasms, and can be used to treat patients suffering from epilepsy. Archaeologists discovered an ancient village in China, containing the earliest known record of the use of the cannabis plant .Archaeologist found evidence for these theory when they found small pots with patterns of twisted hemp fibre decorating them amongst the debris of this village,. This use of the cannabis plant suggested men have been using the marijuana plant in some manner since the dawn of history. Cannabis fibre (hemp) was not only used in China as decoration, but it was also used to make clothes, ropes, fishing nets and paper. It was also important as a food plant and was originally considered one of China’s five cereal grains. The cannabis plant took on such great importance in the Chinese culture that early priest doctors began using the cannabis plant’s stalk as a symbol of power to drive away...
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...Draft essay Since the Second World War, development has increased rapidly. Modern societies hope to develop the standard of living through growth in economy and technology. However, development also has some negative impact on society. In addition, the negative impact of development is becoming more serious, especially in developing counties. In this essay, the term ‘the social cost of development’ refers to damage to society caused by activities aimed at achieving the goals of society. The concept of the ‘development’ is considered to include the development goals and all systems and legal measures used to achieve development. Further to this the concept that social cost is‘too high’ is considered to mean that too much damage is caused to society before it is possible to achieve the development goals. In view of the above this essay will argue that the social cost of development is too high. This will be demonstrated by analysing of the impact of the social cost of development on the environmental pollution and health. Developing countries will cost the environment to develop the economy. A major reason for this is that it is commonly that in older to solve the poverty, developing countries will cost the environment to develop the economy. Firstly, during economic growth, environmental degradation will increase. According to the result of research by Dinda, “When a country achieves a sufficiently high standard of living, people attach increasing value to environmental amenities”...
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...My Le Professor Robb A. Bajema EL 100 April 26th, 2013 Air pollution in China Air pollution is one of the most serious environmental problems in China. According to a new analysis, approximately 1.2 million people die prematurely from exposure to outdoor air pollution in China. A study by Greenpeace and Beijing University focusing on four Chinese cities estimates the number of people dying prematurely from air pollution is close to three times that killed by traffic accidents. The air has been classified as hazardous to human health, at its worst hitting pollution levels 25 times that considered safe in the US. The entire city is blanketed in a thick grey smog that smells of coal and stings the eyes, leading to official warnings to stay inside. The majority of the air pollution in China is generated by the burning of coal to generate electric power. China gets 80 percent of electricity and 70 percent its total energy from coal, much of it polluting high-sulphur coal. Around six million tons of coal is burned everyday to power factories, heat homes and cook meals. Jerry Goodell wrote in Natural History magazine: “In China coal is everywhere. It’s piled up on sidewalks, pressed into bricks, and stacked neat the back doors of homes. It’s stockpiled into small mountains in open fields, and carted around behinds bicycles and wheezing locomotives. Plumes of coal smoke rise from rusty stacks on every urban horizon. Soot covers every windowsill and ruins the collar...
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...Introduction: Macau is a Chinese city with one of the densely populated city in the world it is situated on the southeastern part of china to the southwestern of the “Pearl River”. The neighbor cities of Macau is Hong Kong and Guangdong, Hong Kong is located on 60km distance from Macau they were been connected by a ferry terminal ,on the other hand the city Zhuhai the only ground neighbor of Macau. The famous city Guangzhou is in the reach by 145km.Chinese and Portuguese are the official language of Macau while the widely spoken language is Cantonese. The estimated area of Macau is 32.8km2. The estimated population of Macau is 642.9. Macau economy is based on gaming and tourism industries. The gambling industry of Macau is that much developed that the annual earning of the Casinos is target ever achieve anywhere else on the planet Earth. Macau was one of the first European colony in Asia. Macau was the colony of Portugal since 1550, as it is been hand over back to china PRC on 20th December 1999,so the first look of Macau is much more European and it is very clear in the buildings and in the everyday life. Macau is establish under the special rule of the Chinese constitution known as “article 31st”in other words one country two system. Macau is also known as Macau SAR which means Macau special administration region. Macau territory is consist of Macau peninsula the Taipa Island, Cotai and Coloane. There are three bridges in Macau. Macau light bridge, Macau Friendship Bridge...
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...Environmental Risk Management and Emergency Response in China: Principles, Challenges and Innovations (ERMER) (2009-2011) This is a joint research involving Environmental Policy Group (ENP) at Wageningen University and Research Center (WUR) in the Netherlands and the Research Center of Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). This project was funded by the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences and lasted from 2009 to 2011. China’s economy grew by 11.4 percent in 2007, the highest increase since 1994 and the fifth consecutive year of double-digit growth (Wong, 2008). Such spectacular growth performance has been achieved with low resources efficiency and huge damage to the environment, which has turned to constrain further growth of the economy and left the Chinese people to a new and proliferating set of risks. Various studies conclude that environmental pollution has caused tens of thousands of deaths every year in China (World Bank, CEHP, Chinese Environmental Planning Institute, USAID & RBF, MOST, UNDP). The same is true globally: WHO (2006) attributes 24% of the global disease and 23% of all the deaths to environmental factors. News reports have named so far 72 cancer villages in China, which are mainly associated with industrial pollutions (Zhang, 2008). Public demonstrations against environmental and health risks of industrial projects have become increasingly common in Chinese cities. The global health...
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...exhaust fumes from cars, manufacturing factories and the household and farming chemicals. The fuel that is used in cars includes fossil fuels, which emit carbon dioxide into the air, causing global warming. Power plants also burn oil and coal, which releases poisonous gases into the air, which may result in acid rain. Air pollution effects many people across the world as well as the environment. “Health experts have known for years that air pollution increases the risk of a wide range of ailments, including respiratory problems and heart disease. Some compounds in the air we breathe, such as diesel exhaust, have already been deemed cancer-causing.” (Barboza). It is not only a major risk to health, it’s also a leading environmental cause of cancer death. There were 220,000 people that died of lung cancer due to air pollution in 2010 in China. Though you may not think of it, sewage is a major pollutant as well. Pipes under the earth take the sewage from homes to sewage treatment facilities. There are many ways that sewage can leak from the pipes and into the earth causing disease and death. Sewage lines can become cracked, clogged or blocked, the pump stations failing and overflow of sewage. Natural causes...
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...global analysis. Researchers found more than 2 billion people worldwide are now overweight or obese. The highest rates were in the Middle East and North Africa, where nearly 60 per cent of men and 65 per cent of women are heavy. The U.S. has about 13 per cent of the world's fat population, a greater percentage than any other country. China and India combined have about 15 per cent. "It's pretty grim," said Christopher Murray of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, who led the study. He and colleagues reviewed more than 1,700 studies covering 188 countries from 1980 to 2013. "When we realized that not a single country has had a significant decline in obesity, that tells you how hard a challenge this is." Murray said there was a strong link between income and obesity; in developing countries, as people get richer, their waistlines also tend to start bulging. In many rich countries like the U.S. and Britain, the trend is reversed -- though only slightly. Murray said scientists have noticed accompanying spikes in diabetes as obesity has risen and that rates of cancers linked to weight, like pancreatic cancer, are also rising. The new report was paid for by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and published online Thursday in the journal, Lancet. Last week, the World Health Organization established a high-level commission tasked with ending childhood obesity. "Our children are getting fatter," Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO's director-general...
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...Analyze the main causes of cancer in the developing world. Introduction: Cancer has becoming a main reason of death throughout the world, especially for developing countries with poor conditions which do not have a complete health system. Furthermore, it also causes the highest economic loss among all diseases. It has been reported by the American Cancer Society and LiveStrong (2010) that approximately 7.6 million mortality of cancer was reckoned and an economic loss of $895 billion was taken by it universally in 2008. In addition, it is projected that the aggregate amount of cases of cancer in developing countries will rise by 73% within 2000 and 2020. (International Journal for Equity in Health, 2005) These shows cancer is a disease bringing out a huge burden to the society. This is unaffordable if this situation remains. Below are causes of cancer in economic, environmental, social and personal aspect respectively. Economic: There are mainly two economic factors leading to cancer. The first reason is the poverty problem of countries. It is reported by Marmot, M. (2005) that poverty is harmful to health since it mainly leads to the problems of having unclean water and unhealthy diet of these places. Especially for developing nations, an enormous number of children died annually due to the lack of clean water and sufficient hygiene. (INCTR, 2013) In addition, it has been reported by INCTR (2013) that governments are not willing to invest and provide funds in the health...
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...the demand for energy is rapidly increasing, and coal being a cheap method continues to be the leading electricity-generating source having a share of 40.6% according to International Energy Agency report released in 2012. China is the main producer of coal having 45.9% of the total coal production share in the world (International Energy Agency, 2012 report, pp 14). Thus it is clear that China would have the biggest impact on the environment due to its large scale coal production. Bian et al in their paper say that the wastes of coal production are dumped in a cone shaped heap and has severe environmental consequences through dust generation, leachate production, self ignition and because of having no vegetation cover (Bian et al, 2008, pp 625). In the past, attention was paid to air pollution caused by emissions in the coal burning process however now more research is done to environmental degradation in terms of land pollution due to improper waste management. When there is no proper disposal of soal mining wastes, they diffuse into the soil and nearby rivers, disrupting the water and land quality, esthetic and visible issues and creates ecological hazards. Runsheng LV and Yanyong Bo Ll in their paper examining groundwater pollution due to mining in china have stated that the ground water reaches only 65% of the water quality and...
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...Reasons of the Appearance and the Classification of the Pile-Dwellings in the Hemudu Site Abstract The pile-dwelling is a special architectural type, mainly popular in Yangtze River valley and the southern area in ancient China. It has been widely considered as the direct development of nest. The origin of this architectural style, in China, might be traced to the Neolithic Age. It can be found in amount of Neolithic sites of the Hemudu culture and the Liangzhu culture, together with other Neolithic sites located in the southwestern part of China, for instant, the Yun Menkou site (Mount Jian, Yunan province). Based on the report on the excavation, in this article, we discussed the natural causes of the appearance and the classification of the pile-dwellings in the Hemudu site. Keywords China; the Hemudu Site; pile-dwelling; natural environment; timberwork building Introduction The Hemudu site lays in the alluvial plain named Yu (Yuyao) --- Ci (Cicheng) which is located in the northern piedmont of Siming Mountain and surrounded by the Ningshao Plain together with the southern part of the hilly-country of Cixi. The ancestors in this area constructed their village directly on the cyan clay-like loam stratum (formed with marine deposit). As the village is located in the transition zone which lies between plains and hills, its terrain is geographically high in the south but low in the north. The site was discovered in the summer of 1973 and had been excavated in both...
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...528-8001 Fax: (632) 521 1036 http://www.wpro.who.int Choosing the Channels of Communication Choosing the Channels of Communication A Review of Media Resources for 11 Countries in the Western Pacific Region Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 1 Key elements in choosing the channels of communication ................................................ 2 Cambodia Summary of media resources ...................................................................................................... 8 Media directory ............................................................................................................................ 10 China Summary of media resources ........................................................................................................ 18 Media directory ............................................................................................................................. 20 Fiji Summary of media resources ....................................................................................................... 26 Media directory ............................................................................................................................. 27 Lao People's Democratic Republic Summary of media resources...
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...Cannabis: Right or Wrong? By Zachary Kountz Dr. Gose English 1010-017 3 December 2012 Well-constructed title page! Kountz i Outline Thesis statement: Many people argue that marijuana is a mind-altering, dangerous 22, and should remain illegal. This hasty generalization is not correct. Marijuana has many beneficial attributes,18 therefore28 it should be legalized. Marijuana used for health benefits. The applications of Marijuana. Marijuana as a stress reliever. Marijuana increase sick patients appetite. Medical marijuana can improve patients quality of life. Marijuana allows patients to maintain nutrition Marijuanas impact on the United States Economy. If marijuana is legalized it will help stimulate our economy. 1. Legal marijuana will make more business opportunities. 2. Legalizing marijuana will create new jobs. B. Legalizing marijuana would help decrease national debt. 1. Federal government can tax marijuana at a high rate. 2. The federal government can use marijuana tax to go against debt. III. America funds Mexican drug cartels. America pays top dollar for Mexican marijuana. Kountz ii Mexican drug cartels smuggle drugs across the border. American money funds Cartels. Cartels are violent Cartels kill many innocent people. B. America should legalize marijuana nation-wide...
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