GLOBALISATION AND BIRD'S NEST SOUP David Jordan This is an amended version of an article first published in International Development Planning Review, Volume 26, Number 1, Liverpool University Press, 2004 Summary Almost un-noticed by outsiders, an extraordinary industry has emerged in Indonesia to meet a specialised demand from the nouveau riche of the Peoples’ Republic of China (PRC). This industry produces the prime ingredient of the famous bird’s nest soup, also used in traditional Chinese
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Shark Finning in Hong Kong: What are the social and economic factors of shark finning in Hong Kong and how will it have an affect on the remaining population of sharks? Victoria Abstract The rapid economic growth in Hong Kong over the past few decades has had an immense effect on the amount of shark finning taking place. With GDP steadily increasing the recent change in the spending patters has only contributed to an overuse of this resource. The pricing patters of this product show that
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Name ENGL 2303 ___ 23 Jun 2010 The Life of Andy Warhol Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Andy Warhol and the artistic contributions he made to society. Thesis: I will accomplish this by discussing his background information, his contribution to Pop Art, and some of his other areas of artistic interest. Introduction I. I will use a statement that draws attention to how much Andy Warhol influenced art in the 20th century. II. I will establish my credibility by how and
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subjects: product paintings, cartoon paintings, movie stars, and death. These paintings showed popular consumer items that were familiar to the average American person, such as Brillo soap pads, Coca-Cola bottles, and the most famous of all, Campbell’s soup cans. He chose products such as these because they were top-selling products in the United States and they were considered important, useful, and economical by consumers. Andy Warhol’s second type of paintings was drawn from comic strips and comic
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manner in which the Japanese market reacted to the introduction of Apple’s IPhone which was considered as genius products in some parts of the world. On the same note, the paper will focus on how Hong Kong consumers received the conservative shark’s fin soup. IPhone in Japan While introducing the product (IPhone) to the Japanese market, Apple, the company banked on the success stories of other products that had performed relatively well in that country. These were IPods and computers. Furthermore, projections
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buffalo and just leaving the skinned carcass to rot and be wasted? Hundreds of millions of sharks are killed each year only for their fins. Not using the rest of the shark carcass to its fullest potential is unsportsmanlike and wasteful. Shark fin soup, shark fin stew, these are delicacies. They are not a necessity to live and yet the demand is high. They are eaten primarily for the taste of the dish. Must we wait till they become and endangered species before we do something about it? The green
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Warhol’s next series, depicting the mass-produced goods of Compels Soup cans and Coke bottles, captured the clean-edged look of commercially manufactured objects and made him famous. He also turned his art into mass produced objects. At the time many critics were up in arms over the banal subject matter. Abstract Expressionists were also angry at losing their place in the art market to a young upstart commercial artist. Campbell’s soup had a special significance to Warhol because it was his favorite
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scared when swimming in our oceans. It is aimed at the general population of Australia and anyone who would go swimming or indulge in water- based activities in the ocean and along the coast. This is also targeting anyone who has ever eaten shark fin soup without a second thought of the suffering that was caused to make it. As an ocean lover and surfer, I strongly believe that shark finning and culling is an important issue relevant to society today. Most of the population has not been properly
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food technology, large variety of edible bird's nest related products emerge to the market. They are readily to serve products. No cooking process is required. Amongst those new products, most of them are still in the traditional form as bird's nest soup, such as instant bird's nest in different concentrations. Some instant bird's nest may also supplement with other TCMs. Apart from the traditional form, there is a trend of using edible bird's nest extract as one of the main ingredients of the products
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The main idea of the article is that the United States and Cuban government want to protect the sharks. There is one problem, certain people in Cuba are against the new protective laws. With all the fishermen and poachers between Cuba and Florida, the shark population is declining. Many poachers catch the sharks for their fins, and sell them to Asia where fins are commonly eaten. According to the article “Hundreds of tons of shark meat are then thrown into the sea after the fins have been cut off
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