Introduction In an age where advance changes in information technology are too rapid and too many. In such a dynamic setting, what was applicable 10 years ago is totally redundant today. This calls for individuals and organisations to adapt continuously by adjusting, upgrading skills, unlearning and learning. The change in social life is inseparable from the endeavours of technology and social science. Information system as a dominating force created by Technology and Information science are precisely
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Although his life was controversial, he was regarded as a hero in people’s mind. Actually, some cultural heritages here related to him were destroyed in the Cultural Revolution such as the Xiangwang Temple; Huzhou still has vestiges on Mount Bian (弁山) where Xiangyu put his troops. This year, as part of the city regeneration, a park is built to commemorate him. It soon became a destination of cultural tourism in Huzhou. [Historically] The typical subtropical monsoon climate brings Huzhou a pleasant
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number of Chinese using the Internet is greater than the number of Internet users in the United States, and Kai-Fu Lee anticipates that by the end of the year, about a quarter of China’s 1.3 billion people will be online. However, Chinese Internet users tend to be much younger than their American counterparts. In China, the average user is 25 years old as compared to 45 years old in the United States. Some experts anticipated that greater access to information could prompt the Chinese to question
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Chinese Law The legal history of china started with the Tang Code that was invented around 619 AD to 906, it contained a structure of laws for punishments and crimes but this code was very much a militarist law code seeing the historical time of that era was militarist in nature. It has subsequently been developing and advancing the rules which were seen in the in the Qin Dynasty which was in 221-206 BC which gave in an insight into a structured and advanced legal system. China has culturally been
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is centered on Beijing Opera also referred to as Peking Opera or as the Chinese call it Jingju. It’s a form of the traditional Chinese theater that combines dance, mime, acrobatics, music, and vocal performance. Beijing Opera developed in the late eighteenth century and became fully recognized throughout China by the mid-19th century. The form was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court and has become one of the cultural treasures of China. Major performances are based in Beijing, Southern Shanghai
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The different cultures between Hong Kong and Mainland China Hong Kong: Hong Kong was a part of China thousands years ago, so that Hong Kong has a deep foundation of traditional Chinese culture, like food habit, traditional festival, and so on. Also, Hong Kong was influenced deeply by the western culture, because after 1840, Hong Kong was under the British rules, it was kind of like England, like students in school, from primary school to university use English very often, even as often as their
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Shu Ting compares an assembly line to several different things. The first thing that Ting compares an assembly line to is the stars in the sky; the stars form lines in the sky. Ting also compares the trees alongside the road, to an assembly road. As the trees are “standing numb.” One might also say Shu TIng compares the people walking home to an assembly line, as the people walking home are “Stripped of their colour and shape.” These comparisons make the mood of the poem very melancholy, as Shu
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To what extent was the deterioration in sino-soviet relations in the years 1958-69 due to personal rivalries? (Why the split happened) * Ideological differences * Both sides disagreed over how best to pursue the notion of a communist revolution. * The Soviets had Cominform and China had her own version of communism based on a rural society. * When Khrushchev came to power he reassessed the Soviet interpretation of communism, taking it back to a purer Leninist view point, this
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defined as; an advanced state of cultural and material development in human society, marked by political and social complexity and progress in the arts and sciences. This wasn’t achieved easily, nor was it an ever-progressing movement. More so it was the product of several trial and error advancements in various fields of human endeavor. The starting point for all this advancement is known as the Neolithic Revolution, also referred to as the agricultural revolution. This was the shift from a nomadic
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increase the Yangtze River's shipping capacity and reduce the potential for floods downstream by providing flood storage space. The Chinese government regards the project as a historic engineering, social and economic success, with the design of state-of-the-art large turbines, and a move toward limiting greenhouse gas emissions. However, the dam flooded archaeological and cultural sites and displaced some 1.3 million people, and is causing significant ecological changes, including an increased risk of landslides
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