President John Quincy Adams said, "The seizer of a few thousand chests of opium smuggled into China by the Chinese government was no more the cause of the Opium War than the throwing overboard of the tea in the Boston harbor was the cause of North American Revolution." In the race to colonize the world, China represented the last prize in the Far East for European countries. The Opium War was the first step designed to open China along with its markets and resources for exploitation. The War itself physically
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War is a state of armed conflict between societies. It is generally characterized by extreme collective aggression, destruction, and usually high mortality. The set of techniques and actions used to conduct war is known as warfare. An absence of war is usually called "peace". Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant casualties. While some scholars see war as a universal and ancestral aspect of human
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and Chinese storytelling. This is interwoven with aesthetic traditions, which combine to create a distinctive form that has a wide transcultural appeal. However, over the last few years, the Hong Kong Kung Fu movies have been greatly influenced by American and European action styles. In the early years, the Hong Kong Kung Fu movies drew heavily upon the wuxia fighting style (Fu & Desser, 2000). This style emphasized mysticism and swordplay. With political intervention, the style was suppressed
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Bicol University College of Social Sciences and Philosophy Daraga, Albay Philippines: It’s Cultural Elements Prepared by: Christian M. Baleta Lyka A. Madrid Jhomarisse Mijares AB English 4-A A. Introduction Official Flag Comprehensive Maps (Philippines at Day, Night and Political maps) FACT FILE ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES | OFFICIAL NAME | Republic of the Philippines | FORM OF GOVERNMENT | Republic with two legislative bodies (Senate and House of Representatives)
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It would be gross injustice to categorize all children and youths as lacking in manners and morals, but the general trend would certainly suggest there has been a major decline among many of them. Family values have changed dramatically in the past few decades, producing a crop of undisciplined teenagers and children who lack morals and manners as a result of poor training. Good manners were once the norm with young people very much aware the older generation. Saying "please" and "thank you", giving
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Editors Siddharth Mishra English in modern India has always been associated with the middle class, from which have also emanated most modifications to the language. Belonging to that class myself, I have carried its genes since childhood. Born into a family totally into academics, the obsession with ‘purity’ of language has been of great significance in my life. Academics usually frown upon anything ‘adulteration’ in the
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The Future for U.S. labor The United States is facing a challenge in finding work for workers who have been unemployed since the recent recession. After many years of leading the manufacturing industry, the recent economic crisis, as well as the growth of the competitive global market, has caused many U.S. factories to shut down, and in turn caused a rapid decline in employment of U.S. workers (Baily, Manyika, & Gupta, 2013). However, simply employing the U.S. workers will not solve the high
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Critique of Nonviolent Politics From Mahatma Gandhi to the Anti-Nuclear Movement by Howard Ryan (howard@netwood.net) Preface 2 Part I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Problems of Nonviolent Theory Nonviolent Philosophy 6 Moral View: Violence Itself Is Wrong 9 Practical View: Violence Begets Violence 13 Nonviolent Theory of Power 21 Voluntary Suffering 24 Common Nonviolent Arguments 34 A Class Perspective 49 Part II 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Gandhi: A Critical History Father of Nonviolence 56 Satyagraha in South Africa
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Automation and Computerization in the Developing World Name Institution Contents Introduction 3 A review of the impacts of technological changes in the labor market 3 Demand for enhanced skills 5 Effects of computing and automated services on the job market 6 The rise of white collar jobs 6 Elimination of low-skilled workforce 6 New skills to match the new requirements 7 Alterations in the worker's relation to the job 8 Changes in the office workplace 9
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Power and Politics In social science and politics, power is the ability to influence the behavior of people. The term authority is often used for power perceived as legitimate by the social structure. Power can be seen as evil or unjust, but the exercise of power is accepted as endemic to humans as social beings. In the corporate environment, power is often expressed as upward or downward. With downward power, a company's superior influences subordinates. When a company exerts upward power, it is
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