Beijing Subway

inhabitants without vehicles, the Public Transport systems are how the masses get around. The construction of the train system entailed the removal of earth beneath the buildings constructed above, and also beneath the river bed, two-thirds of the subway is below ground. The underground construction is from the north of the city to the south, and the east of the city to the west, 27 lines spread over 13,00km. 14 tunnels under rivers, 68 bridges over land and water. In certain areas of…

Although it used to be thought as a pride for the host country to hold the Olympic Games, the consideration whether the cost of the Olympic Games outweighs the actual benefits brought to the host country is becoming increasingly more common among the public (has raised increasingly more public attention) throughout the world.This essay is going to discuss about the cost and benefits that the host country may obtain by holding the Olympic Games. The negative influence caused by the Olympics may…

Displacement refers to the forced removal of residents from their households for unpreventable reasons beyond their control (Porter, pg 395). The consequences of Beijing playing host city was the displacement of over 1 million citizens making way for the development of facilities, subway systems and roads. The apparent disregard for human rights didn’t elicit any response from the IOC nor did it deter sponsors from jumping on board, compounding the issue were threats to journalists…

Audrey is a student studying in Beijing 101 Middle School, currently in Grade 10. To be ready for her Toefl, SAT1 and AP tests, she recites 30 vocabularies every week meticulously. She usually recites them on the subway to school, her way back home, and even when she exercises in P.E. class. It seems she spends all the time looking at vocabulary cards, in order to get a satisfied score in her weekly quiz. However, her memory never lasts more than two weeks, if without reviewing, and obviously…

On Nov 17th 2016, my colleague Fen underwent the resection of a lung nodule. It turned out to be adenocarcinoma in situ, a very early stage of lung cancer with favorable prognosis. I've never felt more relieved and fulfilled because she was the 32nd patient we saved in the CT lung cancer screening program. It was a profound moment on my way to pursue my goal--to help people fight with cancer. I have acquired perseverance, leadership and aspiration on this long way, which ensured me the…

singing depressing songs, proving stark contrast to the beautiful scene on the top. The top scene embraces the concept of propaganda and depicts Chinese life as the government idealizes it in their films to brainwash their citizens, whereas the latter subway scene is the true representation of life. When the two vehicles converged at the center plaza, the photographer is accused of being insane because if he were to be caught, he would be surely be killed. The film ends with the beggar singing…

The Olympic games have developed over recent years into one of the most important and significant international sporting events across the globe. Not only does the games provide a platform for athletes to show there skills and talents, it also offers hosting cities to benefit through the accumulated investment triggered by staging the Games, both economically and socially. Its become quite clear the importance of securing such an event, with the increases of the number of cities bidding to host…

Today I begin to discuss about Chinese cultural diet which is the one of the most different cultural diet compare to other types of the cultural diet countries. The main meals in China contains carbs and starch. Moreover, the food also like rice, noodles, fish and mantou are the main part of the Chinese cultural diet which are helpful in dieting and also aware from the diseases and infection. However, I’m going to research about Chinese cultural diet which contains some steps to look about the…

Hong Kong was passed from British rule over to China. China vowed in the Hong Kong Joint-Declaration to operate under the policy of “one country, two systems.” The agreement was recently broken when the Chinese government located in the capital, Beijing, ordered that they would weed out the candidates that could and could not run for the 2017 election in Hong Kong. This proclamation has sparked nonviolent protesting not only in Hong Kong but also globally. The people of Hong Kong are their own…

He says that Western companies think they can avoid political risk by spelling out every detail in a contract, but "in Asia, there is no shortcut for managing the relationship."88 In other words, the contract is in the relationship, not on the paper, and the way to ensure the reliability of the agreement is to nurture the relationship. Even a deal that has been implemented for some time may start to get watered down at a time when you cannot do anything about it. A Japanese-led consortium…