Economy of the People's Republic of China

5.2. Door Mostly the traditional garden in China has a crescent door as it is mainly found in many other pavilions along the garden. A well-known Chinese proverb states that "Individuals have distress and satisfaction; they part and meet once again. The moon diminishes or sparkles; it waxes or melts away." It is noted that Chinese people constantly relate a full moon with a contended life. This importance can be found inside a traditional Chinese garden building component called the "moon…

The history of China is stained with the consecutive ruling of dynasties that each had strong founding Emperors, collected tax, controlled population, developed the economy from previous years and brings the empire to a new peak in economic and commercial expansion never seen before. However, following the peak of the dynasty we see a significant decline in the ruling emperors, ceding powers to eunuchs, ministers and ruling female family members before the inevitable end and the repeating…

Therefore, Ferrero Group providing confectionery and chocolate brands has to deal with some issues regarding Chinese consumers tastes and food habits. However as consumers continue to adopt westernized consumption habits, the chocolate market in China is becoming a mass market. The brand has to design its marketing, branding and communication strategy in a way that would be relevant to Chinese consumers juggling between standardization and adaptation (Keegan & Green, 2013, p 326). Here are some…

1.The central argument of the Asiaphoria by Lant Pritchett and Larry Summers Asiaphoria was first defined by Lant Pritchett and Larry Summers (2014) as a view that Asian Giants, especially China and India will increasingly shape and dominate the global economy. Although many scholars hare the idea that Asian Giants will continue to grow at high growth rate, like Justin (2016) and Pradeep (2015), let alone similar claim from World Bank, Pritchett and Summers do not agree with Asiaphoria and…

One fundamental component which differs the business culture in China than any other Western countries is the presence of Guanxi, a dynamic network of relationships among various parties that cooperate and support one another, to emphasize the importance of interpersonal relationships as well as social status in Chinese…

held high in many cultures and this is no different to Chinese culture, past and present. The movie Hero displays this concept during the time in which china was a handful of separate country-states, known as ‘the warring states period’. Although there are the ideals of ‘our land’ in the film there is also the fact that community and uniting china is not an ideal that is liked by all. To display this point the beginning of the film opens with the quote “people give their lives for many reasons.…

are not inclined to answer directly. Money. The Chinese love money and talk about money. They truly believe in what the Chinese proverb says: “Money can buy a lot that is not even for sale”. Women. In the past women were always submissive to men in China, but the Communist Party freed them and announced equal to men. Now the old fights the new all the time in this regard, and the Chinese women want to get married and start family and also to get a successful career or business and make money of…

Together this combination of Neo-Daoism and Chan Buddhism put Confucianism on its heels and it became clear that changes had to be made if a Confucian revival was to be possible. The second interaction came when Neo-Daoism and Chan Buddhism’s increased popularity forced an intellectual reorganization of Confucianism that took place during the Song Dynasty (宋朝, 960-1279 A.D.). Thinkers like Zhu Xi (朱熹, 1130-1200 A.D.) refocused on the importance of self-cultivation to Confucian ethics while…

‘China and the United States are destined to be adversaries if China’s power grows.’ John J. Mearsheimer in his book ‘The Tragedy of Great Power Politics’ analyses this statement through and through using the lens of offensive realism. Mearsheimer uses his years of experience in the military to theorize about international politics. ‘He feels that international politics has always been a ruthless and dangerous business’. In this book he takes the cases of different great powers in history to…

Confucius was an influential Chinese philosopher that was responsible for the official ideology, Confucianism, of China. He wrote many books and one of them is called The Analects, which is believed to be written by his students. The Analects contains a collection of Confucius’ sayings and ideas. In this book, his teachings focused on creating ethical models of family and public interaction, and setting educational standards. In this book, readers can realize that Confucius had a good…