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Why China? China, the world’s second largest economy and home to over a billion people, is or will be a major market for most businesses. China exists in all supply chains or value chains, either as a consumer of certain goods and services or a manufacturer of a large number of goods and increasingly, a provider of services. China is home to one of the most rapidly urbanizing populations, with 300 million migrating from rural areas to the cities. These people are potential consumers for many of…

Submitted by- Imran Ahmad Khan Sun tzu and The Art of Business Approximately two millennia ago the famous Chinese general Sun Tzu wrote the classic work on military strategy, The Art of War. In the modern world, it has now been established that Sun Tzu's strategic principles can be applied to twenty-first century business. Interestingly, it was suggested to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have an in-flight reading of Sun Tzu’s classic en route to China, The Art of War, the book which Chinese…

The Boxer Uprising of 1898-1900 , is a peasant movement which was doomed to fail from its conception primarily due to its divided and leaderless structure, was a reaction to a series of factors, most of the factors were caused by western imperialsm and Japanese imperialism and the weak and again also caused by divided Qing government. One of the most important factors for this rebellion was arguably the western religious influence in china. The rebells as the western called the rebels the…

In Julia C. Strauss’ article, Paternalist Terror: The Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries and Regime Consolidation in the People’s Republic of China, 1950-1953, she explores the connections between the threat of external warfare, the struggle of state consolidation, and the use of state-sponsored fear and state paternalism in the early years of the People’s Republic of China. Strauss argues the government of the early 1950s was able to consolidate the state because they mobilized fear…

Is Karl Marx theory of class conflict relevant for understanding contemporary Chinese society? Since China started the economic reform in 1978, Chinese economic influences and power are stronger than before. But in the meanwhile PRC/CPC governors also felt the great anxiety about rapid change of society structures. The major reason was after the reform, China is not simply made by labor and farmer classes, but more and more people getting wealthy and joined bourgeoisie class. That challenges the…

“Je suis Je” or Let Me Be Myself: six thoughts for the elites of the 21st century to ponder about First time I heard about the elite theory in my class on Foreign Political Thought while doing my graduate studies in China. Even though Moska’s book “Elements of Political Science” had its drawbacks, it surprised me that I was introduced to this theory in China rather than in my, what I thought “far more democratic country”. It got me thinking about my country, the EU, the Northern America and…

Zhang Yimou’s film techniques are fundamental to the narrative of his films The Road Home and Hero, as they are the medium of which his themes and concepts are presented. Both films set in a time period before the Cultural Revolution in China, each in their own share an exploration of central concepts of a ruthlessly ruling totalitarian regime, as well as themes of the importance of respecting the past, the truth, and the significance and influence of the individual. To visually express his…

Throughout To Live by Yu Hua, there is a metaphor between the disease of Jiazhen and communism’s suppressive force. The author also creates a contradiction. This contradiction occurs because Yu Hua creates instances where the communist government is helpful to the lives of the people, but also creates instances where the communist government is not helpful and damages the lives of its people, like when Chunsheng is brutally beaten by servants of the government. Both of these literary techniques…

In his poem "The Answer," Chinese poet Bei Dao responds to the grim conditions that Chinese citizens-particularly artists-faced during the Cultural Revolution. A few thousand miles west, Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert uses the poem "The Envoy of Mr. Cogito" to reflect on life in Poland during the long years of repression under Soviet occupation. During the 20th century, in both Poland and China, post-totalitarian regimes suppressed free expression and held power in an iron fist. Political…

Shanghai Calling is a movie that describes a man, Sam, is ordered to work in China. Therefore he arrived China as a worker immigrant. He met some Chinese people and start the story with a scam. Sam almost lost his job during solving this problem. Finally, he decides to live in Shanghai and start his new career. This movie brings out several problems that are common to migrants. After watching the movie, I have integrated some problems that the migrants might face. There are four points: The…