Shanxi

Currently, there are 1.015 billion cars in use in the world. 97% of these cars are gasoline powered. However, in thirty-seven years, the fuel powering these machines will be gone ("Worldometers - Real Time World Statistics." Para 2). Oil is non-renewable and will take millions of years to even begin to replenish. Unfortunately, this isn’t the only non-renewable resource that is near exhaustion. Coal will be gone in about 150 thousand days and if continued to be used by the world at the current…

Usually all earthquakes happen the same, but the way an earthquake actually occurs is such a spectacular process that everyone should get to know. They are created by many active fault zones within the Earth (Fronabarger). Most earthquakes are made along faults, tectonic plate boundary zones, or even along mid-oceanic ridges (Pidwirny). Small earthquakes can be caused by volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear experiments (Science Daily). Sun and moon cause tremors by creating…

teenage woman named Songlian, who becomes one of the concubine of a wealthy man during this era. This narrative is based on a society years before the Chinese Civil War, it is shot in the Qiao Family Compound near the ancient city of Pingyao, in the Shanxi Province. Nineteen-year-old Songlian (played by Gong Li), is an educated woman whose father has recently died, in result of his passing he left his family bankrupt. Songlian had…

1. Introduction Regional development, especially regional inequality, is an important area of academic inquiry and government policy. Regional inequality has been an important issue in China since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, due largely to its role in the debates over the nature of socialism, central control and local autonomy, and resource allocation among regions (Wei, 2002). On the other hand, regional policy is a concept that is widely used and is not…

teacher education, curriculum formation, staffing of novice teachers, and accreditation. The Teacher Education Bureau is also the governing body of six main normal universities in Beijing, East China, Central China, Northeast China, Southwest China, and Shanxi. The various provincial education commissions and education bureaus are in charge of teacher education, and they are expected to execute the policies formulated by the Beijing Central Government (Meng, Zhang & Lan,…

Understanding the circumstances going on in this village is important because reoccurring incidents such as this one would lead to the boxer sects’ quick shift in their ideology. 1892, the younger members of the Boxers United in Righteousness came under a new name and proceeded to become significantly more resistant. This newly evolved sect, The Plum Flower Boxers of Hua County, was also very practiced in martial arts. They applied themselves to studying and bettering themselves spiritually and…

According to an article in Qingyuanjingji, a few months ago in May 18, 2015, two people died in a coral mine accident in Shanxi, China, but no news were released. Even local people were not aware of that accident. There were several steps that small coral mine owner took to hide the real situation from exposure. After the accident happened, the company first transferred these…

"Handout #2: Selected Statutes from the Qing Legal Codes." “Your Honor, I am Innocent”: Law and Society in Late Imperial China. http://www.exeas.org/resources/pdf/your-honor-handout2.pdf (accessed October 12, 2010). —. "Handout #3: Mourning Relationships in the Ming and Qing Dynasties." “Your Honor, I am Innocent”: Law and Society in Late Imperial China. http://www.exeas.org/resources/pdf/your-honor-handout3.pdf (accessed October 12, 2010). —. "Handout #4: Comments Made by the Autumn Assizes…

Make a determination, based on both your definition of “Golden Age” and on evidence you gather about the social, political, environmental, cultural, and economic life of the period, as to whether it’s worthy of the name. Many civilizations in history have been noted as “Golden Ages” in reference to its remarkable production. The Guptas, for example, was a civilization of 320-540 A.D that is often noted by historians as a Golden Age that produced literature, art, and philosophy that was used…

There is an invisible enemy exists nowadays who becomes much stronger in the recent years and ruins people’s health and lives gradually. This powerful invisible killer is called “Air Pollution”. Let’s close our eyes and take a deep breathe. How is the feeling of the air? Is it still fresh and feeling relaxed nowadays, or it turns into something uncomfortable with awful smelling? Most of the people think the quality of the air become stale. As an increase of countries processing industrialization…