Taiwan

There are several limitations of this study that are worth noting. First of all, self-reported survey data was the only source for analysis, which made it hard for the researcher to detect any misconstrued responses or the honesty of the respondents. Since the survey-based, non-experimental quantitative study is considered a “narrow-angel lens” approach (Johnson & Christensen, 2012, p. 35), the findings generated in this study may fail to offer details of cause and effect behaviors. Secondly,…

import substitution industrialization strategy. Steel Authority of India (SAIL) in India, Siderurgia Brasileira (SIDERBRAS) in Brazil, the highly successful Pohang Iron and Steel Corporation (POSCO) in South Korea, and China Steel Corporation (CSC) in Taiwan were all state-owned. The former Soviet Union, Eastern bloc countries, and China, though outside the capitalist world economy until the late twentieth century, also relied on the industry for national development. The American industry was…

With thousands left wounded, a seemingly countless number of citizens reported dead, and a country left with a damaged reputation. All of these were the results of a truly unforgettable and shocking event which happened on the 4th of June 1989, the Tiananmen Square massacre. Tiananmen Square, situated in China's capital, Beijing, is the largest public space in the world. Being one of the largest tourist attractions in the world, it is surrounded by monumental public buildings that line its…

I plan on going to spend my Spring 2016 semester at Providence University in Taiwan. I have seen China twice and would like to broaden my horizons by exploring the culture of its next door neighbor. Providence University’s educational programs is especially accommodating to international students by having a Mandarin Chinese language…

When people talked about the king of the pop, Michael Jackson may be the first answer jump up from their mind. However, if it’s in China this person could be the Chinese version of king of the pop, that is Jay Chou. In the circle of entertainment, they never lack of beauty and genius, but Jay Chou may be the fewer who only depends on talented to hold on this circle for many years. Back to 2000 nobody will believe this boy who have speak with a lisp can represent an era. What is his inspiration?…

This week’s chapter is The Goals of Human Resource Management (HRM). From my understanding, Human Resource Management is one of the departments in each organisation that is likely to achieve its objectives if their employees are used effectively and they planned how best to use their employees in order to achieve company’s goals and objectives. My refection essay will be based on my own personal experience working in the HR department and from the reading of this week’s chapter. I used to work…

It is worthy to mention China’s reaction to the shift in United States policy after the Cold War, which became deeply embroiled in historical polemics when public discourse framed the Massacre in a solely political, rather than moral, fabric of analysis. By excluding Beijing from the peace settlement with Japan and by encouraging Japan to remilitarise, the US now appeared to be in close collusion with its own former enemy and posed a direct threat to the new government in China. What transpires…

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produce and sell ice cream, it was first established in Tempe, Arizona in 1988 (The Cold Stone Creamery Story). The Cold Stone company expanded all around the United States in 1995, and then became an international company opening stores in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, Mexico, Qatar, Bahrain, Denmark and China (The Cold Stone Creamery Story). Although in Asia Cold Stone is not as popular as Haagen-Dazs it is still known as one of the franchises that’s growing really fast and it is…

independence and mobility than their Western counterparts, the crops that they grew were only chosen by the Imperial state, the landlords, and merchants for economic use and foreign trade, such as sugar. For example, sugar was limited in supply by guilds in Taiwan, where they artificially limited the amount of sugar production and supply that could be sold at the local and international market, in order to drive…