People's Republic of China, and Taiwan. As these countries’ economies developed, labourers turned out to be more beneficial, wages increased, and many proceeded onward to higher paying occupations. At the point when labourers requested extra rights and advantages in these nations, the Nike industrial facilities shut and moved to an alternate area that would empower them to working at lower cost. Due to the cheap labour cost, Nike begins to urge contractor to move to Indonesia, China and Vietnam which
global textile and clothing market is vast and heterogeneous, covering a multitude of products from fiber and yarn to finished textiles, knitwear and clothing. International trade in textiles has a market share, accounting for 295.5 billion dollars. China is the first and leading textile exporter in the world, its share accounting for more than a quarter of the total volume of trade in this area. Textile sector is characterized by a high degree of automation especially in developed countries. In the
Made in China was written by Pun Gnai, a professor from social science department at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. This book portrays how globalization and industrial revolution impact Chinese migrant workers, especially female workers. In order to get the most accurate information, Pun stayed and worked as a regular worker. She obtained information that she did not expect when she interviewed the workers. She observed how migrant workers live and work in the factory, as well
This is most evident in economies in transition, such as China, Brazil, Russia and India. It involved a shift from starchy diets to ones consisting more of meat, fish and fresh fruit and vegetables, all of which perish more quickly. Affluence encourages the idea of endless abundance, cutting down the need to savour
The main advantages of imperialism were economic. Colonies existed to profit and enrich the imperial power. This involved the supply of precious metals or other resources such as timber, rubber and rice. Colonies were also an invaluable source of cheap labour, agricultural land and trading ports. Between 1860 and 1914, Western expansion and colonialism spread throughout the rest of the world – known as the ‘New Imperialism’. The motives for this were economical as Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain
approved production begins. When sourcing from abroad, there are advantages and disadvantages, one of the main advantage of this is cheap labour, since one is able to choose where labour costs are minimal to reduce the cost of production. The disadvantage of this is that one may not be able to control fully unethical practices of the companies such as child labour or minimum wage requirements, and other state laws on environment and
A similar trend can be observed in other south Asian countries as well. The greatest advantage these countries have in common is the population and the availability of cheap labor but the major drawback is unskilled nature of the population. Hence, the greatest available resource is underutilized. A country has a comparative advantage in the production of that commodity which uses the relatively abundant resource in that
terrorism, mass poverty, ethnic tensions and clashes, terrorism, unemployment, serious financial crisis, geographical isolation and so on and so forth have resulted in such a situation. Further, a series of wars with neighbouring countries namely Indo - China in 1962, Indo - Pak war in 1965 and formation of Bangladesh in 1971 resulted in huge migration of refugees hindering
Why did China get involved in the Korean war of 1950-1953? The Korea war first began as a civil war between North Korea (communist) and South Korea (capitalist). The war began in 1950 when the North Korean Army crossed the 38th parallel which divided North and South Korea and invaded non-communist South Korea. In October 1950, China got involved in the Korean War because they believed that the United State wanted to take over China’s land and people in order to make them capitalist. Korea is a country
2. Development of Hong Kong cuisine With Chinese ethnicity constitute 94% of the population in Hong Kong, Chinese cuisine is predominant with major influence from the Cantonese, and a part from a “sizeable number of Hakka, Teochew, and Shanghainese” (Lim & Leake, 1999). In the meantime, recognized as a city of diversified gourmet food, Hong Kong incorporates a wide range of international cuisines due to its past as a British colony and long history as a global hub of trading and commerce. In the