Argumentative Essay 1 Panda Bear populations in Central China are endangered with less than 1600 pandas residing in the wild. The article, "Is Breeding Pandas in Captivity Worth It?" by Christine Dell' Amore questions the effectiveness of millions of dollars invested in breeding pandas in captivity. Pandas are attractive to the public in zoos causing people to care and contribute to the conversation cause. These conservationists try to breed pandas under pressure in captivity in effort to stabilize
Further destruction to the natural habitat in the geosites was resulted. Now, the coverage of the Country Park Ordinance has extended to the Hong Kong geopark, covering over 90% of the area. Legal regulation theoretically can stop the increase of illegal activities in the geopark, rare geological features can be well-preserved in the park. This can help minimise the negative impact to the natural environment in Hong
Midterm Take-home Essay #2 Boiling, charioting, and tattooing are famous punishments of early the Chinese legal system because of the heavy influence of the Legalism. These brutal penal codes created a negative image of the Chinese legal tradition and many people believe the sole influence on classical Chinese law was the Legalists. However, China’s legal tradition reflects not only Legalism, but also the philosophies of Confucianism and Daoism. Although the legal tradition of China had a tough penalty
identity, which is different from other regions like mainland China, and makes it a specific imagined community, which is accord with Benedict Anderson’s theory of imagined community. Whereas, it is under discussion whether since the reunification in 1997, Hong Kong has been gradually transformed into a part of China in terms of culture and identity and, thus, will no longer be a separated imagined community in the future. This short essay will firstly illustrate why Hong Kong is an imagined community
were forced to excavate the precious metal. Some of the biggest effects of the silver trade are observed in the Ming Dynasty China. The Chinese government was able to gain riches because they were trading “perishable
is nothing to look back on and compare to the present. This essay is basically going compare and contrast two civilizations, Mesopotamia and The Shang/Zhou Dynasty politically and socially. If you do not know what Mesopotamia is just remember the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and if you cannot seem to recall what the Shang and Zhou dynasty are remember the Mandate of Heaven as a clue but I will go into further detail throughout the essay. Mesopotamia has four civilizations known as the Fertile Crescent
scientific forestry, both under the Raj and more widely.”1 This analysis allows him to locate the complex cognitive economy presiding over the running of ecosystems by village communities. The continuity between colonial logics and the exploitation of natural resources is extended with an ecological history of India, where Guha reinterprets Hindu casts and beliefs as ‘socio-cultural systems’ that organize the allocation and sustainable use of resources. The methodical commencement of environmental history
puts more income in the hands of the household as they can utilize their disposable incomes in buying cheaper goods and services. For example, the China nation as a whole benefit as well as its resources can be used in producing goods and services which have a comparative advantage in producing and add a larger contribution to gross domestic product. China exporting to the Pakistan get the advantage of increasing their price in – line with the world costs, would ideally be more than the domestic costs
Leonel Teran SMC 2302 Civic Engagement Section F Proposal Essay September 27, 2014 Apple Sweatshops: A Social Plan Proposal Statement of the Problem: Sweatshops are work environment that have three major injustices, long hours, low pay, and unsafe and unhealthy working conditions. In other words, sweatshops are working environments where worker rights are constantly being disrespected. For instance, Apple one of the most valuable brands in the world, the company that has generated more than billion
includes: Ozone, acid rain, photochemical smog, nitrogen dioxide, sulphuric acid, these are discussed in the essay. The essay made use of material in the Open Educational Resources (OERs). The OERs are defined as any educational material found in the public domain which allows any use to freely copy, share adapt and reshape. This includes: lecturer notes, assignments, videos, textbooks. Thus this essay was written after consultation of various sources. Different secondary pollutants were identified,