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Bell ringer:. Create a list of the countries the OUTER articles of clothing you are wearing are from. Now…. After you have created your individual list share it with your groups members, and create one group list of the countries combined. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
AnswerMongol (Mongolian) Empire!
Founder of the Mongol Empire, which was the largest empire in history!
Buddha
Buddhism was founded based on his teachings. He believes in finding peace by eliminating ignorance and cravings.
Amazing inventions emerged from Ancient China.
movable sails & rudders
porcelain
high quality iron smelting
magnetic compass
http://www.vhinkle.com/china/inventions.html
paper and printing with movable type
spinning wheel
abacus
smallpox vaccine
http://www.vhinkle.com/china/inventions.html
Ocean, mountains, and desert limited China’s contact with the outside world.
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Their rulers strictly controlled outside contact, and were
suspicious of outside technology. In isolation, their innovation slowed as the rest of the world
became more connected and modernized.
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By the 19th century, China was poor and backward. The world had forgotten that China was ever
advanced.
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By 1949, when the Communist
Revolution shook China, 8 years of
fighting with Japan plus 4 years of civil war left China with a totally disrupted
economy.http://www.flickr.com/photos/zaruka/3663310246/
Chairman Mao, along with the
Chinese Communist
leadership, tried through the
years to modernize
China’s economy.http://www.flickr.com/photos/zaruka/3556212187/
But by 1977, China was still primarily an agricultural society and their grain
production was still at 1955 levels.
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Chairman Mao died in 1976. And in 1978, China began a modernization
program, loosening Communist controls on the economy and opening up more
to the outside world.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22132989@N04/2442263001/
Add to your vocabulary:
Globalization: exchanging world views, products, ideas, and culture around the world.
Shenzhen was China’s first Special Economic Zone.
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The SEZs are worlds apart from rural
China.
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No tax during start-up years before making a profit and reduced taxes in the
next four years excellent infrastructure
economic freedom from China’s command economy
greatly reduced import/export tariffs large available workforce
low local wages
“Since the average wage for a Chinese factory worker is 92¢ an hour and US wages are
about 23 times higher, millions of US jobs have been lost and transferred to China.”
-- Moneyshow.com, Friday, 03 June 2005, Gold, China, and Resources
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But in fact, millions of rural people come to the SEZs for work.
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This is most obvious before
the Chinese New Year,
when workers crowd the
trains to travel home.
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While Chinese workers value the jobs in the SEZs, they work long hours for low wages.
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But even working for $100/month, a Chinese worker can save money and send
some home to family.
It is easier for them to save money, because
factory worker typically get housing
in dormitories or small apartments. And many factories provide two meals a
day.
http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/shenzhen04.jpg
The days are long and the pay is not great, but workers are using these
jobs to build their futures. Many young
women work 2-3 years in a factory, then return to their hometown, use their money to start a
small business, get married and live out
their lives. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/3009516045_0c7fd883c5.jpg
But China is not content to simply be the world’s manufacturing plant. So they are working to bring high-value jobs to China.
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Intel’s most advanced microprocessors are now being manufactured and tested
in Chengdu, China.
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Microsoft has opened a research center in Beijing, China.
http://decision.csl.illinois.edu/~yima/image/MSRA_Students.JPG
Google has also opened a research center in Beijing.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/files/images/google_0.jpg
China is working hard to build its future as part of the
global economy by adding high-
value jobs.
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Where in the World?
Create a list of the countries the OUTER
articles of clothing you are wearing are from.