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- Lillian Bogonko
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Can China really become a super power, or will it remain a great power among other great powers?
We have read numerous articles and statistics that indicate the rising power that is China. As an emerging economy among the BRICs, China is seen as a leader in the pack and with the number two economy, well placed to replace the US as a world hegemon.
I however wonder how much of a super power if any China can be? John Inkberry has written about the western liberal order and how it has penetrated every inch of our societies and culture. As a result many have found themselves having to preserve their cultures because the western liberal culture is very strong. Inkberry argues that China will have to find it`s influence within this set up, because it will be very hard to alter it (the western liberal order).
Is this the case? Can China become a super power in the current global order or will it have to dispose of it and come up with a different type of order or will it simply become part of the order and influence global events among other powers?
What does the future of China look like in the present western liberal order?
Aug 16 2012: China, Super Power or not, has a daunting task ahead of itself. Its population, manufacturing capacity, investment opportunities, and Olympic Gold Medals all show that it has what it takes to become a global super power. However, the role the government plays is crucial in it's path to maintain its current level of global power. The Chinese Communist Party continues to lash out against anti-government sentiments, cover up political and business scandals in order to "keep and promote social harmony" within the People's Republic.
The world continues to globalize and social media and technology are closing the gap between the world and China. If the government believes that it can adapt to changing social conditions than China might have a chance at becoming an even greater super power. Some politicians believe that expelling any negative notions toward the Chinese nation threatens the credibility of the government and will likely lead to an uprising.
Thus the two paths, the rise or fall of China depends on how the government can adapt to the rapidly changing global environment while still maintaining harmony throughout the kingdom.
jing du
Aug 15 2012: as an ordinary chinese girl ,i should say,we don't care about the superpower blahblah.we just care about suviving ,and we want to own what you've already owned...:)
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Aug 16 2012: Owning what America has already owned....does that include its position in the international system?
jing du
Aug 16 2012: as an individual,chinese likes to get what american people already have got...clean air ,safe food, freedom , big houses ,oppotunities,and money... chinese are of realism. nowadays we are all scolding our system of government on the internet.we don't like it.however nobody can change it now.
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Karl Meyer
Aug 15 2012: In my opinion China never really stopped being a superpower. Over the centuries, it has withstood numerous attempts on its sovereignty, none of which were very successful even when China was at its weakest, and in the twentieth century it was a major player in cold war politics. Interestingly, the US was primarily focused on the Soviet Union at the time. Perhaps China was too hard a target.
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At present, China owns a massive amount of United States debt and is such a contributor to trade around the world, that it would not be difficult to argue that China is now the #1 superpower. Add to that their nuclear capabilities and their massive military machine and the argument becomes even easier...Aug 14 2012: 1._No. The age of independent "super-powers" is past. Our economies are far too intertwined for that to have real meaning below a superficial level of perception. China holds too much of our debt, we hold too much of their food supply, and on and on.
2._However, the us-versus-them mentality of "super-powers" will continue to be inflated by politicians and spoon fed to the public by the media machine in an effort to drive production and profit. America learned all too well how valuable the cold war mindset was as a whip of fear.
3._Why, oh why aren't we learning Chinese in our schools? And HIndi? And Arabic?Aug 13 2012: A lot of our society today assumes that China is going to be the leading power. However, the truth might not be what exactly people think. Today the USA imports around 16.1% overall from China, very large percentage. That tells us that China is mostly relaying on the US for exporting their not only products but also services. Therefore, China is just a simple landscape of cheap workers and no taxes that American companies take over for business. You see if America would stop importing from China and all the US companies and manufactories would go back to the USA, China will surely be at the end of the list of countries with super powers.
Aug 14 2012: http://youtu.be/OF37qHLH76s
Let's talk facts.Aug 16 2012: Not quite Ahmed. China has penetrated Latin America and Africa and is working it`s way in Asia. So am sure even if the US stopped, they`d reinvent themselves. One thing we need to understand, China mostly manufactures for export. Imagine if they concentrated homegrown with the i billion people they have. I think they are sitting on a Goldmine.Aug 12 2012: How do you define a super power. Military power, projection of power and influence? Intercontenental Nukes is probably one criteria
Assuming Military and economic power are key factors is being a super power:
China has the 2nd largest economy but only half the USA, but catching up fast.
China has the second largest military spend but only 20% what the US spends and a much lessor ability to project conventional power, offshore bases etc.
China is on the way to being a superpower. It is already a great power.
The US is going to have to accommodate China and China needs to follow reasonable international norms or there will be trouble.
Sijiang Wang
Aug 12 2012: China can't really become a super power, case the different ideology and value.Right now China can't influence anycountry even the neighboring countries. Without cheap labour,China will be veryhard.If China got some really changes,maybe can get different future.But it may never happen...
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Radu Johnson
Aug 16 2012: The Internet never ceases to amaze me , here I am , a young adult from Romania talking to a beautiful Kenyan woman.
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As far as I am concerned China and Russia are on the wrong side of history , you can not influence the world in the long run if you have social or freedom issues. On a large scale good always prevails.If you are a super military power or super monetary power is not enough , you have to be culturally as well , otherwise the vast majority will always tend to disagree with you. The internet is a very important tool , you can not fool people anymore.
Aug 17 2012: I agree with you, but "The internet is a very important tool , you can not fool people anymore." is not true.... in Russia and China there is law that regulates Internet. So, most of western web sites such as news (adn.com), entertainment (YouTube), and social network (Facebook) are blocked in China. Can't say about Russia yet, they just recently passed this law in there.Aug 17 2012: Dear Radu,
I 100 % agree with you, especially when it comes to your comments about culture, and I'm not one to agree all too easily.
Well done.
As for Alexander, yes there is internet censorship but this can be tackled in the long run with new platforms and servers that suit the demands of a global population that is not longer in demand of pornography and online pharmaceutical retail.Aug 16 2012: good observation Alain. I also think social media will greatly influence not only China's foreign policy but most states. States that were previously closed to the world will be hand to dry by their own people.Aug 15 2012: China has everything to be a Superpower, and its key element is population. More people, means many hands working what also means more people paying taxes, wich means more money for the state to build, invest or do whatever, China is investing everywhere and rebuilding itself. From what i see its a superpower right nowAug 15 2012: Clearly China is Thee Superpower at this point, though the media may trick you to believe otherwise.
If China were to stop all production or perhaps stop supplying the world - we'd experience the might or consequences of this industrial superpower. How can we even question their world status, considering their history tells us they've been great inventors long before the Europeans, and ancient greeks. It's our perception they only up and coming in this 21st century, because european history led us to believe this.
As far as liberation, the Tibetans have clamored for the freedom of people in china but makes very little impact to date. There seems to be a loyalty, perhaps based on intrinsic fear, that is hard to penetrate. Even if western culture have influence on the world, including china, it simply cannot be imbued further than impersonation. The loyalty in the Chinese culture goes back thousands of years.
The Chinese are a proud nation, and probably have every right to feel that way. They very hard working, well networked globally and are visionaries.
Aug 16 2012: As for the Superpower status, China is not yet a superpower as the country is enormously large and there is a great difference in income distribution (i.e GDP per capita) between the cities. People often confuse the development and progress of Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhaowith China in general. This is a fallacy.
Well let China stop production, and lets see how fast other competing nations take up the job offers/ contracts. Who is going to miss the low quality items that come out from their manufacturing base, anyway.
As for the Tibetan issue, what loyalty are you referring too? You may not be aware, but last week, 3 Tibetan performed self-immolation in China, as a protest to the human rights violations that are occurring in Tibet. They actually burnt themselfs, that's how strongly they oppose the Chinese invasion.
Aug 16 2012: I've responded to you post but it seem it landed on top
Lingy Oh
Aug 15 2012: China, the next hegemon? Very interesting indeed. As what I can tell from some history, hegemons in the past emerged from others' who have failed, whose dollar weakened considerably, whose economy failed etc. Wars took place. People are learning how to manage relationships with the Chinese... there would be another revolution if every one was to adopt China's order...
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Aug 16 2012: China is an old culture but at the same time it's a young 21st century culture barely 50 years old in industry terms,what order could china bestowe upon the world? Revolution? What revolution? What's there to change?Aug 15 2012: There are serious implications for the rest of the world, especially the Non-Chinese.
China is becoming aggressive with its neighbors, just google the spratly island issues, consider how Tibetians are treated. There are public demonstrations in Vietham and Loas against China and its policies. China supports Pakistan and has blocked many UN resolutions that could prevent war in Central Asia- the Syria issue.
My experience with the Chinese in South East Asia (i.e Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia) is that they are a narrow minded group with strong clannish policies. They appear to have a false notion of the superiority of their race, and assume that they are better workers then the rest. They use language as a barrier to prevent entry of Non-Chinese into their firms. I shall stop here, least I be called racist.
You should be worried about the rise of China!
Lingy Oh
Aug 15 2012: I'm Malaysian Chinese and have always adopted a broader mind but never realised until this year, I feel much happier and much less frustrated. I agree with you, it is frustrating to work with narrow-minded people. I honestly think that people who are successful, whether Chinese of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia origin have great minds. Perhaps you just haven't met one worthy your time yet!
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Aug 16 2012: Yes, perhaps I have not met one yet.
Barry Palmer
Aug 13 2012: Just a few comments.
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1. "superpower not yet" -- I thought we were talking future tense, as in centuries.
2. "China is simply too large, and not really one single nation. Its a little like europe, with many differences and difficulties inside." -- This has been mentioned a number of times. The same can be said of the USA.
3. "The US is going to have to accommodate China" -- I have heard this on the radio and read it in the paper more times than I can count. If the one and only superpower must accommodate China, a country which is, at this moment, backward, then we are now witnessing the redefinition of the meaning of superpower.
IMO, the term is becoming useless unless you want to talk about who can throw the most bombs around the globe, and that is a childish measure of power. In the future, the measure of power will not even include military power. The most powerful country will be the country that can produce the most good.
Tracy Mbabu
Aug 13 2012: As long as China relies on the US for some huge chunks of it's economy(exports e.t.c), it can't really "overthrow" the US from that throne. Their growth is phenomenal but, superpower.. not yet. They'd have to change a lot of the way they do things, and they are not exactly known for their flexibility.
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Aug 14 2012: They own the USA. Their biggest worry is that America will default on its debts but let's face it they are building a new "Panama Canal" to more than double the access to the Atlantic and all those markets. If you keep thinking this = another collapse has the power to take you by surprise. BTW the ownership of debt is so diffused that it would weather it quite handily. Can you imagine people who earn so little and have so little financing your life style? I cannot.
Aug 14 2012: Regardless of one's stance on geopolitical relationships, the above appears really arrogant to me.
sorry... I couldn't help myself. :P
Aug 14 2012: How so Jason? This is just part of what i learned in an MBa which I completed at an American university.Aug 14 2012: Because I think it behooves us all to be respectful to one another. No one has a monopoly on truth.
(Maybe my sense of humor is just different than yours? Remember the Noah's Ark debate?)
Aug 14 2012: I remember it clearly and I would suggest that there is a huge difference between trying to use logic on religious issues with the aim of proving people wrong and using it in a political debate where one is addressing political thought. Yes, we differ in our senses of humour and I probably would have thought those comments to be even less relevant before the stokes adjusted my sense of humour.Aug 15 2012: Actually, I think this is the biggest misconception about the US. And, at first this is going to sound horrible, but basically... Washington could just disappear tomorrow, like through some magic dimensional portal, and everyone would still show up for work. In a couple weeks, we'd be fine, we'd probably even stay on the currency, lol.
We're nowhere near perfect, or civillized, but we have learned to get along well enough, with every group of people on the planet, and it makes us almost impossible to collapse. When I say collapse externally, what I mean is "You all caught up, and we didn't let you realize it", our dollar needs to be worth a bit less in your eyes, because we made some big mistakes.
This will give us the kick in the butt we need, to get back to work in my humble opinion. When that happens though, China will experience some growing pains, as they need to pay more for their own internal labor, to stabillize their internal economy. We'll both be fine, as long as we don't go crazy and go to war, and I don't think that's going to happen.
I did not mean to name call at all by the way, I really enjoyed my trip to China, and I wish nothing but the best for its people. I just think many economies are currently underestimating their ability to have a positive impact on the world, because they still think of America as #1. To you Canada should be #1, to Lillian, Kenya should be #1. To Switzerland, the Swiss should be #1, and a lot of people have the rights to actually claim this for valid reasons nowadays. This is just my opinion though.
China does not own America, we can afford the hit in international inflation to pay them back, whenever we want. Right now though, it would hurt us both a bit, they are getting interest. Also, the international community would freak out if we did that right now, and for good reason, it would be unprecedented.
Aug 15 2012: Well David, as usual you make interesting points and if you all get to work and change your lives it will be a wonderful thing but China owns your debt. At least that's what they teach and we investigated during that MBA. Additionally, have you EVER seen the Chinese currency outside of China? NO.
That is because they learned from what happened to the currency of the USA. No money in the world is more threatened, devalued and exploited by counterfeiting than yours. The Chinese will not have it. In the rest of the world the de facto currency is American dollars but most of them are photocopied or something and often are still backed by the US mint. Worthless and still with purchasing power. The rest of the world scrambles to make coloured currency with chips in it and your population likes theirs plain (and a drain on your economy.) What is a politician to do with a population who refuses to know?
If you were to try the radical policy you suggest who would complain more than Americans? I hate to remind you that the meltdown was homemade and cooked up at Wall St. Addresses. Your tendency to chistle against the rules, defeat your own governments and hate your neighbours to the point of watching your sick loved ones die so insurance companies can profit -as if they hold American values more firmly than your own people do- is also uniquely yours.
PS The first step to a better world is for Americans to STOP pretending that they are the only ones making a difference in this world. The rest of the world deals with immigrants at a very high level and we deal with every other problem that you think you are the only one dealing with. Please!Aug 15 2012: Who talks about how useless US paper currency is, more than people in the US? What's everyone else's currency backed by? The same thing as ours... Nothing, faith. At least we already know how much trouble we're in : p
You get to a really interesting place here though, where you agree with all my complaints about the current US system, and then seem to suggest that Americans will find it intolerable to fix these issues, but don't default on your debt... So... What?
On the one hand you seem to be suggesting all of our flaws, on the other hand it almost seems like you're suggesting "Now get back off your butts, and start playing Global Thermal Nuclear War, and Team America World Police again, or China's going to play it better than you"... Oh and at the same time "STOP pretending that you are the only ones making a difference in this world"...
It does get a bit confusing what you actually want : )
Karl Jackson
Aug 12 2012: There is no Anarchy in China. If there was then why worry?
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Aug 14 2012: Here is a relevant TED talk to support your contentions:
Karl Jackson
Aug 14 2012: I have been reading what some people say here. Some are very good positions and some are still learning as well as I.
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When I look at world I see many countries and a few countries in terms of population
are extremely large.
Economically speaking those countries with the highest populations China #1 means that China has approx. 1 1/5 billion people (a large portion of them create "productivity").
So the reason China will become a #1 power "one day" is basically because of their "people power".
People = Productivity. That means, economics and guess what? Economics determines politics and power. So in my view why worry. Although everything is relative, life on our wonderful earth takes it's natural course.
Everyone have a Great day! Karl at TalkFusionAutoWebinar.com Signing off.
Lars Mews
Aug 11 2012: I do not think China will become a superpower or something like that. China is simply too large, and not really one single nation. Its a little like europe, with many differences and difficulties inside. If you just look on the money, yes, then china appears like a superpower. But in fact it is not able to move and always pulled backwards by its own weight.
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Also, China is more than highly dependent on ideas from the outside of china. When you look at the world, the western culture is dominant, funnily most dominant in countries who yell at the americans all day. If you ever talked to chinese people you might have noticed that the chinese way of thinking, talking and imagining is a lot diffrent from this western style. That draws China back, because it is unable to invent or produce products that dominate markets. The only thing they are able to is copy sucessfull ideas, and most of the time they are not good in that, as they simply cannot follow the inventors way to think, so they make a lot of mistake.
If China would become more western, they gonna have the problems of the western culture too. It is a question of China can be run the western way-maybe China is just properly working chinese?
China also has another problem, which is the growing wealth. At the moment, the people get used to higher life standards, and you can not keep this to a minority alone. The people gonna want better salary, and this makes China lose his ace of being the cheap producer. If loans raise, nobody gonna ask for chinese workpower, as for same prices other nations will do it on their own again, with better quality.
So Chinas got to face that they forgot national politics, and just starred at the money/economy. They went the wrong way, they started cheap and increase the price. I doubt china is able to move fast enough to run away from such problems, what is what smaller nations are able to. I needs too much time to keep that many people in line.
Alex Huang
Aug 11 2012: this issue has much talked but never be carefully studied.most researchers give statistical evidence to convince us that China is/will be the super power in the world. it is maybe true that China will surpass U.S as the biggest economic entity soon(2017?).But if you have chance,please visit China once you can, not to the famous cities like Shanghai,Beijing and Guangzhou,but to places in the hinterlands in western China.You may find the answer that China is not a uniformed country but consists of many "countries",the stuff is that the diversity of Chinese development is so awesome! and the same dynamic of Chinese economy growth is the low profile officials want to be higher ones only by higher rate of GDP. By the way,local people,the ordinary Chinese do not care the so called "super power" or "hegemony", they care their own welfare only.
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Aug 16 2012: Thank you for your response Alex. I agree with you. China rise (at least how its portrayed) rides on the waves of its big cities. Little attention is given to the hinterlands as you put it more so because of the controls the government has placed on its people and various outlets including the media. But social media, as we have witnessed is changing all that. The question then becomes can a state become a super power with a majority poor.
China offers great challenges. The population is so big that the poor can form a continent by themselves. This makes the GDP per capita less than the developed nations. But am sure if we were to remove the poor, China will surpass many of the richest country, but this is only a wish mentality because in rel life you can`t do that.
Aug 16 2012: I agree that China offers great challenges.You what most be talked now China's economy?It is the debt of local government(not the provinces but town and Xian,Xian is a the level of government form below the Province but above the town)those local governments made so many projects that they cannot afford,so they borrowed money from Banks,and the Banks are established by the central government! so ,China's economical crisis is on the way.Aug 11 2012: China is rising. Some might think it is not; but that is because China's way is different from the familiar(business as usual). Greatness has its peculiarity.
Ehis Odijie
Aug 10 2012: Is there any such thing as superpower and how do you define that?
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Aug 11 2012: a high percentage of the world relies on you for their income/protection.............Aug 11 2012: as well as highly disciplined youthAug 11 2012: "The United States government spends more money on "defense" than the next 26 countries combined... 25 of whom, are allies"
Aaron Sorkin, via Jeff Daniels, in HBO's "The Newsroom"
100% fact
Aug 14 2012: Beautiful.Aug 12 2012: Ehis, in the western world everything is defined by the currency and power to create pressure on anyone in the world at anytime.
Eric Henry
Aug 10 2012: In my view, China may become more powerful from several angles, but there is one primary factor that I think will prevent it from having the global dominance that the term "superpower" implies: its educational system, which still has a distance to go in terms of promoting critical thinking over rote memorization. There are statistics that point to growing numbers of PhDs and of patents, but it is still all based on a system that generally borrows original thinking from others and builds on it. This is a broad generalization, of course, and subject to exceptions and refutations.
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I see the outcomes of this educational approach penetrating so many facets of the Chinese culture that it will continue to inhibit many of the factors that could move China beyond merely the world's factory into true economic, intellectual, cultural, and even military dominance.
For others that have had significant exposure to China and its people, I would be interested in hearing whether my perceptions are misguided.
Zdenek Smith
Aug 10 2012: I agree. I also think China's growth and influence is limited by its Communist system and its lack of freedom of speech and freedom to vote etc.
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China will be strong economically and possibly militarily but outside of these domains its political system will make it more isolated than connected to the rest of the world?
Yuguo Zhang
Aug 11 2012: Hi Zdenek,
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You are right. Trust me, China is not going nowhere if the omnipresent government keeps the totalitarian policy.Aug 14 2012: What yardstick are we using people. I'd like specifics. Why do we believe that democracy is the only system of government that works? The type of leadership is bound to change. The international system will ultimately influence that and whatever it may metamorphosize into may not be ideal but might just work. We have to appreciate the dynamic nature of the international system and think with that.
Zdenek Smith
Aug 14 2012: Yes I see democracy as the only system of government that works or has the potential (because if people do not vote and engage than it will fail as well).
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Basically with any kind of repressive government (like Communism) the top ranks in the government is easily taken by the most corrupt and ruthless leaders because that is what the system allows. There are few if any controls in place to prevent this from happening.
In democracy, politicians have to compete with each other and they are scrutinized by media and public. Everything is much more transparent. Leaders are more competent and capable. Mistakes cannot be hidden.
Which government do you think can provide better leadership for the country?Aug 14 2012: Zdenek, as always I love to read your knowledgable perspective. I agree that they are currently out of step with the unification theme but so has the USA been and they survived. They are clearly experimenting with democractic priniples at the level closest to the people and furthest from threatening the jobs of the power brokers. China is SMART! It is a chess master of a nation.
PS this is out of sequence but the only place I could respond.Aug 14 2012: I filled out a Canadian survey yesterday designed to make shipping oil to China from our oil sands. more acceptable to CanadiansWe tried to sell it to you and you decided that shipping it from your enemies and destroying other people's terrian more palitable. So now tell me that they will be isolated. Do you know where in South AMerica, they are building a new "Panama" canal? I do not see them as isolated.
Aug 14 2012: I think they are and will continue to be isolated in political sphere from the rest of the world. The world is slowly moving toward democratic governance and a unified global community.Aug 11 2012: Eric, you seem like a smart man, and I look forward to viewing other conversations you take part in. I have a question for you, though. You mention that it's educational system lacks the focus on critical thinking, which will impede its advancement to a superpower. My question is do you feel that America's educational system is starting to fail and, if so, what will that mean for our country as we move forward into the future? What can we do to prevent a collapse of our educational system? As a father with children set to begin school this year, I am looking for answers on how to ensure the education they receive is sufficient for their success in the future.
Eric Henry
Aug 11 2012: Corey,
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Great question. Good luck getting your children started in school. Mine are all grown now, with one making his own way and two more in college.
The short answer to your question is both yes and no.
Yes because the academic demands and time commitment we require of our children seems less than it was in the past and certainly less than many other industrialized countries. We have the shortest school year, a relatively short school day, don't typically demand a large volume of work either in terms of reading or problem solving, and we place a possibly disproportionate amount of attention on non-academic aspects of education.
Also, yes because the push to improve academics seems to exclude areas that improve critical thinking and collaborative problem-solving (e.g. literature, arts programs)
No because many school systems are increasing their focus on math and science, and the fact you are asking this question is an encouraging part of America's culture,which is our ability to self-criticize. This has the potential to drive significant improvements, and I'm encouraged by it.
Impact on the future? After having read the book "Black Swan," I am hesitant to predict the future except to say that I don't currently see our deterioration in education or our high level of dependence on foreign nationals coming to our country to learn and work abating any time soon. It obviously puts us at an economically competitive disadvantage and results in an increasingly uninformed electorate, which is probably the most dangerous trend of all.
What can you do about it? Take ownership of your children's education! Make the school system a part of their education and not its totality. Read to them, make every trip into the back yard or into town a potential learning experience, and develop a sense of curiosity in them that will cause them to succeed regardless of the quality of the public education they receive. Make them lifelong learners; not just good students.Aug 13 2012: Eric one can take ownership but ultimately the government needs to put in place strong policies for a strong education system. Not every child (seeing how the American system works) will have the attention they need from their folks to excel in spite of how the education system is. That`s why people pay taxes, to get the government to take care of what they can`t individually do because of life`s demands.
Yuguo Zhang
Aug 13 2012: To ensure a child with adequate attention has barely anything to do with taxation. Taxes can guarantee a relatively affordable education with fine education groups and facilities, but it doesn't mean a great education for everybody. Some children commit acts of truancy and profanity and they only regard schools as amusement parks. Even attention cannot guarantee an excellence for students, and what they really need is a better education environment, which includes the promotion of positive critical thinking and proper impetus from family. Kids often learn the most important things with their parents after all.
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Aug 14 2012: It does not negate the fact that the gov has a responsibility to create a system of education that will not just churn out robots but critical thinkers and all rounded graduates.Aug 14 2012: Sure. But choices lay in our own hands. The government can do whatever to promote the critical thinking and try to create a more outspoken environment, but we can choose to ignore it, proceed it like writing an essay in a certain format, or fulfill it because we think this is important to do. The government is not omnipotent after all.Aug 10 2012: Do you mean to be military superpower?Aug 10 2012: To my mind China is already a super power. They might simply redefine the meaning of that phrase.Aug 17 2012: This future of China? Am I wrong in believing that China, much like many other nations, even superpowers, on Earth are witnessing the birth of what is to be a major food shortage?
There is war in the future for China, over fishing rights and energy supply. So is there also war in the future for the USA. The outcome of the future is certainly one to take a shot at.
FT.Aug 16 2012: I think everything has some inner or outsider relationships with others, slightly or largely. China or the United States is not a lonely power in the world. Compared with the conditions hundreds or thousands of years ago, we now have faster communications and wider media which cover nearly every corner of our life. We may have impact on other people and at the same time we are influenced by others which is a mutual process. As that the relationships between nations also interact with each other. So in the future, I don't think there is still some certain forms of the so-called western liberal order or china-like eastern order. World is melting pot. The institution or culture is gradually convergent.
As the question that whether China will become the super power in the future. It's really hard to say. In the past 30 years we have surely witnessed the fast development in economy. But as the revolution goes on there must be some structural problems that can't easily solved because it may threaten the regime of the communist party and someone's benefits. As we see recently, China is lowing his pace in economy. Some experts are also predicting that China will continue suffering the pressure of the down-forward trend of economy. Fast but not stable, if China really has the ambition of becoming the first super power on the earth, more revolution or sacrifice will be underwent.Aug 16 2012: Therefore I mentioned the Tibetan protests, but added they are making no impact. I'm saying that not mattter how long this protests are going on the Chinese leaders won't easily give in.
Regarding other nations taking on the contracts. It's really not that easy as it sound. There is a bunch of things to be prepared for as a nation supplying the world. Firstly a labour force, then logistics, then a country's infrastructure and so for. It is not impossible but it's not as easy as that. The world's dependency on China is evident. To add, that not all chinese products are of poor quality. Yes you have those of lower quality, as every other nation offers, and you have those that offers a backup service model.
As for the fallacy: are you asserting the world would have no EFFECT without china? and can you say that people will not have an effect if china pulls their network from the world?
Aug 16 2012: Perhaps you misread my statement, by fallacy, i mean, the notion of considering China as a whole entity, when in fact there is great economic variation between the many different states of that nation. Just consider the vast disparity between Shanghai and the Western provinces of China.
I did not state that the world would not be effected by the absence of China. That's absurd. However, The world would not experience a cataclysmic catastrophe either. There are many nations in Asia that have the work force, logistics and infrastructure to handle the industrial workload. So much for "consequences of this industrial superpower" that you so aptly put.
About the Tibetan issue, you are dodging the bullet and avoiding the question i posted in the last reply, namely, What loyalty are you referring too? and why should this affect the peaceful Tibetans and their way of life.
Aug 16 2012: My humble apology for misreading you statement.
Regarding Tibet
I want to clear with you, that I have the utmost respect for the Dalai Lama and his cause, as well as every soul and martyr. They all have my sincerest discerned acknowledgment. Having said that, I am absolutely certain their clamor will reach success soon. Our history proves that small groups grow large and eventually impact enough. We can see how the ottoman empire was disrupted when the Bab and Bahaulla in 1844 apposed their ill leadership. It didn't happen overnight but it impacted eventually. The same with Mandela and Ghandi and their weapons were humility. So I don't doubt this fact at all. There are many soothsayers in the world aiming for peace in wisdom, however its seemingly slow because of apathy amongst the masses. The whole world is in disarray, look at Burma and the genocide. But again it continues because of a simple thing called - loyalty.
To clear the 'loyalty'
I meant that the people who willingly participate and accept in China's regime - they are the loyal one's - to a point that almost nothing deters them. And there is a large amount that are submissive this way, not only china. China leads it's people powerfully and they are a proud nation, just like Americans are patriotic, but with different philosophies. Only once 'loyalty' ends then will people find real freedom.Aug 16 2012: "I had a 68 Mustang, and I used to fix it... I worked in a garage when I was younger, and I used to fix it.
The fuel pump that was in there since 1968... Died in like 1993, and then I put in a new fuel pump, and that fuel pump died in 1995, and I went through 3 fuel pumps on that car.
The starter, that was put in by some heavy Michigan hands in 1968 when I was one year old... Some guy with a cigarette danglin' put that starter in, and then went to a beautiful home in Flint, Michigan... Which is now a crack house... and he's been dead for years.
Then finally that starter that he personally tightened every part of, finally just went "I can't do it anymore"... and died in 1994, and I took it out, and it was heavy, and it was beautiful, and it was a piece of art.
Then I put in this thing I got at a parts store, and I asked them "give me the best starter available". They gave me this starter, and it was made of this weird composite metal and you could see coke can pieces in it, and it didn't weigh anything... and it lasted like 6 months and then CLANG! Then it just came apart...
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BONIFAY — Holmes County Board of County Commissioners and residents wished Commissioners Jim King and Phillip Music a fond farewell with a reception after the last regularly scheduled meeting they'd ever attend in an official capacity on Tuesday, Nov. 13.
"I'm saying this partly as your attorney and partly as a citizen of Holmes County," said County Attorney Jeff Goodman. "I've worked for many counties and I can honestly say I've never worked for such a county as this. You all set the tempo for the meetings, having had your differences still being able to come together with resolve and leaving each meeting with the same camaraderie."
Goodman said this is an example that could be taught to the next generation.
"I only hope that the next board comes together as peaceably as this one has," said Goodman. "On behalf of me and my family I appreciate all you've done."
Commissioner Monty Merchant also said it had been good.
"It's been a pleasure," said Merchant. "There's a lot of years and experience that's going to be missed."
Commissioner Kenneth Williams also said that he enjoyed working with King and Music.
BOCC approved of the request Poplar Spring High School made through Merchant to pour cement for a tennis court over the Christmas holiday.
"They told me they were told by the Holmes County School District that they were on their own as far as paid labor is concerned," said Williams. "As far as material, they've got it. They just need the labor."
Chair Ron Monk said that he didn't agree with helping.
"It just seems like a snowball affect," said Monk. "The more we do, the more they ask and the bigger the tasks become. Where do we say 'whoa'?"
Williams said they've "done more for others."
"We should do it," said King. "They're all taxpayers after all."
BOCC approved of upgrading their 200-gallon gas tanks to 500-gallon gas tanks.
BOCC also approved of what should be done about replacing the logos on the company vehicles with the new logo.
"We shouldn't replace the old ones unless they need replacing, then we'll replace then with the new logo," said Merchant. "They same will be done for all new vehicles. That's how we'll get the new logo on all vehicles on an as needed basis."
County Engineer Cliff Knauer gave an update that he was still searching out avenues to pay for the project of fixing Yancy Lane's erosion problems.
BOCC had agreed with Merchants' request to allow County Engineer Cliff Knauer to look into means of fixing the erosion problem on Yancy Lane during their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 30.
Residents and business owners Johnny and Sandra Johnson had came before the Board Tuesday, Oct. 30 requesting to place a vending area up on their property of business located on County Road 160 across from the Bethlehem School.
"It's just going to be a sheltered area with vending machines housed in it," said Johnny Johnson. "There's one just like it in Graceville."
He said their problem came with the Holmes County Health Department having issues with no bathrooms.
"It's not going to be a store," said Johnny. "It's just going to be a place where vending machines are going to be located. The one in Graceville doesn't have a bathroom either."
The Board agreed to allow County Attorney Jeff Goodman to look into the matter and report back to the Board with his findings at the next meeting, on Nov. 13.
Goodman said due to the elections he had to put off contacting the health department's director.
"I'll get back with him personally," said Goodman.
BOCC also approved of Consent Items: Minutes, Special Session Oct. 23, 2012, Regular Session Oct. 30, 2012; Budget Amendment 5 for 2011-2012; Panhandle Public Library Cooperative System board appointment; Modification 1 to Sub Grant Agreement 13-FG-86-02-42-01-097; and Interlocal Agreement Re-Authorizing the Workforce Development Consortium.
Swearing in of new Commissioners Bobby Sasnett and David Whitaker will be held at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 20.
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100 things we love about Baltimore [Pictures]
A moody tavern. An extraordinary cocktail. The easy lapping of bay water against the banks of the Inner Harbor. Duckpin lanes. Old Bay. Art in an otherwise empty storefront. For all of these things, and for so many more, people love Baltimore. People feel how they feel about this place for their own reasons. It's personal and not necessarily explainable. Something between them and the city. But in the spirit of sharing the love, we asked some of the city's best-known personalities to reveal something that makes them fall for Baltimore. Take this list as personal suggestions, from one neighbor to another.
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It's Christmas time in our small, mountain town. The trees are flocked and you can see the breath of our horses as you drive by, their coats warm and thick against the cold. Just last night our little town performed a Christmas pageant celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. My Mom and I were the directors, she in charge of the narration and I the music. It was a chaotic event with Mary, Joseph, angels and of course the beloved shepherds. They, along with their woolly counterparts brought back memories of a Christmas not too many years past. A Christmas that I will never forget, not because of the presents or the lights or the caroling, but a Christmas remembered because of a simple story.
It was a Sunday, and like all Sundays we attended church in our little town. My friend had been asked to speak this Sunday, and she shared a personal story by Sheralee Bills Hardy. Sheralee told of taking her four young sons to watch the dress rehearsal of the area production of "Savior of the World: His Birth." Her husband was playing the important role of Joseph, and he had spent months preparing for the performance. The weeks leading up to Christmas had been intensely involved for her husband, and the family had felt the absence of their husband and father. Sheralee told how, as she watched her husband perform, she felt envious of his important role. "Wouldn't it be nice," she thought, "to be in the spotlight rather than the designated behind-the-scenes babysitter?"
Not proud of her feelings, Sheralee had prayed for strength to overcome her self-pity and the desire for a more glamorous and visible role. The play continued, the shepherds hastening to meet The Messiah. The shepherds had waited all their lives, dreaming of the day when The Savior would appear. Now the Angel of The Lord had come, hastening them to Bethlehem to behold the wondrous event. The shepherds hurried from the stage, all but one, an old man remained motionless. A young boy, his grandson, returned to the stage and asked, "Grandfather, aren't you coming?" In his reply, was the answer to Sheralee's prayer, and a great lesson to us all: "I'll stay with the sheep."
Sheralee felt the love of the Savior at that moment, and she now understood. Her role as mother had seemed menial, but now it took on a greater significance. She would care for the spirits entrusted her. While bedtime stories didn't end with an applause, she knew her role was important. She would "stay with the sheep" so others could see the babe in Bethlehem.
This story has stayed with me and I have thought of it often since. At the time of hearing the story, I had a three-week-old baby, and Dustin and I were newly-elected as our state's Young Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) Commitee chair. Although the position is filled as a couple, only one serves on the board of directors. So, often times I would stay home and take care of our five daughters and the ranch while he was traveling for board meetings. Dustin and I are partners in every sense of the word. We ranch together, we run our hay business together. Dustin is the best dish-doer in the business! He really does more than his share of housework. The Utah Farm Bureau Board of Directors was really the first time in our married life that we were, in a sense, going our separate ways. Ashamed, I admit, there were times I was envious of his "spotlight."
Being involved in Farm Bureau, I often get the opportunity to attend various conferences. More than once, when a keynote speaker has been addressing the audience, have I wondered, "Who stays with their sheep?"
I have looked at the past and present national YF&R Committee chairs. The current chair, Zach Hunnicutt, has an amazing wife. Just recently, he attended the National FFA Convention with the rest of the committee while his wife, Anna, stayed home with their three children, one of them a new baby. She stayed with the sheep. Past YF&R Chairwoman Chris Chinn has really taken ag advocacy to a new level. She has children and a hog farm at home. Is her husband the sheep tender? What about AFBF President Bob Stallman, who tends his sheep while he is away? Our state Farm Bureau president is very good to recognize his brother and partner as the reason he is able to serve in that capacity. I have never met his brother and wouldn't recognize him if I saw him on the street, but my hat goes off to him.
All of us have people we need to thank – husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, partners, parents, men and women – who stay with the sheep so we have the opportunity to be in the spotlight from time to time. We know that having good agricultural people in positions of leadership is important, but crops don't water themselves and livestock need daily care. Make sure this Christmas you remember to thank the one who stays with your sheep.
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Dinka men regularly wear beaded corsets, partly as indicators of their age group and position. The yellow beads in this corset suggest that it may have been designed for a man over the age of thirty. The glass beads and wire used in making such corsets are imported products, making the outfits considerable markers of status and prestige.
- Culture: Dinka
- Medium: Beads, fiber, wire
- Place Made: Sudan
- Dates: 20th century
- Dimensions: 18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm) (show scale)
- Collections:Arts of Africa
- Museum Location: This item is on view in African Storage Annex, East Gallery, 1st Floor
- Exhibitions:
- Accession Number: 1997.1.1
- Credit Line: Carll H. de Silver Fund
- Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
- Caption: Dinka. Man's Corset, 20th century. Beads, fiber, wire, 18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 1997.1.1. Creative Commons-BY
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- Catalogue Description: Beaded corset supported in the back by a long narrow rectangular form of rigid wire covered with brown fiber. The wire form, across which rows of beads are strung , is 3/4 in. wide and worn against the spine. The front open support is made of two rigid wires covered with brown fiber, one on either side, with alternating small wire loops all the way down, through which a third , seperate uncovered wire with a large loop at one end is pushed through to close the corset. There are ties on the top and bottom. Long strands of beads each stitched to the corset's support wires, are arranged to make bands of color that drape along the sides of the torso. The widest band of beads is yellow: narrower bands are red, dark blue, and light blue. Yellow is worn by Dinka men over 30 years old. Condition: Good. Fiber worn slightly.
- Record Completeness: Best (87%)


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Dotsie wrote:I see what you mean about him being a hero, but you make it sound as if moving on to the next person was because he sees they need his help. Actually, he needs the boys help, to make money.
Maurice is the same as Moist. He's in it for the thrill of making money, not for the actual money itself. That's why he lets the rats keep his share of the money they'd already made. He doesn't really need money - he's a cat! But it's fun to get.
Dotsie wrote:...but his newly found conscience lets him down later in the book, and he can't manipulate (or abandon) as easily as he used to.
I don't agree. Throughout the whole book he is manipulative. By not abandoning the rats when he had a chance (because of his newly acquired conscience) is nothing to do with the waning of his manipulative ability.
Maurice is a cat. Cats manipulate people.
"Since then (becoming intelligent) he'd done what cats always did. He steered people. Now some of the rats counted as people too, of course. But people were people, even if they had four legs......"
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A three-wheeled, teardrop-shaped car has won Shell's (RDSA) Eco-marathon Americas competition, a yearly contest that pits teams of students against each other in a race to build energy-efficient vehicles.
The winning group, from Université Laval in Quebec, overcame technical setbacks, including excess friction short circuits, to achieve an efficiency of 2,824 miles per gallon. To put that in perspective, the prototype could travel from New York to Los Angeles on less than a gallon of fuel. And that figure is still well below the 3,587 miles per gallon the same school achieved last year. (Université Laval has won five out of the last six Shell competitions.)
The marathon was held in Houston, where teams competed in one of two classes: Prototype, which focuses on maximum efficiency, and UrbanConcept, which takes into account passenger comfort. Cars enter one of seven categories to run on conventional gas and diesel, biofuels, fuel made from natural gas, hydrogen, solar, or electricity. Over several days, teams drive a fixed number of laps around a circuit, traveling as far as they can on the equivalent of a gallon of fuel. Organizers calculate their energy efficiency and award $2,000 to the winner of each class.


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What do we want? Information.
Monday, July 25, 2011
I recently fielded an excellent question from one of our faculty regarding exporting PowerPoint slides as images. In his case, he needed to export a specific slide to a JPEG image to use for print. This operation is a two part process. I've copied my response below in hopes that others might find it useful.
You can export slides from PowerPoint and specify the type as JPEG (and several other formats).
First, navigate in the presentation to the slide you would like to convert to a JPEG. On a PC, depending on the version of PowerPoint you have, go to either 'File' or the ball in the upper left hand corner and choose 'Save As' then choose 'Other Formats'.
A file dialog box will open. In the file type pull down menu, scroll down (it's a long list but doesn't look it at first) until you see 'JPEG File Interchange Format'. This will export the slide or slides as a JPEG or series of JPEGs. If you have more than one slide it will ask you if you want to export the current slide or all of them.
PowerPoint's native resolution is 96 dpi, which won't normally suffice for print. Because the slide is relatively large, you can open it in Photoshop and change the resolution to 300 dpi. This will take a 7.5" X 10" PPT slide to approximately 3.2" X 2.4" but will retain the quality of the slide for print.
Open the JPEG in Photoshop®
In Photoshop® choose 'Image' then 'Image Size...'
Under 'Document Size' enter 300 in place of 96 in the 'Resolution' field. Be sure to deselect or uncheck 'Resample Image'.
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2011 saw the opening of Germany's first design conference centre THE SQUAIRE – the new international business forum at Frankfurt airport, one of the most important transport hubs in Europe.
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Personally, I took his speech on TUF to heart. I went looking for it online the next day and was bummed that I couldn't find it. Anyways, he hit on a lot of things I had to/still have to work on in my athletic career. People may not like his persona, but what he said that night was spot on.
I got motivated hearing that speech from the show. I can only imagine what it's actually like for the fighters on his team. If nothing else they will be able to take a lot of the things he teaches them, and apply them to areas of their lives outside of MMA.


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The elite boardroom on the second floor is a special place for business meetings and it can hold up to ten people. Reflecting its location at Hannover airport, the hotel is designed in the shape of a plane. Exclusive Maritim luxury provides the setting for thoroughly successful celebrations, conventions and conferences of all kinds. The hotel's experienced catering team is happy to provide suggestions, such as a gala evening in a moated palace or a business event in an aircraft hangar.
The executive floor with its impressive panoramic views of the airport and runways is the only one of its kind in Hannover. The floor is quietly located and consists of our superior rooms and suites which include morning tea or coffee and newspapers delivered to your room, two free soft drinks of your choice from the mini-bar and a special discount on food and drink from the restaurants and hotel bar (excluding breakfast and happy hour).
The exhibition centre and city centre are within quick and easy reach by public transport. Air travellers are able to use the hotel's luxurious facilities before take-off and after arrival, a practical Park, Sleep & Fly package is available and there is indoor access to the airport. The hotel has 527 tastefully furnished rooms (mostly 27m² in size), including 30 elegant suites (50 to 116m²). Other facilities include a spa suite with swimming pool, saunas and fitness studio, plus the Bottaccio Bistro serving gourmet cuisine.


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Registered Nurse Barbie® Doll
Vintage Reproduction by: Bill Greening
Release Date: 12/1/2009
Product Code: R4472
Celebrate classic Barbie® careers through the decades! One cherished Barbie® career fashion is 1961's Registered Nurse from the 900 series. Classic white uniform and red lined, short navy cape are accessorized with a black trimmed white nurse's cap and white heels. This meticulous re-creation of the original comes with nursing accouterments.
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To not givr it to him because he's a freshman would be a crime! who knows what happens the next years.
Originally written on Football Nation | Last updated 11/29/12
Since defeating Alabama on November 10th, Johnny Manziel has been at or near the top of every Heisman list. The last two weeks, he has crushed Sam Houston State and Missouri, all the while dazzling the country with his passing and running abilities. The one big knock on Johnny football is pretty obvious: he's a freshman. He appears to be the best freshman since Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson was the runner up in 2004, but does he have enough to shake the stigma of a freshman never winning the Heisman trophy? In short, absolutely not. Contrary to popular belief, there are serious faults with Johnny Manziel's Heisman candidacy. Here are the five reasons that stand out:1. Quarterback A: 66% completion, 3745 yards, 27 TD's, 9 INT'sQuarterback B: 68% completion, 3419 yards, 24 TD's 8 INT'sYes, it's that game again. For obsessive stat geeks like me, stumping people with one of these tricks is like Christmas. So take a few seconds to guess who you think each one is. If you said quarterback B ...
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Research: Effect of conjugated linoleic acid supplementation on weight loss and body fat composition in a Chinese population (Chih-Kun Huang et al, 2012)
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From 23 April 2014 to 12 Februar 2015
Triennale Design 2014
This is a show dedicated to design and the infinite transformations of packaging, whose dimensions exist in our daily lives. This show will surely charm anyone by displaying books, print materials and the fascinating world of advertising. As always, it's a rendezvous with 'Made in Italy' communications, where no minor detail has been overlooked!
Triennale Design Museum
6 April – 12 February 2015
Viale Emilio Alemagna, 6
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