The Sichuan province in mainland china has had a long history of seismic activity. On May 12th, 2008 the village of Wenchuan County located in Sichuan province was struck by an 8.0 magnitude earthquake. According to the State Council Information Office, the causalities from this disaster were approximately 70,000, with approximately 10,000 confirmed to have been school children, whose deaths resulted from 7,000 collapsed classrooms and 18,000 more individuals, were reported missing (Teets, 330)
China has are earthquakes, droughts, floods, mud slides, wildfires, and massive storms. Earthquakes are a common natural disaster that occurs in China. Earthquakes have become a significant restricting factor for economic and social development. What causes earthquakes are because the movements of the plates in the earth’s crust move and shift violently. These plates do not always move smoothly, causing a build-up of pressure. It is when this pressure is released that an earthquake occurs. In turn
Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility is define as intended actions of an organization that changes its company process to operate in an society, environmentally and feasible way which affect the community development and human rights. Corporate Social Responsibility programs aim to provide value to the society while at the same time improve an organization’s reputation and leading to success. In practice this can apply to an extensive of actions that organization could
An earthquake is a major natural disaster which damages a lot of life and property as well as interrupts the socio economic growth of a particular geographic region. It causes shaking and ground rupture, landslides, avalanches, tsunami, soil liquefaction, floods, fires, etc. Both wildlife and human beings experience huge loss to their life and livelihood through earthquakes. Some deadliest earthquakes till the date; • 1556 Shaanxi earthquake: On 23rd January, 1556 at Shaanxi (China) world’s worst
far-reaching flood and earthquake, the death toll could be immense. It is estimated that the 1976 Tangshan earthquake caused more than 750 thousand deaths, making it rank the first among all earthquakes in the 20th century (BBC, Year unknown, internet). This figure indicates a correlation between population density and higher casualties. Furthermore, On April 20 2011, Edmond Mulet, the head of the UN mission in Haiti said, "marked the 100th day since the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti, leaving
search and rescue citizen many days, and they did not sleep even one night. It almost seems that we can hear theirs’s prays. They want all citizen be rescued. I choose this image because that earthquake is distressing, but I saw many good spirits. This event is Sichuan earthquake in may 2008. Also Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics is in August，financial crises burst out in the whole world, and I move to other place with my parents. So it is an impressed year for me. In my personal life, that year my parents
Ai Weiwei’s art vs. Censorship “I don’t want to be part of this kind of denying reality. We live in this time. We have to speak out” (Klayman). Ai Weiwei is an internationally known Chinese artist as well as activist, and his motivation and determination can be summed up by this quote. In all of his pieces, Weiwei critically examines the social and administrative issues facing China today. Many of his works exhibit multiple themes that can be interpreted in various different ways. This lends
In this essay I will underpin the ideology that Ideas around self and identity are being re-conceptualized in the age of cyberspace. I have broken this down into two parts, the first is a discussion of the positive and negative impacts of social media sites like Facebook, on the representation of our true identities. I will examine this through a consideration of Rebecca Mackinnon’s ideology of ‘real identity’, and the implications of these virtual identities on our real lives. In the second part
Sichuan Introduction In terms of size, Sichuan is the fifth largest province to the southwest of China, and it has two distinct geographical parts. One part lies within the eastern part of the province and is largely characterized by a fertile area known as the Sichuan basin. The western part of the province is characterized by a highly mountainous geography. The eastern part is surrounded by a series of lower mountain ranges from the east, south, and north. The province has a competitive economy
of the world’s most horrifying disasters – the Sichuan earthquake. It happened on 12th May 2008. BreadTalk specially created Peace Panda, a Panda Bear shaped bun with four different expressions symbolising the terror of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake as a support to help to raised fund for the victims cause by the disaster. They contributed 100% of the proceeds from sale of “Peace Panda” to the Chinese Embassy and Red Cross Society’s ‘China Earthquake Appeal Fund’. This programme demonstrated their
giving back to the society during one of the world most upsetting disasters - the Sichuan earthquake on 12th May 2008. BreadTalk played a part in the relief by specially creating “Peace Panda”, panda bear shaped buns with 4 different expressions symbolizing the terror of 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The proceeds of the organization were fully contributed to the Chinese Embassy and Red Cross Society’s China Earthquake Appeal Fund. By doing so, it does not only enhance the media coverage but also word
organization as well as others are trying to find a way to help save these beautiful panda bears. Compared to other species, the pandas are considered the baby of the bunch. In 1869, the giant panda was first discovered in a province in China called Sichuan. Sichuan in located in the southwestern part of China. Even though the giant panda is from China, the French are credited with discovering the pandas. Armand Perez Davi was the Frenchman who is credited with discovering this beautiful creature. He thought
at result of which city Pompey was wiped out. Before that cataclysm the city was attractive to visit, but after that it was no longer touristic destination. 2.2 Touristic crisis after earthquake in Japan in 2011 Catastrophe are those natural cataclysms that change the face of the Earth. These are: an earthquake, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods, landslides, global climate has changed etc... After any catastrophes country's tourism industry experiences a severe recession. Greatly
Finding an effective way to harness the powerful influence of the media in order to curtail the use of tobacco has been a major challenge in the 21st century. This is particularly because the media has expanded beyond the traditional channels such as television, radio, newspaper, magazines to the interactive video and lately to the internet. The internet makes the problem even more challenging. Both the tobacco industry and tobacco control forces have been using the media to influence behavior and
Ai Weiwei was born during the Cultural Revolution in China of 1950s, he inherited a lot of his political knowledge from his father who was a poet called Ai Quig. Ai Quig was then later exiled with his family to re-education camps on the out reaches of a desert in 1958 for questioning government authority. After the Cultural Revolution, Chinese citizens were allowed to travel outside their borders again in 1970s. As a young man, the place that Ai Weiwei dreamed about going to was New York. He went
reputation and brand recognition. As a fast developing organization, BreadTalk have been active in conducting CSR programmes. In 2008, BreadTalk introduced the use of biodegradable and environmentally-friendly packaging for all their products, promoting sustainability practices. BreadTalk also played a part in relief efforts for the Sichuan Earthquake on 12th May 2008. They created ‘Peace Panda’ bun to be sold in their stores. The funds raised f... ... middle of paper ... ...ning, 56(1), 27-42
“Don’t be evil”, is the corporate slogan of Google. The working staffs in Google generally apply those words to how they serve their users and how they run the business. In the justice part of the organizational assessment, we will elaborate this topic from three aspects, corporate social responsibility, equity and justice, and the criticism of Google. Corporate social responsibility is the corporate initiative to assess and take responsibility for the company's effects towards the community and
network and watching television programmes and films. The developing technology of mobile phone allows people to do almost everything they can do with the computer. Nowaday, people are living in a world ‘saturated by media sounds and images.’ (McQuail, 2008, p.456) In this essay, a general introduction of social change and media influence will be discussed in the first section. The second section will introduce Golding’s four concepts of news media and their effects. The media effect in political area
to Xu and Kirby (2008), the Olympic Games has a considerable impact on the expression of national identity. For example, London applied this approach to promote its national identity. This can be discovered from the BBC video called James Bond escorts The Queen to the opening ceremony in 2012 (2012): an amiable identity is perceived by the audience through presenting corgi at Buckingham Palace. Moreover, China is no exception. There is an image about the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, it shows
train station Paris in 1875. The technology of the generators, the manufacturing of steam turbines and the power transmissions has been improved step... ... middle of paper ... ...hquake Revised to 8.0." Magnitude of SW China Earthquake Revised to 8.0. Xinhua, 18 May 2008. Web. Mussatti, Daniel. Fabric Filter: Reverse-air Cleaned Type, Reverse-air Cleaned Type with Sonic Horn Enhancement, Reverse-jet Cleaned Type (also Referred to as Baghouses). S.l.: S.n., 2003. Print. "The Economics of Nuclear