China Writing Prompt

Dexter Verrill
Adv. World Studies
Mr. Rowley
2nd December, 2011

China Writing Prompt

“U.S. relation with China is a necessary evil.”

    China has changed drastically in the 20th century, from one type of government to the next. Many protests had taken place during the late 1900s against communism, fighting for democracy. The protests were lead by students from different collages, fighting for the benefit of the country of China. Communism has spread all across China creating it difficult for many of the people to live because they were against it. The U.S. is a democratic country, which is exactly what the students of China were fighting for. With the U.S. having relations with China has been a necessary evil because of the risk of communism spreading.
    The United States relies heavily on exports from China. In order to keep this trade to continue the U.S. and China need to have some kind of relation between each other. In 2010, America’s import rates from China reached $364.9 billion. America receives mostly imports of entertainment from China, such as video games board games, and other family fun. America would be a much different culture if it didn’t have the many things that came from China. In order to maintain the imports from China, the U.S. must have relations with China.
    China is a communist country and the United States are a democratic country. It is very possible that if the U.S. was enemies with China that communism could forcefully spread to the U.S. Because of this big risk the relation between China and the U.S. is a choice in order to protect those within the U.S. The students that protested against communism, fought for democracy for the benefit of the country. They began a hunger strike to show that the were serious about the fight for democracy. But about a week after the hunger strike began, Deng Ziaoping, the leader of china, commanded open fire on the protesters. They started from all directions, making their way to Tiananmen Square, the location of the students protesting. They were ordered to take out any sing of protesting. When they reached Tiananmen Square, the student leaders met the Kernel of the troops. They asked that if they left in a certain amount of hours their lives would be spared. They Kernel agreed and the students left. Deng Ziaoping had won against the protesters. Because of the relations with China the U.S. has not been massacred for being for democracy. The relations with China are a necessary evil because of this very reason.
    Relation between China and America are a necessary evil. If America did not have the relations they have now, their culture would be very different, because most of the imports are from China. Relations may also be stopping a possible attack against America, since they are democratic. China has moved a lot during the past century, but the relations between America have not changed. America and China would be very different countries today without the relations between each other.


Wibe Sites used:  http://departments.kings.edu/history/20c/china.html   https://www.uschina.org/statistics/tradetable.html

The India Classes of Society

Discuss the Caste System in terms of it's justification by the Brhmins, and the impact on the Batis.

The Caste System is a system that divides society into different part. Some are the lower classes and some are the mid-classes, and some are the lower classes. This basically seperates the rich from the poor. The Brahmins, the highest class, consider themselves very fortunate to have this kind of seperation. They say it helps to maintain and keep society under control, because everyone has their job that they have to do. They believe that this is the right thing to do based on their religion, Hinduism. On the other side, Dalits, the lowest class, consider the very unfair. When people are born as a Dalit, they are a Dalit. They cannot move up in class. They are stick doing all the work and the really dirty jobs, and they can't do anything about. They must obey everything that is asked of them  with no debate.

Sources of Tension: Part II

What sources of tension, new or old, Int eh Middle East are revealed by the film?

    People have been trying to escape Bahrain’s dictator and the laws rules. They have The Arabs spring started protesting for equality and were shot at by the security. Many people were killed in the act. If the US likes the dictator then the US doesn’t want to get involved. But if they don’t like the dictator then they want to help out and spread democracy. This is creating anger in the Middle East which is a big source of tension.
    People in the protest were treated very poorly after taking place in the protest. The US is trying to announce and make clear of their policies. Bahrain is a very important country because of oil. The land has a lot of ships from Saudi Arabia and Qatar go to the ports carrying a lot of oil. This is also another source of tension.
    Saudi Arabian troops helped get rid of the protesting. Sunni are against the shiite in this situation. Destruction took place and there was clear evidence of this destruction this was destruction Shiite Mosques. The government had carried out this plan possibly causing a civil war. The US are protecting Bahrain and people are still disappearing. And relatives of the people missing can’t say anything about it or they are to gone as well. Also a source of tension.
    Saudi Arabia started protesting and the US will not do anything about it because they are allies with Saudi Arabia.

Sources of Tension

What sources of tension, new and old, in the Middle East are revealed by the film?

    A source of tension in the Middle East is the Israel-Palestine conflict. There is also tension about oil and water. Another thing that brings tension is wars in the Middle East and a war against us. Religion is another source of tension between the US and the Middle East and also within the Middle East itself. There was a massacre about to happen in Libya that was going on in the Middle East and the US stepped in to help fight against the massacres. Rebels that were unknown planned to massacre the city of Libya. Bengazi prepares to fight against Quadafi and his people. This creates tension in Libya. The rebels have taken over the oil production HQ and are secretly producing oil.

Jewish-Arab Conflict

This conflict is between Israel and Palestine. Israel wanted land and gained it in 1967. Palestine tried to take it back in 1973 and failed. Then Palestine resisted Israel by terrorist attacks, plane high jacking and a slaughter of the Olympic athletes of 1972. Then young Palestinians took terrorism in their own hand against Israel by disobeying the laws of Israel for young teenagers. Some people in Israel wanted to give Palestine the land they gained back for peace between them. Peace efforts started to take place with the peace treaty of 1979. But this had little effect. In 1993 Israel and the PLO made an agreement that Palestine was to own Gaza and the West Bank city of Jericho. Israel was unhappy with this because is was not independence but a separation of land. Israel started to grow again and this made Palestinians angry with them. This caused more attacks on Israel. Because of this Israel doubted the peace treaty and distrusted Arafat who was killed by a Jewish law student. A new prime minister was elected and peace took a slower process.

Global Connections; The Middle East

Egypt

1. Egypt's terrain is basically a desert with greens near the delta of the Nile river and on the banks.

2. Egypt is typically a hot place with a temperature as high as 30˚ C in the summer from May to October. In the winter temperatures can drop to 14˚ C from November to April. With only two seasons, Egypt is either hot or warm.

3. Egypt does have a fresh water supply, the Nile River. A delta is in the upper part of Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea. Egypt is below the Mediterranean Sea and on the let is the Red Sea.

4. Egypt major industries are textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food processing, petroleum, construction, metals, cement, and light consumer good.

5. Egypt is facing terrorism from Palestine because of what's happening between Isreal and Palestine.

6. Egypt has a population of 82.999 million people. A women's average life span is 73.5 years. A man's average life span is about 68.9 years.

7. Egypt's GDP is at $82.999 billion , per capita is is $2,270.

8. Egypt posses about 3.7 million barrels of oil, and 77 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

9. 3.01% of Egypt is arable land. 13.68% of the GDP is agriculture. They grow, rice, cotton, corn, wheat, fava beans, sorghum, sugarcane, sugar beets, potatoes, onions, and tomatoes.

10. Egypt imports $43.98 billion and exports over $29 billion. Their major import/exports are oil and natural gas.

http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Egypt-INDUSTRY.html
http://www.egyptembassy.net/basicinformation.cfm
http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=sp_pop_totl&idim=country:EGY&dl=en&hl=en&q=population+of+egypt#ctype=l&strail=false&nselm=h&met_y=sp_pop_totl&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=country&idim=country:EGY&ifdim=country&hl=en&dl=en
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/idf-issues-urgent-terror-warning-along-israel-egypt-border-1.386430
http://www.mapsofworld.com/egypt/natural-resources/
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5309.htm#econ
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_of_lan_are-agriculture-arable-land-of-area
http://www.mapsofworld.com/egypt/economy/agriculture.html
http://www.economywatch.com/world_economy/egypt/export-import.html

Why do they hate us? Part III

1. Do they hate our freedom or our polotics? You would have to ask Osama's opinion.

2. The policy that they hate the most is that they are for Isreal and against the Paletine's right.

3. What might be seen as politcally incorrect and blaming the victim might be, denying the U.S. and the allied policies.

4. President Obama didn't talk about the two-state solution dealing with Isreal and Palestine.

5. Gaza is suffering with economic crises because of the war against Isreal.

Why do they hate us? Part II

1.  Why does Osama bin Laden believe in Allah? Why does he think that killing people is right?

2. President Bush says that terrorist hate how we are free. I agree with this because in an interview with Osama bin Laden fights for his religion and wants everyone to follow Allah.
3. Bin Laden states that we have been terrorising people in his country. He also says this in an interview. He claims that if Americans can terrorize Obama's country why can why can't they attack America?

4. The reason that led young men of Arabia to find the Martyrdom attractive is because of radicalism, unemployment and being seperated from women.

5. Al Qeada is very popular because Bin Laden's his actions of violents have taken Muslim lives.

Why do they hate us?

1. Why didn't Brennan answer the question to why the terrorists attack? Did he not know the answer? Or was it really a long topic to discuss?

The way to answer these questions are the ask John Brennan himself.

2. President Obama says that Muslims around the world need to know that al Qaeda is a person of misery and death. John Brennan says he takes an organization of religion and turns it into a violent aggression against innocent people.

3. Thomas was dissatisfied with Brennan's answer because she wanted to know why al Qaeda takes a religion and turns it into a violent act. No she wouldn't be satisfied because Obama's answer didn't answer her question either.

4. Glen Greenwald thinks it is important to answer the question "Why?" about these terrorist attacks because she states "To agknowledge motive is not remotely to imply lagitimacy or justification." I agree with her because if we know why terrorists attack then we can prevent the type of activity.

5. If I was to answer Thomas's question "Why?" I would tell her, "They believe in a God named Allah. They follow what the Muslim bible says and believe that this is right. It is their religion that they follow, and they are commites servents of Allah.

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