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          Political Every Chinese must be registered in a household and the household account is closely related to social security and public service.; due to China’s new law on residency permits. People having household registration in different places enjoy varied social welfare policies.This is an opportunity for Shanghai Disneyland which is…[Read more]

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is pushing forward for doubling the nation’s 5 percent consumption tax. Noda said earlier he thinks a deal is possible with the opposition on raising the tax to shore up the social security system. “I believe we can come to an understanding,” he told journalists in Tokyo on March 3. [...]

Three-quarters of French voters have already made up their minds about Nicolas Sarkozy and will not be swayed by the election campaign, according to a poll released on Monday, suggesting the president may struggle to close a wide poll lag. The survey by pollster Viavoice for left-leaning daily Liberation said that 74 percent of those [...]

This is article is about Chinese Vice Minister of Public Security Huang Ming has  drafted a regulation on new residence permit at the parliamentary session. The ministry is soliciting public opinions on the draft rules and will submit a final version to the State Council for examination “as soon as possible,” Huang said. China is currently [...]

The second part of the article is about Hong Kong’s Tourist Board stating that with the completion of the cruise terminal at Kai Tak by mid 2013, they are planning ways to make Hong Kong into a cruise line destination to broaden the number of travelers visiting the city. This is a huge opportunity for [...]

Hong Kong Tourism Board will dedicate 30% of its $182 million marketing budget to lure more Mainland tourists. Despite seeing a 10% growth in 2011, registering over 42 million visitors with a total expenditure of more than HK$253 billion, HKTB has predicted modest growth rate of 5.5% in 2012. Anthony Lau, executive director at HKTB, [...]

Published on March 6th, 2012, this article talks about how Google’s Youtube has made a deal with Walt Disney; saying that 10 to 15 billion USD will be spent to create an original video series for Disney’s Youtube Channel. Furthermore, Disney’s Youtube Channel will also include full length episodes of Disney’s popular TV series such [...]

Published on February 4th, 2012, this article talks about the current blizzard that has killed more than 220 people in one weekend. Ukraine has the highest toll of 101 deaths since the blizzard began.In Italy, up to three inches of snow fell in some districts of the Italian capital, and the Colosseum was closed to [...]

I define the arts as…I believe the arts are the most effective way of expressing and communicating knowledge; even knowledge in other areas of knowledge. For example, even at school, teachers design their keynotes with venn diagrams and

I believe there is a distinction between skill and art. Skills is having the ability and technique to do something whereas art requires skills, the creator’s intention of expressing an idea.

Referring back to my definition of art which is a creation or expression that showcases an individual’s imagination, emotions and intuition; I believe an artist is not compelled to be responsible for any unethical actions in the society caused by their artwork. As an artist, their only obligation is to create pieces of artwork for [...]

In my opinion, art is a creation by humans that showcases their imagination, emotions and intuition. An art piece must also deliver or at least express a message that viewers can connect to.Therefore, base on my definition of art, paintings, sketches, music, literature, poetry,  journal articles and performing arts  would all fall into the category [...]

The article that I read in response to the question above was titled “Why teach History.” by historian and government advisor Simon Schama. In his article, Schama suggested that the purpose of studying history to have common ground to share within a generation of how each country has develop into the way. Schama also thinks [...]

This article was published on February 1st, 2012 as a summary or reflection of Hong Kong economy in 2011 from John Tsang, Finance Secretary of Hong Kong. In the final quarter of 2011, Hong Kong’s economy has weakened, following the global trend. Officials predict that in the year 2012, there is only going to be [...]

This article was published on the 4th of Feburary, 2012 and it is about the sudden drop in unemployment rate puts President Obama in a favorable position for the US elections in November this year. In the end of January, employers added 243,000 jobs and the unemployment rate decreased from 8,5 percent to 8.3 percent, [...]

This article was published on the 19th of January, 2012 and it is about the development of Apple’s education market. They are promoting their new iBook apps in order to shift the trend of using heavy and expensive textbooks for school. With this advancement into the textbook market, Apple directly competes with Amazon and they [...]

This article was published on 17th of January, 2012 and it discusses the safety of modern cruise ships, after the capsize of Costa Concordia in Italy. Passengers complained about the evacuation was very unorganized; the staff didn’t speak their language and on top of that not every staff member was taken through a drill. Efficiency [...]

This article was published on January 17th, 2012 and it summarizes the current situation of China’s economy right before Chinese New Year. China manages to avoid economic slowdown and still resilient 8.9 percent growth in the laster quarter of 2011. Ma Jiantang, the commissioner of the National Bureau of Statistics also said that the ideal [...]