Singapore

The local Singapore business paper had an article breaking down performance of local equities in various sectors. There is triple-digit performance in the construction sector, 40 to 50 percent performance in the finance sector and healthy rises across the board.
Swanky new nightspots are mushrooming and expensive cars are seen in greater numbers. Property sells for record prices with each new development. Recently there was a story of professional speculators who purchased condos to get on their boards in order to urge residents to agree to flip the entire building to a developer, essentially merger arbitrage in real estate.

China city

Photo Title : CHINA OLD AND NEWLocation : Xi'an, ChinaAlumni Name : Joseph GravesAlumni Class : 1970Program : China, Oct/Nov 2005Description : This night scene from the central square in the city of Xiían shows the contrast between the huge historic Bell Tower and the vibrant modern shopping mall behind and the modern subway entrance in front. The Bell Tower, with its triple tiered roof, was built in 1384 and restored in 1739. It is located at the convergence of the cityís four main streets that spread out at right angles to lead to the four gates in the city wall on the North, South, East and West sides of the city. This juxtaposition of chinaís old architecture and eastern heritage with the shinny, neon glitz of modern and western appearance of much of Chinaís commerce is on display in many of Chinaís largest cities. The image is punctuated with the familiar golden arches of McDonaldís at the right of the picture.

picture Great wall of china

The Earliest Wall, Around 700 B.C.
The first wall was arguably built around seven centuries B.C. by the Chu State, powerful prince enfeoffed by the Zhou Kingdom and flourish during the Spring and Autumn Period (B.C. 770 ~ 476). Most scholars also believe that the Qi State, prince like the Chu State, also built its wall about the same time of the wall of the Chu State. Nevertheless, not until hundreds of years later did many other princes, known as warring states, involved in wars for subjugating each other, begin to build their own walls. This time was known as the Warring States Period (B.C. 475 ~ 221).
Warring States Period was a turbulent period, with alliance and breakaway, and restless battles between states arising from princes that annexed smaller ones and consolidated their rules for domination when the ruling power of the Zhou Kingdom (till 221 B.C.) was declining. In this background, the defense of one state against attack from others became significant. Because walls proved the best screen to chariots, main arms of that time, relatively powerful states, i.e. the Qin, Wei, Zhao, Han, Qi, Chu and Yan States, also known as "the Seven Powers", began to build walls along their borders. These walls are called pre-Qin Walls by historians today. And they are predecessor of the Great Wall.
The First Great Wall, Around 200 B.C., Length, 10,000 Li, i.e. 5,000 Kilometers
After the Qin Dynasty had established and unified the whole China in 221 B.C., the Emperor, i.e. the First Emperor, ordered to combine the walls constructed by the Zhao, Yan and Ex-Qin States, mainly to fend off the intrusion of the flying cavalry that made the Xiongnu in the north, and thus formed the first wall that exceeded 10,000 li or 5,000 kilometers. The Great Wall, short for the Great Wall of 10,000 li, thus had its name.
Three Great Walls
Many people know about the Great Wall. But maybe fewer know that there are actually three such Great Walls, the longest built during the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. ~ A.D. 220), following the Qin Dynasty, exceeding even 20,000 li. The Great Walls of the Han and Qin Dynasties still have remains, but most of them no longer exist. The Wall we see today was largely built during the Ming Dynasty (1368 ~ 1644). It stretches over 12,000 li from Jiumenkou near the Yalujiang River in the east, to Jiayuguan Pass in the west. By the Great Wall, people now usually mean the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. But in a broad sense, the term indicates one of the three Walls above.
In Chinese history, more than twenty states and dynasties built their own walls. Counted together, they come to a formidable length of 100,000 li.

malasia tower

Passada a crise de 1997 que, uma a uma, foi derrubando as moedas e as economias dos chamados Tigres Asiáticos, a Malásia está novamente de pé e seu crescimento deve chegar a mais de 5% este ano (como no ano passado), embalado pelos altos preços do petróleo, um de seus principais produtos de exportação. Nada simboliza mais o ar de propseridade de Kuala Lumpur, a capital da Malásia, que as torres gêmeas Petronas (que já foram as mais altas do mundo, mas perderam o posto para o Taipei 101, de Taiwan) com seus 451,9 metros de altura.Mas o lugar é impressionante. As torres, lindas, embelezam e dão certa majestade a uma cidade que, como Pequim, também tem obras para tudo quanto é lado. O país - com um PIB de US$ 130 bilhões, uma população de 26 milhões de pessoas, inflação de 3% (em 2005) e desemprego de 3,6% - é simpático e incrivelmente pacífico para um caldeirão que mistura chineses, malaios, indianos e crenças budistas, islâmicas, pagãs e hindus. Mas esta calmaria pode estar apenas na superfície. Durante o encontro anual do FMI e do banco Mundial em Cingapura, o ministro-líder-histórico do gabinete, Lee Kuan Yew, disse que, na Indonésia e na Malásia, os chineses eram um povo trabalhador, mas extremamente discriminado. Foi um auê. O governo da Indonésia chamou o embaixador cingapuraiano para se explicar. Na Malásia, o Ministro das Relações Exteriores mandou uma carta para o governo de Cingapura exigindo desculpas.

river in canada

In the universe of O.A.R.S. outposts, this northern-most constellation is peerless. The Canadian National anthem boasts "true north strong and free." So too are their waterways and the epic escapes that define O.A.R.S. Canada Adventures.The rivers of British Columbia, Alberta and the Yukon, and the landscapes that envelop them, literally dwarf famous waters elsewhere in North America. They offer ultra-diverse beauty in breadths seen in few other parts of the world. From headwaters that often flow with ice-pack, some of these rivers pass beneath giant glass-blue glaciers, along horizons of endless temperate rainforest and storied high country desert, while others tumble into bays looming with icebergs.The experiences that rivers like the Klinaklini, Firth, Ram, and the Chilko provide are awesome. Impassable zones are skirted with airborne horsepower; heli-portages are vital parts of some itineraries. Glacial hikes are common for others. Northern lights crackle across evening skies, high over camps perched on ferocious falls. Up here, amenities are of the highest O.A.R.S. standards, in wilderness of the grandest scale.

map china

Location: China is the largest country entirely in Asia. China is bordered by Russia, India, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Vietnam.

Location in japan

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