Although it is perceived by many people that Olympics should only include sports but nothing else, the Olympics held each every four years have always been utilized to serve different needs of people. Especially this year, when Beijing had successfully bid the right to hold the 2008 Olympics, people from different social status have […]
Rising Demand For Rice Reminds Countries to Think About Direction of Development
Presumably, not many people would have expected the buoyant economy to culminate into such a food shortages crisis? The phenomenon can be attributed to rising demand of crops for biofuel, which ultimately alleviates the need for fossil fuel, and thus improves our air quality. In addition, rice export countries such as Thailand, is trying to […]
Workers Fight for Rights in China
Working in southern China, where the Disney toys are manufactured, is never a languid and comfortable job—unless you are an official. Every waking moment of the workers has to be devoted to creating and designing new toys for children around the globe. Although the workers once used to be proud of their jobs—by bringing joy […]
Shortage of Food Needed to be Dealt With
Shortage of food has cast great concerns over the world, and some fear that it may deter the political stability. Food is the basis of everything, and the dwindling food supply can be partly attributed to, if not totally, climate change. Rising temperature has culminated in decreased agricultural output in tropical and subtropical areas, which […]
Excessive Billboards Floodlights Harm Environment
For people living in a never-sleeping city like Hong Kong, light pollution might be a rather disconcerting problem to the citizens. Residents often find it hard to go asleep with the perpetual lighting from the advertisement billboards opposite their rooms glaring into the heavy-curtained windows. However, in Hong Kong, the restriction of outdoor lighting was […]
Torch Relay Shouldn’t Be Disrupted
The international torch relay has always been a tradition of the Olympic Games and has always been endowed with peace, harmony and friendship. Recent remonstrations in several destinations for the relay have, however, disrupted the Games, and more importantly, dampened the enthusiastic spirits of the Chinese to have a successful Olympic Games. Nevertheless, the […]
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