Since the reform and opening policies were first instituted, China's tourism industry has developed more rapidly than the overall national economy. From 1978 to 1996, foreign exchange earnings derived from tourism rose from US $ 260 million to US $ 10 . 2 billion, an average annual growth of 22% .
International tourism has leapt [...]
With its outstanding achievements in halting the population explosion, China won high praise from United Nations experts. "China has had the most successful family planning policy in the history of mankind in terms of quantity, and with that China has done mankind a favor," United Nations Population Fund representative Burmester said.
On October 12, our planet [...]
Buddhism claims the most followers of any religion in China, and over time there came to be four mountains worshipped by the faithful: Wutai in Shanxi, Emei in Sichuan, Jiuhua in Anhui, and Putuo in Zhejiang.
Wutai has four peaks thoughtfully laid out by Mother Nature according to the natural points of the compass, with a [...]
At the time, there was a widespread belief that when no longer fuelled by military assistance provided by rival major Powers, the many regional conflicts flaring in different parts of the world could be quickly extinguished. The global economy was expected to derive significant benefit from a huge "peace dividend" accruing as a result of [...]
The river which forms the eastern boundary of our farm has always played an important part in our lives. Without it we could not make a living. There is only enough spring water to supply the needs of the house, so we have to pump from the river for farm use. We tell the river [...]
On a summer's day, two poets, having shut up shop, went out into the country to collect copy, for their stock of this commodity was exhausted.
And they were careful to dress themselves carelessly: one put on a black collar and black-and-white checked trousers, and the other a cravat of raging scarlet, "for" they thought (though [...]
No new international effort has been made to overcome the worst of poverty and underdevelopment. Economic marginalization has been allowed to continue and the inequalities of the 20th century have deepened. Continued malnutrition and poor health care have left child death rates at relatively high levels for large numbers of people. Little has been done [...]
As the discipline that has come to be known as logistics develops and matures it seems that hardly a day can go by without some new acronym or theory appearing. Very often these apparently "new" ideas are simply refinements of existing concepts. Home delivery, for example, has been in existence for many years. However, what [...]
Inventory costs are one of the major logistics costs for a large number of manufacturing and retail companies and they can represent a significant element of the total cost of logistics. As has been discussed in several previous chapters, there are many major cost trade - offs that can be made with all the other [...]
These developments in manufacturing planning and control systems have had a significant impact in the management of traditional distribution activities. In the case of flexible fulfillment, where final modifications to products are taking place in distribution centers, this has caused traditional distribution managers and companies to redefine their role and approach. Distribution companies have had [...]