Researchers found that approximately 1.7 million children suffer from diabetes and 12 percent of Chinese children are overweight. (China today, n.d.) It used to be a rarity to see an overweight person in streets of China, now it is commonplace. Western fast food is high in salt and calories and having a negative impact on the lives of Chinese people. The overall economic growth of China has led to bicycles being replaced with automobiles. McDonald’s has over 26 drive-thrus in China.
Issue: The core issue Unifine Richardson (UR) faces is their sole honey supplier, Harrington Honey (HH), will run out of Chinese honey in a little over a month because the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) recently found traces of chloramphenicol (a banned antibiotic associated with causing a sometimes-fatal blood disorder) and rejected the contaminated honey. Until China finds a way to detect contaminated honey, Unifine Richardson cannot sell any of its current Chinese-Canadian blend. Because of the CFIA’s findings, the global supply of honey will decrease by 20%, thus causing an increase in price. Harrington Honey will not be able to maintain the honey stream. The price of honey, globally, has already been on a steady incline (Exhibit 2) and the shortage will further intensify this trend.
Illegal Aliens are harming our economy and are taking American jobs contrary to what you are led to believe. "Over the past 10 years, more than 2 million low-skilled American workers have been displaced from their jobs and each 10 percent increase in the immigrant workforce decreases U.S. wages by 3.5 percent" writes CNN financial analyst Lou Dobbs (Grigg 1). Current president George W. Bush and his political allies assure the public that illegal immigrants are doing jobs that nobody else wants. However, Steve Camarota of the Center for Immigration Studies, points out "what they really mean is that they are doing the jobs that they as middle- and upper-class people don't want" (Grigg 1). Agriculture has many other instances of employers switching to immigrant workers whether they are legal or not to increase their profits.
Delayed marriage, delayed childbearing age, and the spacing of births, which in exceptional cases, are forms of restrictions imposed for the planning of family size. The population target set by the Government of China was 1.2 billion by the year 2000, but instead it was 1.27 billion in 2000, which was near to the government target. The Chinese government claims that this policy prevented the growth of population by nearly three hundred million people. The rate of reproduction for the Chinese family was 2.9 in 1979 and dropped down to 1.7 in 2004. For example, in Beijing, which is the largest city in China, more than half of the families have only one child ( Hesketh and Wei Xing, par 1-7).
“More than 1,700 college students in the U.S. are killed each year—about 4.65 a day—as a result of alcohol-related injuries” (The Marin Institute). With a number as high as this, lowering the drinking age would only increase this ongoing problem of underage drinking. It has even been proven by the Marin Institute to be the leading cause of death among teenagers. Many adults feel as if the 18 to 21 age groups cannot handle drinking responsibly, then they should not be permitted to use it. Alcohol is a very serious depressant and one of the leading problems for death (Hanson, 2007).
NISSAN’S FALL AND RISE INTRODUCTION Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. was created in 1933 as the result of a merger between two Yokahama manufacturers. The first vehicles were small trucks and cars to support the growing Japanese automotive market. Today it is one of the world’s largest corporations, manufacturing 3.5 million vehicles, generating sales of 9.4 trillion yen and employing over 182,000 people. Decline of Nissan Nissan started showing signs of decline from the early 1990s. Its market share in the US automobile market declined to 4.7% in 1991 from 5.5% in 1980, while during the same period other Japanese automakers increased their share in the US market from 17.7% to 28.5%.
The Chinese Tainted Milk Crisis Earlier this year, China dealt with a crisis that not only affected their country, but other countries importing Chinese products around the globe. These products contained a high level of melamine, which is used in items such as eating utensils, whiteboards, and flooring, and when ingested, it can cause the formation of kidney stones leading to kidney and organ failure. The Chinese use melamine to make baby formula and milk appear to have more protein because of its nitrogen base. The high level of melamine in Chinese baby formulas and milk have caused over 54,000 children to become sick, and has caused four deaths (Swaminathan, 2008). Baby formula is not the only product said to be contaminated; ice cream, milk, and yogurt have all proved to be at risk (Callick, 2008).
Approximately 1.4 million accidents occur during phone conversations and two hundred thousand from texting.3 Texting drivers may be as impaired as a driver who is legally drunk. Laws should be changed or enacted to prevent senseless accidents, and unnecessary deaths. About five thousand people die annually texting while driving.3 Three-hundred thousand people are hospitalized for injuries obtained from accidents cause by phone use in the vehicle.4 Again no state in the U.S. completely bans all cellular phone use in the vehicle for all age groups.1 Without firm, enforced laws or probations regarding phone use in vehicles this issue will continue to grow worse. 1. 2012, Texting And Distracted Driving Infograaphic, retrieved on 2014, January 27, from:
Pollution in China In China, Pollution is one aspect of the broader topic of environmental issues. China has increase in many forms of pollution, which has caused widespread health and environmental problems. In this report I will try to figure out some kinds of pollution in china then ill mention the main problems and how does it affect the country. Then am going to talk about a very important ignored source of pollution below, and conclude with some pollution facts in china, and by this almost you will end with fear information about pollution in china. Types of pollution Waste From June 1, 2008, in Beginning all department stores, supermarkets and shops throughout the entire country of China are prohibited from giving out free plastic bags.
When Mattel, in July 2007, learned of the problems of lead paint in their product and magnets that could be swallowed by children causing serious health issues, they acted quickly by issuing voluntary recalls one after another starting on August 1, 2007. Over a year after the recalls it was reported that Mattel had recalled a total of 21 million toys from China as a result of the lead paint and magnets. In December 2008, Mattel reached a settlement with 39 states to pay $12 million dollars. The interesting part is that the money is to be used to educate the public about the dangers of lead paint and lead poisoning. In more recent years Mattel is still