Essays Tagged: "South China Sea"

Vietnam

ts of the former Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). The division of the country resulted from the defeat of the French by Communist-insp ... al SettingVietnam has an area of 127,207 square miles (329,465 square kilometers) and is located in Southeast Asia. The country has a coastline of nearly 1,440 miles (2,317 kilometers), much of which ...

(15 pages) 265 1 3.2 Mar/1995

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Australia vs. Taiwan.

Australia is an island continent located in the southern hemisphere. It consists of two major islands with a surface area of 7, 713 thousand square ... s currently governed by Prime Minister is John Howard.Taiwan is an island that is located above the South China Sea and just off main land China. It has an area of 26 thousand square kilometers with T ...

(15 pages) 244 6 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

IB Theory of Knowledge Essay: 7. "In order to find out how things really are, one must understand the filters through which one perceives the world." Discuss and evaluate this claim.

April 1, 2001, an American E-P3 surveillance plane and a Chinese F-8 jet fighter collided over the South China Seas (Gries 173). The American plane landed safely at a nearby island, but the Chinese p ...

(6 pages) 116 1 3.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Environmental economics - The Bakun Dam Project in Sarawak

of the Bakun Dam in the East Malaysian state of Sarawak. If built, the dam would be the largest in South-East Asia. The Bakun Dam: A Case Study indicates that generating 2400 megawatts of power, it w ... y for all of Sarawak, and for industries and cities in mainland Malaysia, through a cable under the South China Sea. At 650 kilometres, this would be by far the longest cable in the world.The Bakun Da ...

(10 pages) 82 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Economy of China

,550 sq km. It is located in Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam. (Refer to Appendix 1 for a more detailed outlook o ... men and 13 million were women. The unemployment rate was highest in the northeast and lowest in the south. The unemployment rates were higher than those of East Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific isl ...

(23 pages) 455 0 3.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

China UN Paper

China is located in Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and the South China Sea. It is between North Korea and Vietnam. The absolute location is 35 degrees N and 10 ...

(2 pages) 26 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

A concise essay on territorial disputes from the context of Chinese territorial demands.

ental shelf, would adjust the size of any adverse territorial claims. Fascist China's claims in the South China Sea are based on its continental shelf. However, this creates problems because its terri ... lands are 1000 miles away from China's coast, and often visually within the distance of many of the Southeast Asian countries), actual use and control. The continental shelves of many of the states in ...

(4 pages) 30 1 3.5 Sep/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Term Paper on China

GeographyChina is located in Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam. Its natural resources are coal, iron ore, petroleu ... s, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east. The climate is extremely diverse tropical in south to subarctic in north.SocialChina's population is at an outstanding amount of 1,306,313,812 ma ...

(4 pages) 144 1 4.6 Apr/2006

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Husky Energy Stock Analysis

d East Asia, new projects in White Rose and Terra Nova, and future projects in Tucker, Sunrise, and South China Sea, the potential growth of HE can be foresee. Thus, investors should take the opportun ...

(2 pages) 36 0 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Srivijaya- The Kingdom of Trade

t economies in the world at the time, due to its control and immense power in the trading routes of South East Asia. Although it did not extend these trading routes across the world, Srivijaya still m ... ingdom. The first of these attacks came in the year 1025 when Rajendra Chola, king of Coromandel in South India, conquered Kedah, a state located south west of Thailand. The raids of Chola on mainland ...

(4 pages) 12 0 3.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Vietnam

Vietnam Located in Southeastern Asia, east of Laos and Cambodia and bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and ... rea of 329,560 sq. km, which is slightly larger than New Mexico. It bears a tropical climate in the south and is frequently hit with monsoons in the north. Vietnam is generally low and flat in the nor ... the area. Mountains can be found in the far north and northwest. The lowest point in Vietnam is the South China Sea and the highest point in Ngoc Linh at 3,143 meters above sea level. The natural reso ...

(3 pages) 36 0 3.7 Aug/2001

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

My Lai Massacre

soldiers whose original orders were to locate and destroy Vietcong combat units in the area of the South China Sea. Soldier, Hugh Thompson remembers that fatal day: "We were flying back and forth for ...

(3 pages) 7 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Things They Carried Literary Analysis

to up-hold it. So when the platoon was stationed at an area of operations (AO) that over looked the South China Sea and did not have anything to do, the ?higher ups? called in a military dentist to do ...

(4 pages) 63 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

CHINESE MIGRATION

s due to natural disasters and clan wars Taishan lies along the Guangdong Province coastline on the southwest corner of the Pearl River Delta area bordering the South China Sea. (See map) It is one of ... ~dee/CHING/OPIUM.HTM, 1996 4. Ip, David Fu-keung. The Design of Rural Development: Experiences from South China, 1949-1976. British Columbia: University of British Columbia Press, 1979 5. Lai, ...

(7 pages) 31 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Voyeurism On TV: Harful Or Helpful?

16 characters on the show aren't actors; they're real people actually marooned on an island in the South China Sea for 39 days. The stakes are a little different too: Instead of searching for a way h ...

(6 pages) 20 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Comparing & Contrasting: Cambodians & Filipinos

efs, religions and much more. For example, the Cambodians and the Filipinos. Cambodia is located in southeastern Asia, bordering the gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. The Philippi ... bordering the gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. The Philippines is located in Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam. ...

(2 pages) 17 0 3.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays

Vietnamese Fishermen of Monterey Bay

ral subjects of immigration or refugees.)Vietnam is a long, narrow coastal country bordering on the South China Sea. Fishing and other maritime industries have historically been very important to the ... e state. This was an ecologically sound procedure in the very fecund, near-shore environment of the South China Sea. And, as one fisherman said, "I am thirty years old, and I have never shopped in a s ...

(3 pages) 14 1 3.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Comprehensive Analysis Outline

lowing countries: the United States of America (US), Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, China, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Malaysia, and Thailand (CIA, 2009). In addition, the Philippines in 2007 exported to th ... hat have 17 regions. The three main Philippine islands, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao are located in Southeastern Asia between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea (CIA, 2009). The Philippine reg ...

(6 pages) 215 0 3.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA IN THE LENS OF REALISM

f islands and reefs located between the Macclesfield Bank and the Philippine island of Luzon in the South China Sea.Our maritime jurisdiction is clearly stated in the following executive discretions: ... pine Census, which was published in Manila a year later and predates the controversial 1947 Chinese South China Sea Claim Map that shows no Chinese name on it. Another topographic map drawn in 1820 sh ...

(13 pages) 1 0 0.0 Aug/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues