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Asian Immigration
Getting Rich
Food is Heaven
City of Dreams, Party Games
China's Lost Girls
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From which country did the most immigrants come from?
China had the biggest immigration with about 1,600,000 people.
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What is one of the biggest downsides on this fast growing economy in China?
Probably the biggest issue is the pollution.
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Why is Chinese produce not edible by American standards?
Because they water their crops with water that contains heavy metals and other poisonous compounds.
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Why is working in factories so dangerous for the Chinese?
Because often people loose limbs while working because of bad machine operating conditions and then the company will not compensate them for their loss.
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Why are girls less valuable than boys?
Boys carry on the family name, send money back to the family and live with the family when they grow old while girls get married away to another man and do not help the family in any ways.
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During what time period was the biggest immigration from Asia to the US?
The immigration mainly occurud from 1970 to 1990.
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Why do you have to be extremely careful in China when you go buy pharmaceutical and hygiene products?
Because in China people do anything to earn money, sometimes even create fake product which sometimes can lead to death.
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In what cardinal region is there very little food?
There is very little food in the west.
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What is also a very dangerous job in Chinese society?
To work as a lawyer supporting clients in cases against the government is very dangerous because the lawyers will often be arrested and have all of their possessions confiscated.
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What families often do to if they find out they are having a girl?
They will hide, abandon or sometimes even kill their daughter.
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What are some of the main reasons that Asian immigrants came to the US?
They immigrated because the US had a much better economy, there was many more job opportunities, the US was much friendlier toward immigrants after 1965 and the US did not have a oppresive communist government.
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What fraction of the companies in China are owned by the government?
Right around 1/3 of the companies are owned by the state.
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What is the fish the Chinese consider "beautiful"?
The is called a carp.
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Why is the gap between the rich and the poor groing so big?
The fast growing economy is causing the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer while the middle class stays stagnant.
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Why aren't doctors allowed to tell the family of the gender of their unborn child?
If they do then the family will most likely have an abortion.
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What effects did the Vietnam War have on immigration to the US?
Many refugees entered the US for safety and Vietnamese immigration increased greatly after the war.
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How much do factory workers earn each hour on average?
They earn about 60ct an hour.
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What are the two metals the leather factory dumped into the river?
The two heavy metals that were dumped into the river are chrome and cadmium.
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How many people live unemployed in China today?
About 24,000,000 people live unemployed in China today.
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How many more boys than girls live in China right now?
There are right around 13,000,000 more boy than girls.
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What year was the Chinese Exclusion act passed and what was it's cause?
It was passed in 1882 and it severly limited Chinese immigration to the US after a decrease in jobs for Americans and an outcry from American labor.
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What is the name of the man who tries to destroy the counter fitting business?
His co-workers call him the smiling wolf.
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In Anhui what percentage of the lakes and rivers are polluted?
About 60% of the lakes and rivers are polluted.
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What percentage of the entrepreneurs in China are women?
About 20% of the entrepreneurs are women.
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About how many girls are abandoned each year?
About 100,000 suffer each year from abandonment.