The Cold War may be over in Europe, but it is very much still with us in Asia. The North- South division on the Korean Peninsula is still possibly the world’s most dangerous political standoff. Not far behind is the tension between China and Taiwan. A civil war between the two was frozen just short of completion more than a half century ago because of U. S. political interests and military might.
Taiwan’s authoritarian and repressive regime was for decades a mirror image of that of the main- land, but over the last 20 years both have taken enormous steps, with Taiwan leading the charge, to- ward opening up their markets, economies and the societies. Taiwan is a highly successful tiger economy, accounting for more than 10 percent of the world’s production of information-technology components.
With both China and Taiwan members of the World Trade Organization, the European Commission rightly opened a European Trade and Economic office almost 12 mon
A. come to an union after bitter wars.
B. a kind of union betraying the willing of both countries.
C. a kind of union forced by others.
D. a kind of union forced by one of the two countries.
The Cold War may be over in Europe, but it is very much still with us in Asia. The North- South division on the Korean Peninsula is still possibly the world’s most dangerous political standoff. Not far behind is the tension between China and Taiwan. A civil war between the two was frozen just short of completion more than a half century ago because of U. S. political interests and military might.
Taiwan’s authoritarian and repressive regime was for decades a mirror image of that of the main- land, but over the last 20 years both have taken enormous steps, with Taiwan leading the charge, to- ward opening up their markets, economies and the societies. Taiwan is a highly successful tiger economy, accounting for more than 10 percent of the world’s production of information-technology components.
With both China and Taiwan members of the World Trade Organization, the European Commission rightly opened a European Trade and Economic office almost 12 mon
A. develop a good relationship with China.
B. take advantage of America and EU to threat China.
C. keep the stability of the situation.
D. remain silent whatever happened.
War may be a natural expression of biological instincts and drives toward aggression in the human species. Natural impulses of anger, hostility, and territoriality (守卫地盘的天性) are expressed through acts of violence. These are all qualities that humans share with animals. Aggression is a kind of innate (天生的) survival mechanism, an instinct for self-preservation, that allows animals to defend themselves from threats to their existence. But, on the other hand, human violence shows evidence of being a learned behavior. In the case of human aggression, violence cannot be simply reduced to an instinct. The many expressions of human violence are always conditioned by social conventions that give shape to aggressive behavior. In human societies violence has a social function: It is a strategy for creating or destroying forms of social order. Religious traditions have taken a leading role in directing the powers of violence. We will look at the ritual and ethical (道德上的) patterns within whic
A. it threatens the existing social systems
B. it is influenced by society
C. it has roots in religious conflicts
D. it is directed against institutions of law
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