Beijing in lockdown for China's World War II military extravaganza
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/01/asia/china-military-parade-preview/index.html
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Discussion Questions
1. The world's current political leaders largely declined invitatons to the porade, and only those few whose countries had close ties to China attened.
So, Here is a question. If you are President Barack Obama, what is the main reason you said no to the invitation?
2. A lot of restrictions to citizens during preparation, including no buses on the streets, the closed shops, no drama on TV excepting TV serious about the Second World War. If you are a citizen living in Beijing, would you feel proud of your country? or complaining?
3. President Park Geun-Hye attended to China for this Huge event.
It might not be easy decision for Korean government to attend because of the close relation with the U.S.
Which country do you think comes first, U.S or China? why?
4. With China's Massive Military parade, Japan's security bill passed last week,
and North Koreas's constant provocation, What do South Korea to do to protect out own country?
Class B
Please read the 'study article' clicking the rink the below.
http://www.theguardian.com/env...r-the-next-25-years-study-says
and add another link from TED
http://blog.ted.com/7-talks-on...-ideas-for-life-without-water/
and watch the TED Video I recommend!
another movie clip:
5 Discussion Questions
1. Do you think Korea has limited water supplies? why?
2. Which nations you know have the most serious water shortages?
3. Which one is the big deal related to the water scarcity issue, money, climate, war, developing or technology ?
4. How did Qatar solve the water problem (after watching the movie clip below)?
5. which one do you think is more serious problem, Draought and Water Shortages or floods?
Aftering reading the article, the fact that i'm living in the era when people purchase water, which has become very common these days, struck me a great deal. Yes, I would admit that I'm living in 'that unstable era'. The world has been suffering from the global warming and the climate crisis, which in parts brought about the water stress, and the international communites are cooperating closely to cope with the urgent water shortage issue. But, we all know that the endeavor cannot stop the global warming, it can just slow down its speed. That's why I'm so worried about the future of the next generations. Thanks to science and technology, we're managing to cope with the water problem in various ways. But, some day our next geneartion woud face the moment the scientific measure doesn't work any more. As we all know, without water, can no creature exist on earth. Purchasing water doesn't just mean we are losing the amount of available water, it does mean we're rendering no future to our next genenations, which is so worrisome.
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