Leon Zhou's Blog

United Nations is an organization that positively engages in easing international relation, solving area conflicts, and coordinating international economies in order to boost cooperation and communication in economies, sciences and cultures around the world. On the other hand, Arc is an organization, as it said, which all members are passionate about sharing knowledge and connecting to global communities; social enterprise is dedicated to bring social changes, and improve society. We definitely need smaller size organizations to help out with building connection and societies. Even though UN is the most influential…read more

There is a trend that the cooperation between Canada and China is more frequent. With the deal in currency, the bilateral relation is even closer. Since last year, Canadian Immigration Department started to extend the short-term tourist Visa. Now qualified Chinese applicants can obtained Visa for 10 years rather than one year before. Extended stay period could boost tourism inside Canada. Recently, Canada and China signed a deal for currency trade, which is supposed to increase import and export for both side. By signing this deal, the trade between Canada…read more

Online store is now one of the major methods for people to shop because of its convenience. However, compares to a retailer, when people shop online, they don’t really know what their best choices are because pictures and descriptions can only partially characterize a product. Thus, online reviews somehow become one of the vital factors that lead costumers choose what they are going to buy. Positive comments can possibly bring up the sales. Unfortunately, it aroused a problem where fake online comments and reviews started to spread out. Although comments…read more

Years ago, when someone wants a bank account, he needed to go through lots of procedures. Nowadays, basic bank account can be obtained through an online application, without help from a teller. Deposit, withdrawal, transfer can be easily done through ATM and online banking. Although technology brings convenience and efficiency, increasing unemployment comes along. ATMs are more efficient compare to tellers when people just need to deposit or withdraw. And online banking can fulfill most customers’ needs. It is reasonable for the bank to build more ATMs and develop online…read more

Compares to where I come from, a doctor appointment is much more expensive, and less affordable. Hence, health insurance became one of the necessities for ever single family. Health insurance is one of the essential benefits in big companies. However, in small companies, sometimes, it’s not provided. Firstly, small companies with less than 50 employees are not required to cover insurance, probably because small firms don’t make considerable profit to provide benefits. Secondly, in small business, employees flow more frequently and owners may think insurance would be unnecessary for short…read more