People First

The article Tsilhqot’in set to declare site of New Prosperity mine a tribal park[i] is about a tribal park is planned to be built but the plan is opposed by the First Nations for territory reasons and environmental problems. In fact, the opposition from the First Nations is understandable. The whole plan is definitely going to change where they live from generation to generation, even cause some damage. No one is going to allow this happen and once this happen, those who live there are going to do something to stop it getting from bad to worse.

The article reminded my of an issue[ii] happened recently in Huizhou, a city in China Guangdong. The government of Huizhou planned to build China’s largest waste incineration power plant in Boluo, which is a town that had thousands of history dating back to the Qin dynasty. Once the announcement is public, all Boluo people are indignant for the plant is going to produce great pollution to the whole town. A great number of local people went for manifestations and do what they are able to do to stop the government’s plan. The large-scale manifestations even cause chaos. It is quite surprising to see that a town, which was once peaceful, would have this kind of big-scale conflicts with the government. Finally, under the pressure of the public, the government finally announced that regarding the people’s proposition, they wouldn’t choose to build such a plant in the mentioned place.

The same to the issue described in the article. If the government or a company is going to introduce any plants to a new place, they have to concern about the local people. If the First Nations oppose of the plan and the government or company insist building it, undoubtedly, conflicts are to happen and chaos are to appear. No one is going to ignore what is happening around where they live. Thus, do not look down upon the power of First Nations or local people. When introducing a plan, think of those people first, knowing exactly whether they are willing to have this in their place or not.

 

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[i] Tsilhqot’in set to declare site of New Prosperity mine a tribal park (www.vancouversun.com)

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Unilateral+park+declared+Tsilhqot+includes+Prosperity+mine/10192766/story.html?__federated=1

[ii] http://http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20140913-广东博罗两万民众示威抗议焚烧垃圾发电厂计划/news/metro/Unilateral+park+declared+Tsilhqot+includes+Prosperity+mine/10192766/story.html?__federated=1

The Royal Family Helps to Boost Economy

Hey, do you know that the duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton is pregnant again?[1] It is no doubted that a crowd of people are waiting for the second child born in Britain. We are easy to find out that no matter what the royal family does, there will be “royal” response from the British.

Looking back to William and Kate’s wedding, we surprisingly find out that this royal wedding helps to boost the economy in Britain[2], even the Europe, a lot. Before the wedding, factories took actions to produce souvenirs. Gambling market led people to bet where they would hold the wedding[3], where would they have their honeymoon, etc. Tourism in Britain and even the Europe boosted for people are willing to see how a royal wedding is. More than that, Kate Middleton, who was going to be the bride at that time, helped to boost fashion sales. Once she presented in public, the dress she worn would immediately be sold out[4].

It was said that the royal wedding had helped boost Britain’s economy by hundreds of millions[5]. How could the royal family do this and how do they boost the economy? Relating to something that we learnt from class. The royal family in Britain is just like a company and they are doing their best to contribute to the whole country. We are able to see that the family members are active in charity and official events[6], etc. It is appropriate to say that the British royal family has a good reputation. Like Apple, the royal family is very popular and owns a lot of crazy fans. The different role they are playing also makes them differentiate from other movie stars. People are always curious about everything about them. Thus, they are able to attract all individuals’ eyes as well as sell what they have (though they not directly do so, but provide chances to relative companies.)

The royal family helping boost economy makes me think that what a country has, like festival and traditions can also help to boost economy in appropriate way. Those unique festivals or traditions can be something like differentiate strategy (I am not sure whether it is appropriate or not) and if the nations can make good use of them, they will not only help pass those festivals and traditions from one generation to the other, but also help boost the whole nation’s economy.

 

[1]”Royal Couple Expecting Second Child.” BBC News. Web. 4 Oct. 2014.

[2] |⁵http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/8139845/Kate-Middleton-and-Prince-Williams-wedding-will-boost-British-economy-by-620m.html

[3]The Top 10 Royal Wedding Betting Markets | TIME.com (NewsFeed The Top 10 Royal Wedding Betting Markets Comments)

The Top 10 Royal Wedding Betting Markets

[4]The Seraphine dress worn by Kate Middleton for royal portrait sold out in two hours (The Seraphine dress worn by Kate Middleton for royal portrait sold out in two hours)

http://fashion.hellomagazine.com/fashion-news/201308211444/kate-middleton-seraphine-dress-sold-out/

 

[6]http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/HowtheMonarchyworks/TheroleoftheRoyalFamily.aspx