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Question to be debated: Is China responsible enough - to its citizens and global community - to be an example to emerging/growing nations?

Each partnership must prepare two questions to be asked of members of other groups. Place each question on the front of a separate index card and write your name and the name of your reformer on the back. Ten percent of your grade will be determined by the quality of the questions that you ask and the quality of the answers you give when asked a question by another reformer. Cards will be collected.

__Question 1__ : Do you think returning to the teachings of Confucius would fix the economical, political, and environmental issues facing China? Explain. __Question 2:__ If Google were to pull out of China, would it have a positive or negative effect on the people of China, as well as the Internet? Also, would it have an effect in America?

 -68.7% of China’s power, in 2006, has come from coal, making in the largest consumer of coal in the world  -The government has previously shut down mines due to being wasteful,  -China’s government has had to issue blackout warnings during coal shortages  -China’s government is predicted to cap the amount of coal taken from the ground between 2011-2015  - “China’s high-profile battle with foreign companies makes it seem as though those businesses keep the nation’s economic planners awake at night. It has arrested a Rio Tinto executive on trumped-up charges, blocked Facebook and YouTube, and restricted (in practice if not in name) foreign firms from key industries such as oil, media, and metals.”  -The Chinese government is fighting with private mine owners. The government has cut the number of miners in certain areas by over 50%. The government has made it tough for private mines to operate (restrictions and regulations) so that the government could have complete control over the resources.  -In Chinese a term has been coined, “As the country advances, the private retreats.” This has been a result of the government taking over mines which have become too big and independent. The government continues to take the resources of the companies and put them in the state’s hands. -It is the Chinese desire “to enrich the public sector, and decrease the private” - Some cases have been found in which 20% of the cost of running a mine went to corrupt officials to help them pass inspections and get by the government
 * Human Rights- Freedom of Speech **

__Our Stance__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- The Chinese government has done a lot to shadow the voices of its citizens. Country wide communism has led to a voice in which is a conglomeration of one. The people’s voices are clumped together and individuals do not receive the attention they deserve. Some places are ignored because of the fact that other places are doing well. For example, tthe governments have taken the mines into the states use. And when you ask anyone in China if these actions are just, you find that the miners and the people do not agree with what is going on, although they are programed to believe so. The government doesn’t listen to the miners and this leads to vast corruption and economic, political, and social issues. It is evident that the government does not value freedom of speech or other human rights.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -The coal industry in China is responsible for making 67 billion yuan, or 8.75 billion $ -China is the largest producer of coal in the world, polluting, or dangerous <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -China is not the only coal dependent nation in the world, economic powerhouses such as the United States, India, and South Africa <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -May growing countries in the world mine coal as a way to support themselves <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -Coal is the cheapest of fuels for electricity and industrial heating, this is why it is so widely used around the world <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -A problem is that many economies around the world want to go green, but other countries use these dirty fuels and get away with it. Then countries fall behind in the economy. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-China has been referred to as the “coal monster,” but China is only trying to cheaply expand a vast a growing country, as well as an economy
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Global Interdependence- Specific Focus on Economic Relationships **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Our Stance__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: From our perspective, China has done a great job supporting the economic industry. First, we have found that China has rejected expensive, clean sources of energy, for dirty, cheap energy. Our industry have supplied an enormous amount of cheap energy for China to burn. Although it is not very good for the environment because of the co2 it emits, it allows China to grow so much. China is able to spend less on energy costs and gain a lot of profit. If you are able to sell something at the same amount, but produce it for less money, why wouldn’t you make it that way? China is referred to as the coal monster now, which sounds like a great thing too. Another great thing coal provides is a huge profit from exports. Last year, China made over eight billion dollars in coal profits. This provides China with eight billion dollars to expand and grow. Thus, China is focusing heavily on economic relations with the coal industry, and many coal hungry countries around the world.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -In cities burning coal is no longer allowed, but in rural areas coal is still allowed to be used in homes. The risk is the toxins from burning coal, it provides bad indoor air quality (IAQ). Some toxins from burning coal are mercury, fluorine,polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and arsenic. Health issues include esophageal and lung cancers, selenium poisoning, and severe arsenic poisoning. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -Cities around China look like they have constant fog because of the smog that surrounds their cities. Coal is one of the substances which emits co2 when it is released into the atmosphere <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -China is a leader in co2 emission, accounts for 10% of the world total <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -The coal industry is actually getting cleaner because of turning coal into gas before burning it, coal gasification <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-For every new plant the coal industry builds, an old one in closed <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -Ultra-supercritical coal plants have been built with 44% more efficiency than regular ones <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -There are new ways to burn coal in which co2 is stripped off the stacks, its called carbon capture and storage, then burned underground and the emissions go away <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -The government has previously shut down mines due to being wasteful, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-China’s government has had to issue blackout warnings during coal shortages
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Environment- Air and Water Pollution **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Our Stance__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: From our perspective, China has put in a so-so effort to improve the environment. To begin, China has allowed the country’s environment to become out of control because of the way industries and people burn coal. Coal burned in the wrong way and mined in the wrong way can create many deadly toxins that are put into the environment. But, as this is happening, China has just begun an effort to improve the environment to get many critics off their case. China has begun to explore ways to efficiently burn coal and reduce the effect that coal has on the environment. The government and our industry are working as one of same to create a standard in which we can work towards to improve the environment. But as a whole, we believe that although China has failed to help the environment in the past, the government is begining the care about the smog that clogs the lungs of so man helpless people.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-The Chinese government has been very lax when it comes to safety. Even countries around the world, like the US, lack regulations that continue to expose workers to toxic ash and dust that harms their lungs. Although, the coal industry has not really treated any racial or ethnic groups bad. There hasn’t been slavery or anything like that because all the coal industries want is cheap labor, which is what many places in China supply
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tolerance of Diversity- Acceptance and Treatment of Other Groups **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Our Stance__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: From our perspective China employs many different types of people to mine for coal. China doesn’t care about their workers safety, they just want cheap labor for their coal mines. This is the way it has always been though. Cheap labor is the reason plants that create shoes and clothing have been outsourced to places around the world that will provide it. The coal industry doesn’t treat racial or ethnic groups differently. All people are the same color after they exit the mine; black. They don’t treat their employees fairly with safety because they barely provide safety at all. But these improper safety measures are a result of private and corrupt mines. Overall, our industry believes that China has put in a fair effort to accept and treat all ethnic groups equally.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1.What efforts have you taken to interact with China? (5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> To interact with China, the Coal Industry has made themselves very noticeable. Without the coal industry, China would have to find a new resource to power the nation, as coal powers a majority of the vast nation. Coal is also a huge export in China which results in a large profit. Also, the government of China has very close ties to the coal industry. Recently, environmental efforts have been taken so that the coal industry and global standards can be met. This means that the government cares about the industry and knows that it can work with the growing industry to expand and grow, just like China. These environmental efforts show the industry’s positive relationship with China. On the other hand, the government has been taking over many private coal industries to increase the public sector. This idea relates to that of the former communist China. In this way, the coal industry and China have been fighting to see who has the upper hand. This quarreling is their negative interaction. Needless to say, the coal industry and China have a very close and strong bond to one another.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 2. What success you have had on promoting a positive relationship with China?(5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The coal industry in China has had a positive relationship with the Chinese government in creating environmental standards. Although the industry has ignored the Chinese government in the past, the industry has been working to make a safer, public, less corrupt, and more Eco friendly industries. The coal industries look to eliminate the dirty, unsafe, corrupt mines which have helped to tarnish the industry’s name in the past. Also, the coal industry has had a positive relationship with China in the economic category. Supplying the Chinese government with over 8.75 Billion Dollars, it is no wonder that the Chinese government loves this cheap type of fuel. In the future and in the past, the Chinese government has always stuck with this incredibly cheap and somewhat efficient fuel, so it is no wonder that they plan to use it until it runs out.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Discuss the intent your group has in promoting (or working against) the progress of China. (5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Our group believes that it must step up its efforts if China wants to succeed. In a growing economy, it is important that this powerhouse has power. Our industry will be working to provide efficient and cheap coal so that China has room to grow. We would love to expand China because then our company would have a larger consumer to buy our product. When China has to compete against massive countries, like the United States, it needs to have some advantages. Coal is one of the main reasons that the economy has grown by over 20% each year for the last 10 years. But at the same time, as China advances, we would like to make sure that our energy source stays as the number source. We would like to avoid getting the country hooked on expensive clean energies, like solar power and electric, and stay with the original source of coal. It is important that the government and the businesses work side by side to ensure that China can always become better than it was the day before.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. What impact will China have on the next 50 years of world history? (5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Over the next 50 years, we will have to have close ties to the Chinese government. First of all, some experts believe that the coal reserves in China will begin to run low, or even run out. This means that our industry will have to fight to make sure that we domestically provide our country with enough coal to support ourselves. It will be important to use as much of the coal we can until we completely run out of all the coal we have. But, with the coal we do have we will provide China with a source of electricity and wealth for years to come. We have employed thousands of people and intend to do so for many years to come. Our company will aim to keep China a world power running on the efficient and cheap resource of coal. And over the years who knows, maybe we discover more coal, or new ways to burn coal for more power. Economically, we believe China will prosper for a couple years. But because China is growing at such a rapid rate and being taken over by fast food, technology, and environmental issues, China has a good chance of falling down the wrong path. It is as though China is moving at a mile a minute right down the path the United States stumbled down. Wealth taken upon to quickly can destroy this growing nation. China could be at the top of the world, the bottom, or maybe even the middle. We guess that we will know in fifty years.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. MLA Citations (5)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Works Cited

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fish, Issac. "China's Anxiety About Sucessful Companies." The Daily Beast- Read This Skip That. The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company, 20 July 2010. Web. 6 Nov. 2011.<www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/07/20/china-s-war-on-successful-companies.html>.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pearce, Fred. " Why the world is burning more coal ." Guardian Environment Network- news and Comment from the worlds best environment sites. Guardian Environment Network, 31Oct. 2011. Web. 6 Nov. 2011. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/31/why-world-burning-coal>.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wikipedia contributors. "Coal power in the People's Republic of China." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 30 Sep. 2011. Web. 4 Nov. 2011.