Sunday, September 27, 2015

Reflection on China's World War II military extravaganza

Question 2.

If I were a citizen living in Beijing, I would feel proud of my country.

China still has a lot to solve till it achieves a vibrant democracy and justice,

but it made remarkable economic growth in a short period of time.

Military power is the real power of one country,

so I would be proud of my country.

Question 4.

Korea has to protect its own country by deterring any provocations from North Korea

and establish secure military system with reforms to fight against strict military

bureaucracy.

Question 5.

China will have more radical reforms in manufacturing and IT,
but I am not so sure about its way to transparent government.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Refugee (Reflection)

In the class, we talked about refugee issues.

I did speech practices on refugees this summer, but

I briefly covered it, so do not still know much about it.

I had the chance to think about the roles of Britain and Germany from my perspectives.

Countries with power, resources and fund should take the lead

in solving refugees issues with proactive action.

Also, for a question, 'Should Korea accept more refugees?',

I would answer that Korea government should be very careful

about accepting North Korean refugees because I see

serious military issues erupt in recent days.

The assumption behind its provocation may be acceptance of former

soldiers, officers and even chief in commander from North Korea. (just my guess)

Further, Korea has such weak security system that military secrets could leak to the enemy. I wish the government could use its tax more wisely for the sake of our nation's peace.

I do not want any excessive humanitarian aid to North Korea.

We need to call for tighter controls on accepting refugees in Korea.


Saturday, September 5, 2015

eurozone crisis

http://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/eurozone-crisis-hollande


It is an interesting article because

1. 'Grexit' and new bailout plan regarding Eurozone appear a lot in recent news.
Eurozone crisis led to a serious unemployment issue just like in Korea.

2. I do not know much about economy, so I want to study it further.

3. It well describes the economic crisis in eurozone in an easier way.

Discussion questions

1. What was the problem that first caused European economic crisis?

2. Why Greece is at the center of the problem?

3. How does it differ from the U.S. financial crisis?