Jack Ma is one of Chinas richest men. He is the leader of the Alibaba Group. Alibaba is an e-commerce web site used by over 100 million people to buy and sell things online. Mr. Ma recently wrote a letter to his employees. Some of these employees own Alibaba stock worth millions of dollars. Mr. [...]
September 24, 2009 /
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Foreign aid is one way that wealthy countries can help underdeveloped countries. Foreign aid is considered a form of philanthropy because the wealthy country receives little or no repayment. The interest rate on foreign aid loans is usually very low. Wealthy countries do expect to gain political influence for their donations, but profit is not [...]
September 24, 2009 |
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There is a Chinese saying that “women hold up half of the sky”, but in much of today’s world, that is not the case. In developing and underdeveloped countries, the life of a woman is very difficult and often dangerous. In Africa, rape is common and on the increase. It is one of the ways [...]
September 24, 2009 |
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