Describe the ways in which China has more contact with the outside world than it used to have.

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Describe the ways in which China has more contact
with the outside world than it used to have.
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Trade

• The scrapping of a global tariff and quota system
  for textiles at the start of this year opened the
  door for China's low-cost producers to flood
  markets in Europe, the US and elsewhere.
• this increased trade with the west especially in
  areas such as textiles and footwear

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Trade

• In some categories of goods, Chinese imports so
  far in 2005 have increased five to seven times
• In response, the EU agreed quotas on the
  hardest-hit goods

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World trade Organisation

•   China is now a member of the World Trade
  Organisation
• Every member must abide by its ruling
• Membership has attracted foreign investment and
  more Chinese citizens are travelling abroad

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special economic zones

•  special economic zones encourage foreign
  investment, bringing much needed jobs and
  knowledge to the areas.
• In the south, zones were created giving investors
  tax concessions in exchange for revenue and
  technical knowledge.
• These successful zones are in the fast-growing
  cities on the coastline.

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special economic zones

• Special Economic Development Zones are also
  springing up deep in the interior of China
• regional governments are going all-out to attract
  foreign investment to boost economic growth

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communications

•     The Chinese people are also seen many more
  products at a lower price and sectors such as
  telecommunications which were once highly
  protected are opening up.

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communications

•    International media and internet has opened
  China up to foreign influences
• most locals prefer Disneyland to the Ming
  decorative arts.
• Just as the "open door" reform policy has
  brought economic opportunities, so it has brought
  cultural ones.
•  

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Western Culture

• The Western brands in the smart new shopping
  plazas use not just Western writing but Western
  models in their window displays.

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Western Culture

• Vogue is among more than 100 foreign magazines
  now available in China
• They are popular with the emerging and
  increasingly affluent middle class for the latest
  fashion tips and news about Hollywood
  celebrities.

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Western Culture

• Changes on the television screen have been even
  more dramatic.
• Viewers once offered only the achievements of the
  air force can now watch Friends and Premiership
  football, or home grown versions of Graham Norton
  and Oprah Winfrey

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Western Culture

• Coming up in the autumn schedules will be
  Desperate Housewives
• although what the peasants of Hunan or the
  factory workers of Guangdong will make of the
  goings-on in Wisteria Lane remains to be seen.