EQ2 Advanatages and Disadvantages of Global shift in China

Question 1

What are the advantages to china economically from the global shift of industry?

Answer 1

-Between 1980 and 2010, China has reduced number of people living in poverty by 680 million.
-Brought wealth

Question 2

What are the advantages to China’s infrastructure due to global shift of industry?

Answer 2

-High speed trains and broadband, air travel and modern motorways introduced

Question 3

What are the advantages to China’s education after global shift of industry?

Answer 3

-Educatiok is now free and compulsory
-Large population of skilled workers
-94% of chinese people over age of 15 are literate
-Over 56,000 Phds awarded annually

Question 4

What are the economic disadvantages to china after global shift of industry?

Answer 4

-Still 20% of population that lives on less than $2 a day
-Poorly paid and badly treated.

Question 5

What is the housing situation in china after global shift of industry? (Disadvantage)

Answer 5

-House prices have sky-rocketed
-Lack of accommodation and make shift construction of new temporary unplanned settlements.

Question 6

What are the environmental costs of the global shift of industry on china?

Answer 6

-Many of china’s waterways as well as air has become highly polluted
-Air pollution linked to around 1.6 million premature deaths in china
-TNCs take advantage of weak environmental laws

Question 7

What are the effects of the global shift of industry on farmland and agriculture in china?

Answer 7

-Over exploitation of land, minerals and workers
-Overused farmland, polluted or eroding
-Highly productive farmland has been lost or polluted
-China is looking elsewhere to meet demand for coal,oil and metals like Africa