Tafero's Lesson Plans of the Day - Chinese Microeconomics - Capitalism Influence in Hong Kong and Shanghai - Four, Five

Lesson 4 - Capitalist Influence in Hong Kong

A. British History
B. US Influence
C. World Influence
D. Physical Advantages
E. Current Hong Kong Businesses
F. Possible Hong Kong Futures
A. British History
1. British Drug Trade
2. Modern Hong Kong and British Rule
3. British Influence Today
B. US Influence
1. Hong Kong as a portal to China for US goods
2. Hong Kong as an entertainment center in Asia
3. Hong Kong Westernization
C. World Influence
1. Stock Market
2. Drugs
3. Trade
D. Physical Advantages
1. Harbor
2. Western Access
3. Eastern Access
E. Current Hong Kong Specializations
1. Economic markets
2. World Trade
3. Asian Hollywood
F. Hong Kong Futures
1. Communist Socialism
2. Blatant Capitalism
3. Mixture of Communist Socialism and Capitalism
Critical Questions
1. How did the British influence Hong Kong?
2. How did the US influence Hong Kong?
3. How has the rest of the world influenced Hong Kong?
4. Why is Hong Kong’s location an advantage?
5. Why the Hong Kong movie industry important?
6. Discuss possible futures for Hong Kong.
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
A. Why is Hong Kong important to China?
B. Why are harbor cities usually very valuable?

Additional Internet Research Links For This Lesson:
Hong Kong Economics
http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/24/willy.column/
US-China Economic Ties
http://www.csis.org/china/econtradefinance.cfm

Lesson 5 - Capitalist Influence in Shanghai

A. History of Shanghai
B. English Influence
C. International Influence
D. Modern Shanghai
E. Shanghai’s relations with Beijing
F. Shanghai Futures
A. History of Shanghai
1. Economic Origins
2. Drug Trade
3. Shanghai Today
B. English Influence
1. Commercial Origins
2. Drug Trade
3. Western Business Traditions
C. International Influence in Shanghai
1. Japanese Invasion
2. English Influence
3. World Banks and Stock Market
D. Modern Shanghai
1. Capitalist Trade
2. Internet and Cell Phone Markets
3. Relations with Taipei
4. Shanghai’s Relations With Beijing
5. Capitalism Within Communism
6. Mutually Beneficial Arrangements
7. Model for Taiwan
E. Possible Futures for Shanghai
1. Continued Dominance on mainland China
2. Expanded Dominance if Taiwan included
3. Limited Dominance if Hong Kong-Taiwan combine.

Critical Questions
1. How does the history of Shanghai affect marketing and sales?
2. How does the history of English influence affect marketing and sales?
3. How does international influence affect marketing and sales?
4. Why does Shanghai want Taiwan with the Chinese domain?
5. Why are Shanghai’s relations with Beijing important?
6. What are some possible futures for Shanghai?
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS
A. How does one financial center in China affect another?
B. How do the Japanese financial markets affect China?

Additional Internet Research Links For This Lesson:
Shanghai and Taiwan Trade
http://fpeng.peopledaily.com.cn/200103/07/eng20010307_64306.html
Shanghai-Beijing relations
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Shanghai-Beijing+trade&ei=UTF-8&fr=fp-t...