Contents
1.0 Section One1
2.0 Section Two
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Veolia
- 2.3 Colgate-Palmolive
3.0 Bibliography
Appendices, A
1.0 Section One
China is emerging as a growing economy, which is becoming more attractive for foreign investors and in particular, large multi national companies. It is seen as the fastest developing country, and is emerging as the new superpower. There are many factors that have led to China becoming a more appealing country for foreign investment.
The People's Republic of China is a State of Asia and was founded in 1949 by Mao Zedong. Since then it has been controlled by the Chinese communist party (CCP). It is actually the most populated country in the world with over 1.3 billion people.
The history of Chinese politics has always been temperamental. After the death of Mao Zedong, the 1980's was an era of political unrest. During Mao's reign, he had managed to stabilise the country which had been severely damaged from two generations of war and social conflict. He undertook a massive economic and social reconstruction and started to try and restore the economy. Before his death, there had been a massive power struggle, culminating in the death of Lin Biao, a prominent rival of Mao. After Mao's death, the ensuing power struggle caused civil unrest in the country.
Throughout the decade, there was an improvement in the general standard of living, but political dissent was rife in this time. When Zhao became General Secretary, he championed economic and political reforms that ...