Bell ringer:

1. Bell ringer: Create a list of the countries the OUTER articles of clothing you are wearing are from.

2. Now… • After you have created your individual list share it with your groups members, and create one group list of the countries combined. • Have one group member place talleys on the board under the countries your group had clothing from.

3. Made in China http://www.cntravel.biz/china-map/maps/china-globe-450x450.gif

4. Amazing inventions emerged from Ancient China. high quality iron smelting movable sails & rudders magnetic compass porcelain http://www.vhinkle.com/china/inventions.html

5. canals and locks mechanical clock gunpowder http://www.vhinkle.com/china/inventions.html

6. abacus spinning wheel smallpox vaccine paper and printing with movable type http://www.vhinkle.com/china/inventions.html

7. Ocean, mountains, and desert limited China’s contact with the outside world. http://www.wall-maps.com/Classroom/Countries/3-623-31341-6ChinaPhys.jpg

8. Their rulers strictly controlled outside contact, and were suspicious of outside technology. In isolation, their innovation slowed as the rest of the world became more connected and modernized. http://z.about.com/d/ancienthistory/1/5/u/e/2/Yellow_Emperor.jpg

9. By the 19th century, China was poor and backward. The world had forgotten that China was ever advanced. http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/plowfinished.jpg.jpeg

10. By 1949, when the Communist Revolution shook China, 8 years of fighting with Japan plus 4 years of civil war left China with a totally disrupted economy. http://www.flickr.com/photos/zaruka/3663310246/

11. Chairman Mao, along with the Chinese Communist leadership, tried through the years to modernize China’s economy. http://www.flickr.com/photos/zaruka/3556212187/

12. But by 1977, China was still primarily an agricultural society and their grain production was still at 1955 levels. http://www.flickr.com/photos/45507342@N00/285517684/

13. Chairman Mao died in 1976. And in 1978, China began a modernization program, loosening Communist controls on the economy and opening up more to the outside world. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22132989@N04/2442263001/

14. Addto your vocabulary: SEZ (Special Economic Zones): Areas in countries that possess special economic regulations that are different from other areas in the same country.

15. Shenzhen was China’s first Special Economic Zone. http://1.media.tumblr.com/QZFL2v6hvpvcfbkqeo5kgIJ8o1_400.jpg

16. The SEZs are worlds apart from rural China. http://www.travel-hongkong-attractions.com/images/shenzhen-lowu.jpg http://www.ruralchina.au.dk/data/22758710/1421042/kedu.jpg

17.  No tax during start-up years before making a profit and reduced taxes in the next four years  excellent infrastructure  economic freedom from China’s command economy  greatly reduced import/export tariffs  large available workforce  low local wages

18. “Since the average wage for a Chinese factory worker is 92¢ an hour and US wages are about 23 times higher, millions of US jobs have been lost and transferred to China.” -- Moneyshow.com, Friday, 03 June 2005, Gold, China, and Resources http://www.karenceliafox.com/Traveling/China/uploaded_images/image_china_factory-788572.jpg

19. But in fact, millions of rural people come to the SEZs for work. http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_02/055Mattelfactory_468x310.jpg

20. This is most obvious before the Chinese New Year, when workers crowd the trains to travel home. http://pub.creaders.net/upload_files/20090107175149.bmp

21. While Chinese workers value the jobs in the SEZs, they work long hours for low wages. http://sunriseworldenterprises.com/china-factory.jpg

22. But even working for $100/month, a Chinese worker can save money and send some home to family. http://s3.images.com/huge.71.356303.JPG

23. It is easier for them to save money, because factory worker typically get housing in dormitories or small apartments. And many factories provide two meals a day. http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/shenzhen04.jpg

24. The days are long and the pay is not great, but workers are using these jobs to build their futures. Many young women work 2-3 years in a factory, then return to their hometown, use their money to start a small business, get married and live out their lives. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/3009516045_0c7fd883c5.jpg

25. But China is not content to simply be the world’s manufacturing plant. So they are working to bring high-value jobs to China. http://a.abcnews.com/images/WN/abc_safety_lab_071030_mn.jpg

26. Intel’s most advanced microprocessors are now being manufactured and tested in Chengdu, China. http://img.hexus.net/v2/internationalevents/idf2007/idf_large_3.jpg

27. Microsoft has opened a research center in Beijing, China. http://decision.csl.illinois.edu/~yima/image/MSRA_Students.JPG

28. Google has also opened a research center in Beijing. http://www.thejakartapost.com/files/images/google_0.jpg

29. China is working hard to build its future as part of the global economy. http://www.billfrymire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/global-economy-technology-telecommunications-1000.jpg

30. Why do we find that many of the products we use everyday are made in China or Asian countries?

31. How is this impacting our economy and how might it impact our economy in the future? http://alibabauser.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/china-economy.gif