Submitted by tgarcia3 on 11/06/2007 08:33 AM Flag This Paper
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Running head: HEALTHCARE IN CHINA
Establishing Medical Equipment for Healthcare Facilities in China
Tanisha Garcia
National American University
Establishing Medical Equipment for Healthcare Facilities in China
For many centuries China stood as one of the leading civilizations that outpaced the rest of the world in the arts and sciences. However, by the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country’s dynasty fell by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. “After World War II, the Communists under MAO Zedong established an autocratic socialist system that, while ensuring China's sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people” ( ). After 1978, his successor DENG Xiaoping and other leaders focused on market-oriented economic development and by 2000 output had quadrupled ( ). For much of the population, living standards have improved and the healthcare industry is just one of the many businesses that is flurishing.
One attraction to businesses is the climate and topography of China. China has a climate characterized by great variety. The four seasons are quite distinct. According to the Northerly winds prevail in winter, while southerly winds reign in summer. The rainy season coincides with the hot season. From September to April the following year, the dry and cold winter monsoons from Siberia and Mongolia in the north gradually become weak as they reach the southern part of the country, resulting in cold and dry winters and great differences in temperature. The cold summer monsoons last from April to September. The warm and moist summer monsoons from the oceans bring abundant rainfall and high temperatures, with little difference in temperature between the south and the north. China's complex and varied climate results in a great variety of temperature belts, and dry and moist zones. China's topography is varied and complicated, with...