The correct answer is a brief background about globalization.
After the end of <em>World War II</em>, China, which sided with the victorious powers, entered a situation of bloody civil war. The situation culminated with the communist revolution of 1949 and the coming to power of Mao Zedong (or Mao Zedong in another transliteration of the name), founding the People's Republic of China. Thereafter (self) it excludes itself from the international capitalist system, in a logic of a nationalized and planned economy, perpetuating its backwardness. After Mao Zedong's death, the situation began to change. In the late 1970s, with Deng Xiaoping, several transformations, of a fundamentally economic nature, led to a gradual opening to capitalism. (Ideological communism remained officially, although without the proselytizing side of the Soviets). In addition to the superficial communist ideology, China has shown itself to be deeply imbued with its own ancient culture, which is decisive in its direction. Traditionally, it sees itself as the "Middle Empire" - in the sense of being the country that is at the center of the world. This view, it seems, feeds the Chinese elites the idea that the place of the greatest economic, political and military power is "naturally" theirs. The rise to number one worldwide, will be a kind of restoration of the natural order of things.
China is the big winner of the current globalization, initiated by Americans and Europeans (and also by Japanese). Its rise calls into question many ideas made in the West: (i) the idea that capitalism and free trade go hand in hand with liberal democracy; (ii) the idea that the Internet and social networks are an area of freedom and citizen empowerment, driving participatory democracy; (iii) the idea that globalization weakens the state and its sovereignty, making the nation-state and nationalism obsolete
The middle stone age is called The <span>Mesolithic Period. </span>
In a free market economy, the price and distribution of goods and services is governed by the law of supply and demand. Producers or firms produce those services and goods that consumers are willing and able to pay for in the market.
I believe the answer is: self-handicapping
self-handicapping refers the situation when people knowingly reduce their efforts to do something in fear of facing failures. In general, self-handicapping is being done by people with low-self esteem and tend to see themselves as inferior compared to others regardless of the situation.
Answer:
Ego integrity versus despair
Explanation:
Ego integrity versus despair: In psychology, the term has been introduced by a psychologist named Erik Erikson and is considered as the last or the eighth stage in his theory of psychosocial development. This stage starts in the late adulthood period of an individual's life i.e, around sixty-five years of age and lasts through or ends at the death of the person.
During this period or stage, an individual tends to contemplate his or her accomplishments and therefore develops a sense of ego integrity if he or she sees oneself as leading a very successful life and develops despair if he or she feels of not leading a successful life.