My view. When a country depends on another, it cannot have an independent course of action. Though Taiwan is not a country (according to the UN and most countries), Over 60% of her GDP depends on trade with China. It is moot at this point, whether she wants independence or not, she is already a part of China by anyone’s pragmatic definition. South Korea is also stuck. Maybe not as much, but stuck. South Korea’s major trading partner is China and her security partner is the US. As the US and China get more and more distant from one another, South Korea has to tread water very carefully, not wanting to aggravate either side. Unfortunately, what is evolving is like the ‘cold war’. The US and US allies pitted against Russia/China allies. Most countries are caught in the middle. Their economic fate might be decided by which side they choose. Most want to be neutral but independent in action.
Answer:
A) They are some of the oldest living things on the planet.
B) They are a type of redwood tree.
Explanation:
The giant sequoia is one of the three species of redwoods. Redwoods belong to coniferous trees, which means that they have needle-like leaves that do not turn red, yellow, and orange in the fall nor fall off. Some of these trees are the oldest living beings on the planet (one of them is over 3500 years old). Despite the size of the tree (the tallest one is 311 feet tall), its roots do not reach deep, only 12 to 14 feet. The climate the giant sequoia is usually found in is humid, with dry summers and snowy winters.
Based on these facts, we can conclude that only statements A and B are correct.
A statement we accept without proof is called a
postulate. It is also known as an axiom. These are rules which are accepted to
be true without any evidence that will prove these. For instance, the
postulates in the kinetic molecular theory.
Answer:
Rhyme is the literary device of this poem.
Explanation:
The rhyme is a literary device used to promote musicality to the text. In poetry, it is generally used at the end of each verse and is characterized by the identical or similar sound between the last syllables of the last word of each verse, thus creating a melody for the poem.
The poem presented above uses the rhyme as a literary device in an AABBCC scheme, which represents how the verses rhyme with each other.
