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Monday, December 10, 2012

IS WEST BETTER THAN EAST?

When I travelled to Vancouver in Canada I was fully impressed about this country. Everything looked well organized, peacefully and just alright. In contrast, my imagination of China was completely the other way around. I thought China would be pretty violent, maybe because of the government. Another picture in my mind was an exploding Chinese population. All the more I was surprised when I got some data about these countries. Although China has a high number of births, the population is decreasing and the rate of intention homicide is pretty low. Whereas in Canada there is a very low birth rate but there is a high level of homicide. So, is China a nicer country than its reputation?!


Have a look at the infographic:




6 comments:

  1. Hey Chrissiy,
    I also always thought that Canada must me safer and probably a better country to life but your post shows me that is not right. Maybe I hve to think over that agein...

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  2. Thank you for your comment, Lisa. Maybe it's because of a cultural difference. The Asian are known for their friendly attitude ;)

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  3. Hej Chrissy!
    I really like your graphic about "Life & Death", where you compared Canada and China!
    Especially the elements and symbols with which you display the data are very nice to look at!
    In reference to your question: I think that China is defenitly a nicer country than its reputation. There are a lot of stereotypes for china, which I think has a lot to do with their governmental system.
    But I also didn´t know that there is such a big difference between Canada and China.

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  4. Wow, this is really a surprising fact! And one can immediately see and understand the fact that Canada has a higher homicide rate than China because you created a very clear and creative bar chart. I like the fact that you used the these icons and not only simple bars!

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  5. Wow, this is really a surprising fact! One can immediately and easily understand that Canada has a higher homicide rate than China because you created a very clear and creative bar chart. I really like the fact that you used human icons instead of normal bars!

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  6. Thank you girls. I was surprised too... But I have never been in China until now.. Maybe I should have a look to become an impression of this country...

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