India & China Project

For this project you will prepare a state of the union address for each respective country. You or members of your group will be the Indian Prime Minister and the Chinese President in the year 2050. You must explore the list of possible issues or problems for both countries. If your group deems other problems or concerns significant, feel free to add those to the list as well.

While preparing your presentations, think of the best solution for each issue. You may use PowerPoint for the presentation. Make sure you cite all sources and all group members carry a share of the load!

Problems India will likely face in the upcoming decades:

· Changes in physical characteristics of rivers

· Ground water pollution

· Eutrophication

· Mining activities

· Salinity from Irrigation

· Disposal of Solid Waste

· Disposal of Nuclear & Industrial Waste

· Disputes over Kashmir

· Disease infested crops

· Need for oil

· “India’s Silicon Valley”

· “Chipko”

· Class conflicts (namely the Dalits)

· Role of religion

· Health Care

· Nuclear proliferation

· Assessment of democracy (i.e. voter turnout, scandals, faith in political figures)

Issues China will need to address in the upcoming decades

· Nuclear proliferation

· “one-child policy’

· crime

· human rights

· Three Gorges Dam

· Will children choose the same career as parents

· Labor shortages (what parts of economy)

· inflation

· Gas shortages

· Gap between the rich and the poor

· “black market”

· Status of Taiwan (have you gone to war with U.S., abandoned Taiwan, etc.)

· Admittance to the World Trade Organization

· Military

· Space Exploration

· Soil erosion

· Acid rain

· Health Care

· Increased Intensity of Typhoons

· Desertification

· Clear-cuttung / shortage of lumber