Global Forces/Local Diversity

The missing 10 points on the final will require you knowing where the following places are:

1. Tibet
2. Shanghai
3. Chiapas
4. Guatemala
5. Hong Kong
6. Argentina
7. Morocco
8. Ohio
9. India
10. Beijing

Interesting story today on protests in China against a French-owned department store.

The New York Times has an article today on how the economic downturn is affecting flows of remittances from the U.S. to Mexico. It’s worth noting that when you look at data like these, including the map that I showed in class yesterday, there’s a lot of guesswork involved in estimates on remittances.