POOH百宝箱社会类之二----CompetitionCooperation.docVIP

POOH百宝箱社会类之二----Competition Cooperation Self-Supporting, Competition or Cooperation: An Introduction From: /~felsing/ala/ahwang.html Competition and cooperation are two driving forces for the advancement of human civilization. Any one who is not interested in competition or cooperation will be left out and left behind. Competition is a way of life in todays world. The capitalist society encourages competition. Individuals and companies alike, for the sake of survival in competition, must continue to improve their services and products, and as a result, the entire society prospers, at least economically. Cooperation in the form of monopoly or price-fixing is illegal in the capitalist world as it kills the spirit of competition. American people do not allow their governments to operate any business as they believe that the government-run business will be ineffective due to lack of competition. China has certainly experienced the vitality of this competitiveness in the past decade since her adoption of the Reform and Opening Up policy. In the past decade, we have seen computers shrinking in size, increasing in power, and declining in price. We have also seen a rapid expansion of telecommunications networking at a reducing price. All of these good things happen only because of competition. We witness competition not only in business alone. Competition appears in many forms. The Olympic Games is a form of competition, and so are college or university entrance examinations and presidential elections. Although competition advances human civilization, it also separates winners from losers. It can not, and does not produce win-win situation. （双赢的结果）As a result of competition, some are happy and others sad (Ji Jia Huan Le, Ji Jia Chou). Competition is not always a good thing to have. As we all know, competition in the form of arms race among powers is a waste of limited resources that we have on this planet, and will bring massive destruction to humankind. Sibling rivalry