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Questions On The Chinese Room
In Minds, Brains, and Programs John Searle objects to Computational Theory of Mind (CTM),
particularly that running a program on a computer and manipulating symbols does not mean that the
computer has understanding, or more generally a mind. In this paper I will first explain Searle's
Chinese Room, then I will explain CTM and how it relates to the Chinese Room. Following this I
will describe how the Chinese Room attacks the CTM. Next I will explain the Systems Reply to the
Chinese Room and how the Systems Reply actually undermines Searle's conclusion in the Chinese
Room. Then I will describe Searle's response to the Systems Reply and how that response
undermines the Systems Reply. Lastly, I will evaluate Searle's reply to the Systems Reply and
defend the Systems Reply against the points Searle raises against the Systems Reply. To explain the
Chinese Room I will first explain the instructions in the Chinese room; then I will explain how the
man inside the room manipulates these instructions. Finally, given that the man only operates the
instructions, Searle's conclusion is that the man does not understand Chinese. Therefore, the whole
system does not understand Chinese. The instructions in the room are a complex set of rules that
guide the man inside to receive inputs and produce outputs all written in Chinese. The instructions,
written in English, tell the man "if you see this Chinese symbol paired with this Chinese symbol put
down these Chinese symbols, or if
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Chinese Relations Between Chinese And American Businesses
With the increasing global economy, it is no surprise that Chinese and American businesses are
working together more closely. Despite the anti–Chinese rhetoric that is common in politics, the fact
remains that the globalization of business will see the Chinese and Americans crossing paths and
working together. Due to the hyperbole involved in politics, myths are common involving Chinese
business practices. A closer analysis will likely dispel the common myths involving business
practices in China. One common myth is the perceived power distance in China. It is common to
think that the power distance is large with Chinese businesses due to cultural traditions in the
country (Wu & Zhang, 2014). In the past, this was true, but in the past twenty years, the Chinese
business hierarchy has changed significantly. Since China has been included in the World Trade
Organization (WTO) the Chinese culture has moved closer to policies of the West (Wu & Zhang,
2014). Now that the power distance is below the global average, employees are freer to engage their
superiors to make suggestions or share ideas (Wu & Zhang, 2014). Finding the drop in power
distance in Chinese businesses has challenged many assumptions people had about China and the
Chinese people (Kinicki, & Kreitner, 2013). When conducting business in China, it is always a good
idea to research the Chinese culture to adjust behavior to make the transition of cultures smoother. If
conducting business in China, an
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Differences Between Chinese And Chinese American
– What are the differences between Chinese American, and Chinese–American? The two terms seem
similar to each other since it contains two nationalities, Chinese and American; however, there are
different meanings between the four words. Chinese American is an American citizen, who prefers
being an American to a Chinese man while having a Chinese ascendancy. From his words, the
hyphenated form of Chinese–American is not just about the type of American, but also about race
and nationality. The term is used to mark the importance of ethnicity: no matter you are from China,
or you live in China, you are always considered as the Chinese. In light of the identity
categorizations, I am not considered myself either Vietnamese American or Vietnamese–American; I
am just Vietnamese. My smile spreads from ears to ears, my skin is in yellow tone, and my pose is
similar to the native Vietnamese. I identify myself as the Vietnamese not just because of my exterior
but also of my Vietnamese background. I understand the meaning of bearing Vietnamese blood,
eating Vietnamese food every day, and behaving as a Vietnamese. Truthfully, I understand, adapt,
appreciate, and admire the American living standards; but the lifestyle just becomes marginalized to
me. Or even sometimes, I unconsciously feel ashamed of being different from my American friends.
I fear being a Vietnamese with a "nerdy" tag. I try to Americanize myself by changing my diet,
texting to my friends, or dressing up like my friends;
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Chinese Immigration Dbq
Many groups immigrated to the United States, mostly in California, for land, jobs, wealth and
freedom. One of the main ethnic groups of immigrants that came to California to work were the
Chinese. Many companies used the Chinese men to work on railroads that connected America
through transportation that later helped develop modern day America. According to Document M,
"Chinese immigrants compromised 90% of the 10,000 laborers who laid tracks eastward from
Sacramento across the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains to connect with the Union Pacific."
That would mean, that there were 9,000 Chinese builders and workers that were building the first
ever trans–continental railroad in America. Even though Chinese immigrants helped America grow
in certain
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Chinese Exclusion Act
Before the American Industrial Revolution was underway, Chinese laborers were of importance to
the early economic development of the United States. Especially in the West, Chinese laborers
helped to set the foundation for a prosperous America. In the mid–1800s, an influx of Chinese
immigrants arrived to California and worked in the new mining industry. Years later, Chinese
immigrants began to work outside of mines and in occupations such as construction of the
transcontinental railroad and manufacturing. Recognizing the significance of Chinese immigrants in
the United States, the Chinese and United States government signed the Burlingame Treaty in 1868,
guaranteeing the mutual advantage of free migration and emigration between both countries. ...
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Chinese immigrants were unable to denounce the law's extension and its discriminatory nature. In
1902, Congress made the exclusion indefinite after the establishment of a new treaty with the
Chinese government in 1894: the treaty became more restrictive of emigration. China later refused
to renew the treaty with the United States of America in 1904 because of its acknowledgment of
such harsh legislature against the Chinese. In 1905, there was a boycott of goods from the United
States in China. Although this did not have the severe impact on American economy that Chinese
citizens hoped for, it certainly aided in the rise of Chinese economic nationalism
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Chinese Symbolism
Throughout history, political cartoons have been used to express an individual or a group of people's
perspectives on certain political or social issues. Through various visual techniques, the cartoonist
can portray their values and beliefs on diverse subjects, such as immigration. In the latter half of the
nineteenth century, Chinese immigration in the United States rose to unprecedented numbers which
prompted many xenophobic Americans to speak out. In "The Chinese Must Go," the symbolism of
the Chinese man running away with a money bag to China represents the belief that Chinese
immigrants are exploiting the American economy. In "The Great Fear of the Period," the symbolism
of the Chinese man swallowing Uncle Sam conveys the idea that Chinese foreigners are destroying
American culture. Ultimately, "The Chinese Must Go" and "The Great Fear of the Period" both
utilize symbolism to portray the United States nativist negative perception of Chinese immigrants in
the late nineteenth century. In "The Chinese Must Go," the cartoonist depicts a Chinese man running
with a bag of money to China, symbolizing the American conviction that Chinese immigrants were
taking advantage of the American economy in the late nineteenth century. The Missouri Steam Wash
chest that is chasing the Chinese foreigner has red and white pants to symbolize that it is an
American business. This is done to portray the Chinese as making money in the American economy,
but then taking this acquired
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Chinese Immigrants In The Chinese Must Go
In "The Chinese Must Go" the cartoonist depicts the Chinese as running with a money bag to China
which symbolizes the American belief that Chinese laundrymen were exploiting the American
economy. The Chinese man is running from San Francisco to China with a bag of money in his
hand, which was likely earned from working in the laundry business, this can be inferred from the
cleaning tool in his arm and the stereotype of Chinese immigrants being laundrymen. This depiction
makes sense given the historical period, because "the Chinese primarily labored in lower–paying
industries and firms... such as domestic and laundry work." (Almaguer 171) The Chinese
immigrants were subject to lower paying professions because the whites saw the Chinese presence
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Chinese Culture
China and its' Culture The older and the more I grow up the more I realize how different cultures are
around the world. Based on geography and and size many different things can vary. One culture that
sticks out to me and was something that for me is very unusual is the Chinese culture. Based on
one's his or hers ancestors people in China differentiate their culture in language, population,
religion, and food. To begin, language is something that differentiates us and for China they all
speak chinese. There are seven main groups of dialect which each have their own variations.
Mandarin dialect is spoken by about 71.5 percent of the population, then the Wu which is 8.5
percent, the Yue which is also known as the Cantonese and is spoken by about 5 percent. Then is the
Xiang and the amount of people who speak it is 4.8 percent, Min is 4.1 percent, and Hakka is 3.7
percent, and lastly, is Gan and only 2.4 percent speak it. Standard Chinese which as I mentioned
above is Mandarin, is based on the Beijing dialect and as from the amount of population that speaks
it you can see that it would be the national language. In schools and things this is the language that
is taught but based on where in China you live it can vary. Language variations are more common in
areas like central and southern China. When looking more into actually how their language looks it
is quite interesting. They use characters and little marks, thoughts, or principles. They use what is
called the Romanized
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Chinese Exclusion Act
The Gold Rush in California resulted in Chinese coming to America in search of wealth, a buildup
of resentment by Americans, the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act. The Chinese came to
America in search of wealth. They wanted to make money to send back to their poor families at
home and to become very rich (Leo Luo). The Chinese went through the attack of being so poor
because of the Qing dynasty the ruler he declined to help during the opium wars. After all the
Chinese began to need resources to live off , so they began to look for jobs and hope to become very
wealthy and then return back to their homes to help support their families at home (" Chinese
immigrants to America"). On the other hand the Chinese did overcome their needs and became
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American Born Chinese Children Under Chinese Culture
Socialization
–––––– American Born Chinese Children under Chinese Culture
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, socialization is "the process of learning
interpersonal and interactional skills that are in conformity with the values of one 's society"
(American Heritage). It is a process of learning culture. During socialization, children will acquire
attitudes, norms, values, behaviors, personalities, etc. within agencies of socialization, which were
described as "Agencies of socialization are structured groups or contexts within which significant
processes of socialization occur." according to the sociology terminology (Gidden 1). Socialization
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The majority of Chinese immigrant families engage in professional careers, such as engineering,
medicine, accounting and research. Being socialized through their parents, many ABC 's expect to
achieve those careers through the higher education. They will be told how decent and wonderful it
would be if their jobs as a doctor or scientist. Also, their parents will reinforce the idea that those
jobs will be useful to a society as well. On the Goldsea website, it is reported that: "young Asian
American infiltrated professional ranks, primarily in medicine, engineering and accounting. The
next few decades saw Asians multiply in those fields, while a small minority ventured into law,
journalism and marketing. But even at the start of the new millennium, most promising Asian
Americans continue crowding into medical and engineering fields, with corporate finance and
management emerging as a serious alternative." (Goldsea 1). While many European Americans
choose business as their careers, the young ABC still engage in the traditional careers due to the
pressures of family and cultural biases.
Chen point out that the traditional Chinese family will train children through conformity (Chen 2).
Under the Chinese immigrant families, what happens to the ABC 's Character regarding conformity?
As to their personality development,
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Chinese Imperialism
In the fifteenth century, China was one of the most superior global powers. The Confucian
principle–adhering administration created an enviable, sophisticated society; no other nation could
match it's enormous population (100–130 million), its incredibly fertile lands, or its unified
bureaucracy. According to Kennedy, "...the most striking feature of the Chinese civilization must be
it's technological precocity" (Kennedy 1). Kennedy was not incorrect making this statement. The
nation had vast libraries, due to the invention of printing by movable type being invented in the
1000's in China, an innovation that hastened the book making process and churned out large
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The isolationism brought about dislike of the navy and suspicion for traders. The mandarin "bought
cheap and sold dear", meaning they bought cheap goods and sold their own goods for high prices.
Admittedly, the reasoning for isolation became evident, as the empire was under pressure from the
Mongols. Unfortunately, China could not concentrate extra resources into naval defense due to the
fruitless attempt at expanding into modern–day Vietnam. Be that as it may, the Ming Empire
adhered to the Confucian ideals, "According to the Confucian code, warfare itself was a deplorable
activity and armed forces were made necessary only by the fear of barbarian attacks or internal
revolts" (Kennedy 4). Due to this principle, the Chinese abandoned their impressive naval army,
leaving it to decay. Be that as it may, Kennedy stated that "It must be noted, however that the
Chinese apparently never plundered or murdered" (Kennedy 3). Unfortunately, the neglect paid to
the navy led to the super power's downfall. Due to the Ming's edict banning ships with more than
two masts, the empire was at a severe naval disadvantage. The Chinese coastline was being attacked
by Japanese pirates, but there was no move made to repair their army to prevent further attacks. The
decline of the Ming Empire's military paired with the isolationism they adopted created a nation that
would not be able to move on with the rest of the world. Isolationism does not breed the innovation
or necessary improvements to keep up with the burgeoning West. Due to the lack of enterprise and
expansion and the ever–growing population, it became increasingly difficult to keep the intensive
farming up to pace with the nation's need. The Ming Empire was replaced by the Manchus in the
mid 1600's, but that could not help the rapid decline of the Eastern nation as it fell from
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Chinese Immigration
Q1. Many people from all around the world migrated to America in the late 19th century. Two of
these groups were the Irish and the Chinese. There are many reasons they came to America, but the
most scene by research, is to have a better life.
The Irish started migrating in mass during the potato blight of the 1840s in Ireland
(1.assumption.edu, n.d.). Later they started to migrate to America for a better life and to reunite with
relatives that were already here. The Chinese began to migrate later, the first waves starting during
the gold rush (Brinkley, 2014). They came to America seeking gold to become rich and escape the
harsh economic conditions in China. Soon they began to do like the Irish and migrate for a better
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s many people were concerned with limiting immigration in the
United States. There was also another group of people concerned with immigrants. This movement
of people wanted to educate those that were already in America and those allowed to immigrate
under the new policies. This movement was concerned with educating the immigrants to help
assimilate them into American society and culture.
Some of the most famous of these movement groups were the Settlement Houses. The most famous
was the Hull House in Chicago, it became the model for all the other Settlement Houses in the
United States (Brinkley, 2014). These houses were set up to help immigrants adapt to the language
and customs of America. These houses also led the way to the creation of social workers. Since most
of these houses were ran by women, it also helped open the doors for women's rights movement
during that time
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The Impact Of Chinese Dragons On Chinese Culture
Dragons in Asia are considered lucky because they are wise and powerful and people respect the
dragon because they breathe clouds, move the season, and control the water of rivers lakes and seas.
They are linked with the Yang( 10 facts about Chinese dragons). On Asia dragon was part of the
culture for more than 4,000 years and made a huge impact on culture because they believed the
dragon's were real and they also worshiped them as well. In China, Japan, and Korea they believed
that dragons where real and powerful and the people gave them respect because they think that the
dragon's created everything(Asian Dragons). One interesting fact about an Asian dragon is that the
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One thing about Chinese dragons is that they even hosted some type of race that honor the dragons
called the dragon race(legend of the Chinese dragons). Unlike the Chinese or the Japanese dragon
the Korean dragon will be a little aggressive, but it is still wise and promotes its land and all the
dragons in Asia bring good luck according to the people who have been living there.As the dragons
move north or east, they will lose a claw and if they move south or west, they will add a new claw to
them self. One thing about these dragons is that some can be aggressive and people should have
respect for the water dragons because they can destroy anything that will threaten them. In Asia
people draw dragons as art and some of the dragon art represent something about them. If someone
as a dragon tattoo, they should not mess with them because they will just cause trouble and they are
not easy going people. Also the Chinese dragons are associated with the yin and the yang because
every sixty years there will be a different type of dragon to celebrate with the Chinese new year(9
Things You Didn't Know about Chinese Dragons). Also the dragon became the most powerful
symbol in the world because the dragon brings good luck and people used to draw of dragon in their
flag or coat of arms. According to (The Dragon in Ancient China) chinese, japanese, and Korean
art's drawing of dragons and statue of dragon will them so they can have a good luck charm. Finally
in Asia the dragon has some type of special race in china because they want to honor them and they
will also have statues or a drawing of dragon as a good luck
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The Chinese National Of Chinese Movies
The Chinese National in Chinese Movies
The essential theme of "National" has been virtually reflected in a greater percentage of Chinese
film and a number of propositions have been put forward to back up this trend. Probably due to the
political history that has patterned China right from the empirical and feuding lord epochs to the
now predominant nation–state mechanism of government. Thanks to the Han Dynasty that had a
precursor vision of unifying China as one people; probably the earliest of enthusiast to envision the
Chinese people as people from one fabric. Chinese film, even though can logically be differentiated
from Taiwanese and Hong Kong film and cinema, where mainland China with a critical media base
at Shanghai has often been ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Recap on selected movies
Durian Durian
Produced in the last quarter of 2000, Durian Durian was directed by Fruit Chan and produced by
Carrie Wong. It features a deep national theme that is manifested in the inland China–Hong Kong
contention, a feature that has been prevalent throughout the modern years of China. The plot centers
around two sharply contrasting female characters, Fan, who is a Hong Kong native and Yan who is
from Northeast China and her illegal neighbor. Yan is illegally residing in Hong Kong for the
economic reasons and involves in prostitution with the hope of a better future. Fan on the other
hand, a local, becomes close friends with Yan since they are close neighbors and they share their
personal stories. The story ends with Yan finally packing up and heading to the Northeast to reunite
with her ex–fiancé and invest the hard earned cash she has acquired as an illegal immigrant in Hong
Kong.
Rush Hour
Rush Hour has been developed in three parts with the initial version featuring in 1998. Starring
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, the film is produced by Roger Bimbaum and five other skilled
personnel and directed by Brett Ratner. Even though the plot is decentralized into fighting major
crimes such as terrorism, kidnapping, robbery and gang affiliation, the national theme
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Chinese Applicants
"How American Colleges Can Better Serve Chinese Applicants" is an article in the "chronicle of
higher education", claiming a problem that Chinese students use the agents to apply American
colleges. At the begin of the article, the author, Hathaway, shows that some people hold their
opinion about the agents help their clients by resorting to unjust means. They think people need to
dispense with agents because agents' behaviors influence the fair of other Chinese students and
American colleges. However, after that, the author uses some evidence to argue that there are many
benefits of using agents. He is trying to explain the role if the agents, and show his audiences, the
Chinese students group and American colleges offices that the agents provide ... Show more content
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About this article, most audiences are American colleges offices and Chinese international students
group. And the author argues that the using agents could enhance mutual understanding with
Chinese and American colleges. For example, according to the author, Chinese parents paid some
additional fee to agents to get some exigencies information, and the agents will collet a lot of
information about the foreign school for their children (Hathaway). When Chinese students see this
article, they may try to find some agents to help them, and their will get some professional advices.
Also, most of Chinese students, who are learning in foreign countries, apply their school by using
agents because using agents apply foreign colleges is pervasive. After they read this, they will think
their own experience that they do get some pragmatic information and help from their agents. In
addition, the author also said that American college group could also be benefited. For instance, the
agents could help American college to respect Chinese teachers (Hathaway). That means some
Chinese teachers do not have enough time to write a letter if commendation, or do not have
excellent English skill. With the agents' help, they can solve these myriad risks easily (Hathaway).
So, American colleges could get more specific information of their students. It means American
colleges could have a
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Zhengrong To Ruixiang : The Medieval Chinese Reception Of...
Sun–ah Choi examines the unusual iconography of the Chinese Buddha, which is represented by the
Buddhas found in Sichuan Province, China, in her essay published in Art Bulletin (97:4), Zhengrong
to Ruixiang: The Medieval Chinese Reception of the Mahabodhi Buddha Satua. The images of
Chinese Buddha experienced a notable change in the seventh century. Before the seventh century,
the imageries focused on the narratives scenes and the Buddhas, at the same time, were devoid of
the lavish jewelry. Since then, as the puti ruixiang cave displays in Sichuan, the Buddha images are
regarded as independent icons with heavy ornamentation. Immediately, Choi questions the origins of
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On the contrary, to some extent, the sadness of Yijing converts into some positive feelings. From
then on, for human beings, the statue of the Buddha is identical to his physical body, connecting the
past, the present, and the future, delivering his benevolence to the mortals. Thus, this results in a
significant shift from "as if real" to "the true visage." When Choi rethinks the notion of the
replications, first, she adduces a concept from John Ma, who points out the peculiarity of people in
ancient or medieval period. They prefer to illustrate their characteristic subjects, instead of
producing identical replications. At the same time, she uses a considerable amount of pictures to
elaborate the different imitations of the Buddhas in different cultural circumstances. For instance,
the Buddha that was built in South Korea is recognized by its significant size. The measurements of
each part of this Buddha are identical to the earlier prototype. In Indonesia, there is another statue
known for its crude quality, because according to the legend, the prototype was unfinished. Different
from the imitation of size or unusual quality, the puti ruixiang Buddha in China emphasizes on its
heavy decorations consciously since the Buddha in the Mahabodhi Temple was decorated with
lavish ornaments. These visual images help the viewer to distinguish the stylistic differences among
the characteristic Buddhas. Based on the
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The Ancient Chinese Society
Conservative is oftentimes used to describe the structure in which Ancient Chinese society is built
upon and what modern Chinese society thrives upon. The "desire to maintain or restore the values
and institutions of the past" (Harding, 2008) is conspicuously the prevailing value in Chinese
culture. Indeed, according to the "voting results of the... Supreme People's Procuratorate of China"
(Song, 2013), only 8% of the population are liberal, about 54% are neither liberal nor conservative
and about 38% are conservative (Song, 2013). Thus, they believe in national unity, state sovereignty,
more government intervention, traditional values and wisdom, and Confucianism (Pan, 2015). It is
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When implemented in their society, there is no doubt that they grasped Confucian conservative
beliefs into their moral standards and practices. In their education system, they were accustomed to
the idea of dedication, obedience, and loyalty, due to behavioural control and motivation; in their
economic system, the local and national economic system was transformed into a conservative
capitalist society run by Confucianism; and finally, in their social system, they created social order
and divisions among equals, while respecting elders; all conservative values and practices of
originating from Confucianism. Morally, whether this standard of living is right or wrong, is
dependent on the individual and his or her moral values, but what can be stated is that Confucianism
and its ideologies have shaped China into a conservative
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Chinese Culture
Mainland China is rooted in more than 4,000 years of rich Chinese cultures and history. It's known
for their lives, travel, history, business and food, their people and customs. Traditional Kung Fu is as
much of the culture of china according to statistics. The Chinese people have shared a common
culture longer than any other groups on earth. China is one of the cradles of the human race. For
thousands of years the culture of china has attract and moved many people from all over the world,
being so unique and one–of–a–kind as well as elegant and inspiring. The Chinese culture, a culture
that has evolved for thousands and thousands of years contains rare beauty and enchanted with
history variously as an ancient civilization extending ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
There are more urban dwellers in China than are found in either the United States or Russia. Some
of the cities are quite large. Shanghai, for example, has more than 7 million people; Beijing has
more than 6 million, and Tianjin more than 5 million. Many cities have more than 1 million people
each." (Compton's Living Encyclopedia) China's cities are expanding rapidly. The government is
attempting to regulate urban growth in order to avoid such problems as congestion, overcrowding,
slum development, and unemployment. China's government is a People's Republic; the main organs
of the government are under Communist party control. The head of state in China is the "Premier".
The population of China is and has been a strain on the countries resources; because of this the
government has interjected itself into the people's family planning. "China's family planning policy
combines government guidance with the wishes of the masses. The basic requirements of family
planning are late marriages and late child–bearing, so as to have fewer, but healthier, babies,
especially one child per couple. But a flexible family planning policy is adopted for rural people and
ethnic minorities; in rural areas, couples may have second baby in exceptional cases, but must wait
several years after the birth of the first child." Chinese people have the
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Chinese Migration Essay
Chinese immigration is a popular subject for many scholars that research the inconsistencies and
patterns of Chinese migration. Prior to World War II, Chinese migration was strictly regulated and
deeply connoted negative feelings against Chinese immigrants, yet it did not influx the United States
until the early 1880's with the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. Chinese migration is
particularly important, because unlike European immigrants that travelled with families, Chinese
immigrants travelled alone which created bachelor societies, or Chinatowns. After the U.S. initiated
the quota system, Chinese migration shifted from laborers to professionals and students. That being
said, Chinese immigrants have faced constant ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
(Zhou 2017: Week 1). Finally, the Hua–yi are Chinese immigrants who came to the U.S. after the
passing of the Hart Cellar Act in 1965. Hua–yi immigrants are the most common today and are
strongly diverse in ethnicity and social economic status, they also no longer see China as their
"homeland" and usually obtain dual residency (Zhou 2017: Week 1). Before 1965, the Chinese
Exclusion Act was the main immigration policy that affected Chinese immigration. The Exclusion
Act passed in 1882 aimed at preventing the migration of any Chinese laborer into the U.S. in order
to preserve the racial hegemony and conserve the Anglo–Saxon "American" (Zhou 2017: Week 2).
The Chinese Exclusion Act was originally enacted to last ten years and excluded merchants and
their families, business owners, students and diplomats. However, immigration officials asked for
proper identification plus documentation approved by the Chinese government that stated the
person's height, weight, official rank, age, and physical peculiarities ("Chinese Exclusion Act" 1882:
77–8). The Exclusion Act was later modified through the Geary Act in 1892 to add more provisions
and lengthened the Exclusion an additional ten years (Zhou 2017: Week 2). Additionally, European
immigrants also saw Chinese immigrants as a threat since Chinese immigrants worked for the
lowest wages and were used as strikebreakers against European immigrants when fighting for
minimum wages (Zhou 2017: Week 2). U.S. Congress continued
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The Culture Of A Chinese Culture
Chinese companies belongs to the family corporate culture type, it has a person oriented culture. The
ethnics of the person are more important than the task he or she takes. The leader makes decision
and dominates. Malagasy culture is more based on laws and regulations. A Chinese values survey is
developed by Hofstede and Bond(1980) to explore cultural values in 22 Asian and western countries
from the Chinese social values. In this survey, Confucian dynamism which refer to "the acceptance
of legitimacy of hierarchy and valuing of perseverance and thrift, all without undue emphasis on
tradition and social obligations which could impede business initiative" (Franke, Hostede and Bond
1991, p.167 quoted in Lin & Ho 2009). It is found out to boost the performance of national
economics. Confucianism is one of the foundation of Chinese culture, which shape the way of
competing and managing human resource (Lin & Ho 2009). This human oriented theory, can be
applied to the management of business organizations and human resource management. This
character is also valued in Malagasy culture. These characters are important for a healthy business
environment although they may take on a different form. Due to the effect of China 's long–term
planned economy and traditional culture, managers advocate, moralize, emphasize the process from
cultivation oneself to pacify others, pursue stability and fear change, don 't take risk, thus it hard for
them to catch unanticipated opportunities ,
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Chinese Immigrants
My research experience so far has been quite smooth, I have been able to read and uncover a variety
of sources that contain valuable information about the Chinese immigrants of the late 1800s. More
importantly, the sources that I have found are all different; some of my sources are articles, others
are flyers, and I even found political cartoons. Learning form a diverse selection of sources has
allowed to learn about the situation through different lenses. I have not experienced any frustration
through my research, but I am slightly annoyed at the lack of memorial and remembrance for a
massive part of U.S. history, especially due to the inhumane treatment of a large groups of people.
Toronto has a significantly large memorial for the Chinese
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Chinese Poetry And Chinese Literature
Chinese literature is an important literary heritages of the world. With an history for more than
thousands of years that influences people throughout the century. The Chinese language has retained
its remarkable identity in both its spoken and written aspects in spite of generally gradual changes in
pronunciation. With those syllabic tones, which produce a different but equally pleasing cadence.
This tonal feature of the chinese language has brought about an intimate relationship between poetry
and music in China. Chinese poetry were originally sung and played with instruments. Even after
the musical scores were lost, the poems were more often chanted. In order to approximate signing
than merely read it. Chinese poetry is difficult to understand and interpret, There's a hindering
meaning behind each chinese character. Translation and cultural ignorance is the two of the main
hindering of a complete understanding. This paper will compare and contrast these two collections
of poetry in order to gain a better understanding of Chinese poetry. The collections of book of odes
and the songs of Chu will be extracted and explored. Where there are lots of differences and
similarities between western Zhou period and Han/warring state period.
Western culture,which was influenced by Shakespeare and other romantic poets. people had a
tendency to think of poems as elaborate creations of scholars and geneius. However, Chinese
culture, people are influenced by the anonymity of Shijing,
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The Meaning Of Being Chinese And Chinese Immigrants
Immigration brings uncertainty, tensions between the past and present, and alterations in identity
due to acculturation as shown through Leon and other characters in Bone. In the psychological
study, "The Meaning of 'Being Chinese' and 'Being American': Variation among Chinese American
Young Adults," the correlation between the Chinese immigrating to the United States abridging
Chinese and American cultures varied based on their age of immigration and the duration of their
time in the United States, demonstrating that immigration provides a multifaceted experience for
each individual. Chinese immigrants who immigrated over the age of twelve, like Mah and Leon,
present an anchored identity as Chinese, but have to adapt through consciously engaging in
American culture to survive. Leon distances himself from his frustrations of living in America by
going out to sea, evading Chinatown– a reminder of Ona's death–, and by distracting himself in
project inventions without any intentions of completing them. Then, Mah immerses herself in work
and relationships, including her affair with Tommie Ham and her over involvement in her daughters'
lives. Chinese immigrants who immigrated under the age of twelve, like Leila, are placed in the
position of mediating between Chinese and American cultures; they experience less certainty on
which culture to identify with and often have to consciously act to become a part of either. In her
conversation with Nina, Leila reflects on how Nina's tour
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Jade : The Chinese Diamond
Xiuyuan Guo
Professor Cook
WRA 101
November 21, 2016
Jade: The Chinese Diamond
Jade, a beautiful green stone is China's most popular material for jewelry better than other artifacts.
As time passed, it became more important within the culture including religious symbols and
civilization. There were a lot of other materials used for decoration like gold, silver, bronze etc, but
no one could replace the position of jade in Chinese people's minds.
Jade can represent a lot of symbols. We can see it from "5000 Years of Chinese Jade: 'Featuring
Selections from the National Museum of History"
Jade craftworks were among the most precious and luxurious ones; people wore and decorated
rooms to indicate loyalty, elegance, beauty, and eternity. The most popular patterns were: peach
(longevity), mandarin duck (love), deer (high official ranks), bat (blessing), fish (affluence), double
phoenixes (thriving), bottle (safety), lotus (holiness), bamboo (lofty conduct), and fan
(benevolence), etc.
(Citation Johnston John) Almost every Chinese people own or wear some kind of jade ornament,
myself included. My jade is a necklace. It is a magpie (a kind of bird) standing on a plum tree. In
China, magpie is the same pronunciation of happiness, and plum is the same pronunciation of
eyebrow. So we can also think the symbols mean you are happy all the time because the happiness is
always on your eyebrow. Another example is from an old saying. This old saying is: broken jade is
better the whole
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The Chinese Room Argument
While proponents of strong AI believe that machines are capable of imitating human consciousness
so well that it might be perceived as actually obtaining consciousness, others such as John Searle
believe otherwise. Another logical stance on the question is accepting that machines are able to
behave as though it has a conscious mind physically, but also arguing that machines will never be
able to possess this consciousness as though a human would. This second type of viewpoint is
considered Weak Artificial Intelligence, otherwise known as narrow artificial intelligence. Weak AI
is acknowledging that machines can simulate consciousness computationally, but that is different
from actually obtaining consciousness.
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Searle believed that simply manipulating symbols will not ensure computers are able to think or
understand, in other words, knowing syntax does not mean understanding the semantics, and
function does not mean understanding.
There are of course many criticisms of Searle's Chinese Room Argument, the main ones include the
Systems Reply, the Robot Reply, the Brain Simulator Reply, the Other Minds Reply, and the
Intuition Reply.
In Searle's Chinese Room Argument, the person inside the room is defined as not able to understand
Chinese. But in response to that, the Systems Reply brings up the point that while the person might
not know any Chinese, the system as a whole understands Chinese. The Virtual Mind Reply is
similar to the Systems Reply in that the person inside the room might not understand Chinese by
him or herself. But Virtual Mind Reply questions whether understanding is created or not. While the
person in the room might not have any knowledge of Chinese at the beginning, running the system
might create an agent that does have understanding of Chinese. The Robot Reply, while accepting
that the person in the room might not understand Chinese or the computer in the room does not
understand a particular language, suggests that "giving a computer a body" would mean something
different for the computer. Being able to interact with the environment using sensors might enable
the computer to learn. The Brain Simulator Reply suggests to consider the program being
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The Chinese Language
Upon thinking of the "Chinese Language" most individuals who are not already familiar with the
language or Chinese culture will be thinking about the world's most commonly spoken language
which is Mandarin. "Mandarin is the languages spoken and written by the han Chinese who
constitute more than 90% of the country's populations" (Language and Dialects). So, it is reasonable
that many people have a more limited knowledge on this particular subject. However, the history of
the languages of China is one of great significance extending far beyond just Mandarin. There is a
great history that accompanies the languages in China. When discussing the languages in China one
has to keep in mind that it is not just the spoken languages at play here. While the spoken languages
are very important, in a way the written language is much more essential. This written language can
be broken up into two parts, the characters (汉子=hanzi) and then pinyin; which is how the
characters are pronounced. The verbal languages spread across China is one of diversity, the
dialectal variances between areas within China is amazing. The history surrounding the spoken
languages in China is also rather remarkable. "When a republic was declared in 1912, there was no
common spoken language in China. Yes. Imperial officials had communicated in tongue used by the
elites in Beijing. But the rest of the vast country was linguistically fractured...The lack of a common
tongue has always seemed to threaten the daunting
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Overseas Chinese and Chinese People Essay
American–Chinese America is a nation consisting of people from different areas with multiple
cultures. As a result, lots of Americans have their ancestors in other countries. Even though they are
called "Americans", they have a special identity, that is, hyphenated Americans actually. Chinese–
Americans have been one of the large groups of hyphenated Americans since a long time ago. This
passage mainly observes the living conditions of Chinese–Americans in America and tries to
analyze how the hyphenation identity impacts their thoughts and life. The first section gives a brief
introduction about Chinese–American, including its history and construction. Then the passage
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They operated Chinese restaurant and undertook pure labor work for a long time. Along with the
becoming of violent juntoes there, it is more difficult for Chinatown to catch up with the modern
pace. (Irwin & Genthe, 2010, pp. 137) Although divided into two parts, the two groups both
have the common identity. That is, hyphenated American. As a hyphenated American, one of the
most common scenes they have to face up is discrimination and hostility from some natives.
Chinese people seem to have nothing in common with natives: different beliefs, different habits and
different culture. People can not deny the fact that Chinese–Americans have gains as well as loss
influenced by the special identity. (Sowell, 2011, pp.244) First of all, the hyphenated American
identity confuses some traditional Chinese–Americans. It is hard for some old Chinese immigrants
to accept the hyphenated identity since they are still Chinese people in their deep mind. At the same
time, most ideas and concepts, as well as daily habits, are difficult for traditional immigrants to be
used to. The novel Scrapping (Wang, 2000) has presented the conflicts in an extreme way. Scrapping
is a kind of treatment in Chinese. However, it has been regarded as children abuse in America. Xu
Datong, he hero in the story was charged with children abuse surprisingly. They struggled to prove
their innocence but failed at last. The family
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The Spirit of the Chinese People
My father recommended to me Mr. Ku Hong–Ming's works when I was fresh out of high school. He
said that since I was going to major in English, it might be as well to read about Mr. Ku works and
try to understand how a Chinese writer's English writing, after such a long period, is still so widely
appreciated.
I remember quite clearly how I was totally shocked while for first time I read the great words by Mr.
Ku Hung–Ming. The collection of his articles, named "The Spirit of the Chinese People" is one of
his very magnum opuses ––a pure attempt to interpret the spirit and show the value of Chinese
civilization. The special emphasis was laid on the type of humanity the Chinese civilization has
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Loyalty and filial obedience, so to speak, has become the faith of most of them. Confucianism is not
a religion, yet it is better, for no doctrine of any single religion as that of Confucianism has so wide
a range of influence upon people's mind. Hence, Confucianism was dubbed by Mr. Ku "the state
religion".
Presently, we come across a certain kind of vignettes, more often than not, in the news papers as
well as in the magazines, talking about how wonderful about the western civilization and how
Chinese people should learn from the British–learn from their "sense of gentleman". May be after
some serious consideration, people may realize that while we were fascinated with the western
culture, the traditional "Chinese spirit" has begun to fade away from people's memory–benevolence,
justice and virtue, loyalty and filial obedience and the most basic "the sense of gentleman". Ku, with
his sarcastic tone, pointed out the worth of traditional Chinese culture to the flawed western values.
As far as I'm concerned, it can't be justified to criticize any single culture as worthless, opinions
differ. No single culture is without blemish, and maybe no judge of it is absolutely fair. But we
absolutely have a great responsibility to ponder on our own. "The sense of gentleman" within
Chinese culture should never be forgotten. As regard to benevolence, justice and virtue as well as
loyalty and filial obedience an old
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Chinese Immigrants 1800s
In the early 1880's immigrants started to come over to the United States. Immigrants came into the
United States for job opportunities, and a better life for there families. Immigrants come from all
over the world, such as chinese, Italian, and Russian immigrants. The experiences of Chinese
immigrants differed from immigrants from Italy, and Russia. Their experiences differed, because of
how they came over to America, where they lived, and jobs. Immigrants came from all over the
world to America such as Chinese, Italian, and Russian immigrants. These immigrants came over
from other countries and they traveled on a ship. When the immigrants were on the ship they lived
in the steerage, which was below the deck of the ship. When the European immigrants arrived in
America, half had to be quarantined so they do not get others infected. While the other half were just
trying to find jobs, and homes. Immigrants that were from China lived in towns called ghettos.
Sometimes they even lived in neighborhoods with white americans and immigrants from Europe.
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When they arrived in America most of the Chinese immigrants moved west. Most of the Chinese
immigrants moved west because they wanted to get jobs in rural areas and build homes for their
families. A lot of Chinese immigrants got jobs working on building railroads. The Chinese
immigrants were very good at this job, because they got paid very low wages, and that affected the
pay rates of white Americans, European immigrants, and Russian immigrants. In the 1882 Congress
passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. This act stated that Chinese laborers could not enter the country,
because chinese immigrants accepted low wages, and also affected the pay rates of others. However
Immigrants from Italy and Russia did not have to go through this. They also had an easier time
getting jobs because of
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Chinese Immigrants
Over the past thousand years or so, many immigrants have had countless complications and
obstacles while finding their home here in the United States. Migrants tended to have a stigma or
stereotype associated with their race, class, or culture. In no way did the United States make it
"easy" or "free" whenever the mass of people came to the country. The experiences between the
immigration groups of the Chinese, Irish, and Germans over the years show that they have
overcome prejudice through their work. The preceding words were prodded by Clement in front of
the California State Senate Committee. These words were prejudice and racist against the Chinese
and showed his unwillingness and desire to stand hand and hand with the Chinese people. He stated
"panicked cries and portrayals of Chinese immigration as an evil, "unarmed invasion" among the
committee". This proved successful and ended with the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which
restricted the Chinese based on their race and class. This hurts any chance of the Chinese to be seen
as a normal person in the United States and barred certain Chinese immigrants from entering the
country. "Even resident aliens and native–born Chinese American citizens faced potential exclusion
if they left the United States and tried to return". Chinese residents of California had jobs that were
in manufacturing, which was mostly in packing meat or producing clothing. Chinese were hired for
these jobs because of their low wages
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Ancient Chinese Characters And Chinese Writing System
Fatin Amira Binte Hairy, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Ancient Chinese Characters & Chinese Writing System – Its complexity and richness.
The Chinese Language has evolved greatly over almost four thousand years. It has survived
invasions, threat of reforming the national language, missionaries and western influence. The
language is much less studied and appreciated as compared to western languages. The development
of ancient Chinese reflected greatly the social lifestyle of the people and to what held great
importance of during that time. It then progressed to evolve into a more complex language where
more characters are introduced and the Chinese characters slowly transformed through different
periods in China's history. Its complexity, richness in meaning and role that it plays and influence it
has in East Asia should be taken note of, highlighting its value in a global context.
Evolution of the Characters
Ancient Chinese characters were in the form of pictographs engraved on oracle bone scripts.
Chinese people expressed the meanings of the characters through simple figures and pictures. It is
difficult to pinpoint a specific period to when it first appeared and introduced. One of the most
popular myths highlights Cang Zie, the historical chronicler of the Yellow Emperor, to be the
inventor of the Chinese characters. It was said that he had four eyes and four pupils which enabled
him to observe many different parts and things around the world so that he
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Chinese Immigrates
There are two mainly waves of Chinese immigrates to the United States: the first wave occurred in
the 1850s, because of federal law to restrict Chinese immigrant and stop; the second wave form
1980s, conform to the normalization of Sino–American relations and change of immigration policy.
At present, Chinese immigrants is the third largest U.S in row after Mexico and India. Population of
2013, according to the number of Chinese in the United States more than 2 million, accounting for
5% of the total immigrant population. The U.S. census report shows that Chinese residents in the
United States has a population of more than 1 hundred thousand people, nearly 3 hundred thousand
Chinese immigrants to the United States during 1850–1889. But the waves
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Chinese Culture
Dara Murphy 112519063 Chinese Culture Essay: There are many different aspects to Chinese
culture that make it so broad and interesting. I will be focusing mainly on the more modern features
to the culture and how it has changed from the traditional culture. Chinese culture is one of the
oldest cultures out there today. I personally find the culture as a whole very interesting and
intriguing and I extremely enjoyed learning about the ancient culture that is still ever so prominent
today. It consists of many old traditions that have been carried forward into the twenty– first century.
Customs and traditions do vary as your travel through the many town villages and also through the
twenty– two provinces. Some of the different ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
It varies from year to year. The year just gone 2012 is celebrated on the twenty– third of January,
this year however it will be held on the tenth of February. With every year there is an animal sign to
go with it. 2012 was the year of the dragon; this coming year would be the year of the snake. A
different animal represents each year. There are twelve animals in total and they rotate around. I am
the ear of the rooster. As the New Year comes a new animal is selected to symbolize the year ahead.
The Chinese New Year is a very superstitious time for the Chinese people. The are very aware of
"bad spirits" each year they but colorful prints on their front doors of the God Zhangkui this is for
the protection for the next year from bad an devil spirits. Another way they drive off evil spirits is to
light fireworks. The Chinese people as a whole are very superstitious. When buying presents you
have to be quite careful because unknowingly you could insult them when really you are just
presenting a gift to them, other times they might not accept them. It is a known fact not to buy a
clock for a Chinese person. Although it was meant as a pleasant gesture in the Chinese culture a
clock represents death. If presented with a clock, the Chinese people will actually give the price of
the clock back to in a way cancel out the superstition. A green hat is also a symbol of a bad present.
It signifies that you will have an affair and it's a present you do not give to someone.
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Chinese History And The Chinese Tradition
Chinese history has witnessed the governing styles of many different dynasties throughout its
history. Both the Tang and Yuan dynasties had expansionist ideologies, and both attempted to
reallocate workload under their administrations. While the Tang government was focused on
management and focused (specialization?) of tasks and services, the Yuan dynasty was less able to
fully control its territory and people. The Yuan dynasty's shaky regime, when contrasted with the
relative stability of the Tang, highlights their differences in focus and implementation of legislation.
The Tang views on how to govern their large empire were steeped in Chinese tradition. They
believed that the country was so large, one man could not hope to rule it (1). Thus, they should
enfeoff their relatives and therefore disseminate power across the land so that no one man is too
strong (2,3). In contrast, the Mongols believed that the vast territory that they had acquired needed
to be divided by stark, strict lines. Ethnic and occupational divisions were cleaved within
bureaucratic and social spheres (Governing China 53). These ideological differences highlight the
source of these differences between dynasties: while the Tang was based in a rich native cultural
history, the Yuan was a foreign power exacting influence in an unfamiliar region. This difference
would color all other parts of the dynasties' governance. The extent to which the Tang stretched in
its prime could only be compared to the
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Being Chinese
the story " the struggle to be an all American girl " is about a girl who hates her culture of being
Chinese and wants to be a race besides her own talks about why she hated being Chinese. The most
important phrase in the story is "At last, I was one of you, I wasn't one of them. Sadly, I still am "
The quote"At last, I was one of you, I wasn't one of them. Sadly, I still am " is the most important
quote because It states the truth through the main characters eyes about her having to be Chinese
and not having another race's lifestyle. The quote "Instead of playing with our fourth and fifth grade
friends or sneaking out to the empty lot to hunt ghost and animal bones, my brother and I had to go
to Chinese school". The quote shows that
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Chinese American Transnationalism
This paper is a brief reaction to a scholarly article in Airriess Text entitled 'Chinese American
Transnational Migration and Connections.' This article is located in chapter 11 of Airriess' text
Contemporary Ethnic Geographies in America, on pages 263 through 283. The text begins by
explaining that transnationalism is a reinterpretation of immigration, and natural to Chinese
Americans from birth. The first mechanism of transnationalism is called an "astronaut" family, and it
means that family members reside in different countries across the world. Another common
mechanism of transnationalism is called "parachute kids." This title is used to describe the situation
where both parents live in Asia, and the teenage (or older) child lives in the United States generally
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I have chosen to analyze foreign–born Chinese, in the age group 16 to 64. This is the largest age
group of the foreign–born Chinese, totaling nearly 2 million, 80.3% of this population, and slightly
more female than male. This age group is known as the productive group, since they are the ones
who generally pay for everything. Between the ages of 16 and 64, Chinese Americans are going to
college, getting jobs, and starting families. It is also Chinese tradition that this age group care for the
elderly age group 65+. Since this middle age group is so large, in twenty years from now we are
going to have a lot of elderly Chinese people. The fact that people are living longer lives will also
add to this population of old people. It is likely that there will be some complications in taking care
of so many elderly people including primarily housing and
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The Political Differences Of Chinese Immigration In Early...
"In America, the Chinese were forced to become "strangers" by economic interests – the demands of
white capitalists for colonized labor force and the "ethnic antagonism" of white workers – as well as
by an ideology defining America as a homogeneous white society. The Chinese found new
conditions of "necessity" circumscribing their lives." Being specified as "strangers from a different
shore," Chinese were repudiated fairness of opportunity and partitioned from their mainland China
by the oppressive laws of exclusion. As the primary Asian social affair to enter America, the Chinese
authenticity out close thought. What unfolded in nineteenth century addressed the begin of a case for
the actions Asians would be seen and experience here – their change into "outcasts." However, their
lifestyle as invulnerable was settled by their passage and by a baffling mix of money related,
ideological, and political progressions in American culture. Early Chinese Americans faced
numerous ways of discriminations and unfairly treated socially, politically, legally, and in business
affairs. First, socially by the 1880s Chinese immigrants were being viewed not only as an inferior
and undesirable population, but also as an actual threat to American culture. The pattern of
discrimination and dislike of immigrants has repeated itself almost identically over the years. One of
the reasons nativists opposed immigration is because they felt that immigrants were willing to work
for any wage, crowded,
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Chinese Popular Religion Essay : Chinese Religion
Chinese Popular Religion Essay
This last week the world has said goodbye to Mohamad Ali and bid Queen Elizabeth yet another of
her 90 years. One might wonder what a Muslim, Catholic and the Dao have in common. Each with
their own ideals these two cultural icons have lived in the Dao. "All humans are part of the cosmic
process, the Tao, and are composed of the complimentary forces of yin and yang" (Lecture 6,2014).
To live in the Dao one must revere humanities' bond to humanity by following the five positive
human relationships, recognizing and existing in the Ying and Yang by following feng shui of one's
existence (Lecture 6,2014). This conglomeration of practices has grown throughout history to
accommodate many traditions into a social religious and political stew of sorts. The Catholics were
not to be left undone, as they participated in influencing the political and religious aspects of the
Tang dynasty (Ownby, 2003). Some shared ideals that have become attributions of Catholic and
Islamic influence include harmony, family and society. It is within these guidelines and shared ideals
we may reach common understanding and thereby, sustain peace.
Our lecture this week taches us that at the center of this synthesis are the five basic relationships of
humanity's bond to humanity and therefor key features of Chinese Popular Religion:
1. The relationship of the sovereign (ruler) and the subject, marked by justice and righteousness
2. The relationship of a parent to a
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The Chinese Pest
On the 1st of January 1901, six British colonies were legalised by the British parliament to govern
as a part of the Australian Federation. With the legalisation of unification also held the birth of
national independence of Australia. Under a federal system, powers were divided between a central
government and several regional governments. Power was divided between the federal government
and the governments of the six colonies, which were renamed 'states' by the Constitution. One of the
first pieces of legislation passed in the new Federal Parliament was the Immigration Restriction Act.
Now known as the infamous White Australia Policy. This immigration restriction made it
significantly difficult for Asians and Pacific Islanders to migrate to Australia. ... Show more content
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As illustrated, the six British colonies (represented as women) Cooperate on using the Australian
Federation to push 'The Chinese Pest' out of the country. This illustration comedically represents
how the White Australian Policy from the Federation forced Asian immigrants to return to place of
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Questions On The Chinese Room

  • 1. Questions On The Chinese Room In Minds, Brains, and Programs John Searle objects to Computational Theory of Mind (CTM), particularly that running a program on a computer and manipulating symbols does not mean that the computer has understanding, or more generally a mind. In this paper I will first explain Searle's Chinese Room, then I will explain CTM and how it relates to the Chinese Room. Following this I will describe how the Chinese Room attacks the CTM. Next I will explain the Systems Reply to the Chinese Room and how the Systems Reply actually undermines Searle's conclusion in the Chinese Room. Then I will describe Searle's response to the Systems Reply and how that response undermines the Systems Reply. Lastly, I will evaluate Searle's reply to the Systems Reply and defend the Systems Reply against the points Searle raises against the Systems Reply. To explain the Chinese Room I will first explain the instructions in the Chinese room; then I will explain how the man inside the room manipulates these instructions. Finally, given that the man only operates the instructions, Searle's conclusion is that the man does not understand Chinese. Therefore, the whole system does not understand Chinese. The instructions in the room are a complex set of rules that guide the man inside to receive inputs and produce outputs all written in Chinese. The instructions, written in English, tell the man "if you see this Chinese symbol paired with this Chinese symbol put down these Chinese symbols, or if ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 3. Chinese Relations Between Chinese And American Businesses With the increasing global economy, it is no surprise that Chinese and American businesses are working together more closely. Despite the anti–Chinese rhetoric that is common in politics, the fact remains that the globalization of business will see the Chinese and Americans crossing paths and working together. Due to the hyperbole involved in politics, myths are common involving Chinese business practices. A closer analysis will likely dispel the common myths involving business practices in China. One common myth is the perceived power distance in China. It is common to think that the power distance is large with Chinese businesses due to cultural traditions in the country (Wu & Zhang, 2014). In the past, this was true, but in the past twenty years, the Chinese business hierarchy has changed significantly. Since China has been included in the World Trade Organization (WTO) the Chinese culture has moved closer to policies of the West (Wu & Zhang, 2014). Now that the power distance is below the global average, employees are freer to engage their superiors to make suggestions or share ideas (Wu & Zhang, 2014). Finding the drop in power distance in Chinese businesses has challenged many assumptions people had about China and the Chinese people (Kinicki, & Kreitner, 2013). When conducting business in China, it is always a good idea to research the Chinese culture to adjust behavior to make the transition of cultures smoother. If conducting business in China, an ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 5. Differences Between Chinese And Chinese American – What are the differences between Chinese American, and Chinese–American? The two terms seem similar to each other since it contains two nationalities, Chinese and American; however, there are different meanings between the four words. Chinese American is an American citizen, who prefers being an American to a Chinese man while having a Chinese ascendancy. From his words, the hyphenated form of Chinese–American is not just about the type of American, but also about race and nationality. The term is used to mark the importance of ethnicity: no matter you are from China, or you live in China, you are always considered as the Chinese. In light of the identity categorizations, I am not considered myself either Vietnamese American or Vietnamese–American; I am just Vietnamese. My smile spreads from ears to ears, my skin is in yellow tone, and my pose is similar to the native Vietnamese. I identify myself as the Vietnamese not just because of my exterior but also of my Vietnamese background. I understand the meaning of bearing Vietnamese blood, eating Vietnamese food every day, and behaving as a Vietnamese. Truthfully, I understand, adapt, appreciate, and admire the American living standards; but the lifestyle just becomes marginalized to me. Or even sometimes, I unconsciously feel ashamed of being different from my American friends. I fear being a Vietnamese with a "nerdy" tag. I try to Americanize myself by changing my diet, texting to my friends, or dressing up like my friends; ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 7. Chinese Immigration Dbq Many groups immigrated to the United States, mostly in California, for land, jobs, wealth and freedom. One of the main ethnic groups of immigrants that came to California to work were the Chinese. Many companies used the Chinese men to work on railroads that connected America through transportation that later helped develop modern day America. According to Document M, "Chinese immigrants compromised 90% of the 10,000 laborers who laid tracks eastward from Sacramento across the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains to connect with the Union Pacific." That would mean, that there were 9,000 Chinese builders and workers that were building the first ever trans–continental railroad in America. Even though Chinese immigrants helped America grow in certain ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 9. Chinese Exclusion Act Before the American Industrial Revolution was underway, Chinese laborers were of importance to the early economic development of the United States. Especially in the West, Chinese laborers helped to set the foundation for a prosperous America. In the mid–1800s, an influx of Chinese immigrants arrived to California and worked in the new mining industry. Years later, Chinese immigrants began to work outside of mines and in occupations such as construction of the transcontinental railroad and manufacturing. Recognizing the significance of Chinese immigrants in the United States, the Chinese and United States government signed the Burlingame Treaty in 1868, guaranteeing the mutual advantage of free migration and emigration between both countries. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Chinese immigrants were unable to denounce the law's extension and its discriminatory nature. In 1902, Congress made the exclusion indefinite after the establishment of a new treaty with the Chinese government in 1894: the treaty became more restrictive of emigration. China later refused to renew the treaty with the United States of America in 1904 because of its acknowledgment of such harsh legislature against the Chinese. In 1905, there was a boycott of goods from the United States in China. Although this did not have the severe impact on American economy that Chinese citizens hoped for, it certainly aided in the rise of Chinese economic nationalism ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 11. Chinese Symbolism Throughout history, political cartoons have been used to express an individual or a group of people's perspectives on certain political or social issues. Through various visual techniques, the cartoonist can portray their values and beliefs on diverse subjects, such as immigration. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, Chinese immigration in the United States rose to unprecedented numbers which prompted many xenophobic Americans to speak out. In "The Chinese Must Go," the symbolism of the Chinese man running away with a money bag to China represents the belief that Chinese immigrants are exploiting the American economy. In "The Great Fear of the Period," the symbolism of the Chinese man swallowing Uncle Sam conveys the idea that Chinese foreigners are destroying American culture. Ultimately, "The Chinese Must Go" and "The Great Fear of the Period" both utilize symbolism to portray the United States nativist negative perception of Chinese immigrants in the late nineteenth century. In "The Chinese Must Go," the cartoonist depicts a Chinese man running with a bag of money to China, symbolizing the American conviction that Chinese immigrants were taking advantage of the American economy in the late nineteenth century. The Missouri Steam Wash chest that is chasing the Chinese foreigner has red and white pants to symbolize that it is an American business. This is done to portray the Chinese as making money in the American economy, but then taking this acquired ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 13. Chinese Immigrants In The Chinese Must Go In "The Chinese Must Go" the cartoonist depicts the Chinese as running with a money bag to China which symbolizes the American belief that Chinese laundrymen were exploiting the American economy. The Chinese man is running from San Francisco to China with a bag of money in his hand, which was likely earned from working in the laundry business, this can be inferred from the cleaning tool in his arm and the stereotype of Chinese immigrants being laundrymen. This depiction makes sense given the historical period, because "the Chinese primarily labored in lower–paying industries and firms... such as domestic and laundry work." (Almaguer 171) The Chinese immigrants were subject to lower paying professions because the whites saw the Chinese presence ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 15. Chinese Culture China and its' Culture The older and the more I grow up the more I realize how different cultures are around the world. Based on geography and and size many different things can vary. One culture that sticks out to me and was something that for me is very unusual is the Chinese culture. Based on one's his or hers ancestors people in China differentiate their culture in language, population, religion, and food. To begin, language is something that differentiates us and for China they all speak chinese. There are seven main groups of dialect which each have their own variations. Mandarin dialect is spoken by about 71.5 percent of the population, then the Wu which is 8.5 percent, the Yue which is also known as the Cantonese and is spoken by about 5 percent. Then is the Xiang and the amount of people who speak it is 4.8 percent, Min is 4.1 percent, and Hakka is 3.7 percent, and lastly, is Gan and only 2.4 percent speak it. Standard Chinese which as I mentioned above is Mandarin, is based on the Beijing dialect and as from the amount of population that speaks it you can see that it would be the national language. In schools and things this is the language that is taught but based on where in China you live it can vary. Language variations are more common in areas like central and southern China. When looking more into actually how their language looks it is quite interesting. They use characters and little marks, thoughts, or principles. They use what is called the Romanized ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 17. Chinese Exclusion Act The Gold Rush in California resulted in Chinese coming to America in search of wealth, a buildup of resentment by Americans, the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act. The Chinese came to America in search of wealth. They wanted to make money to send back to their poor families at home and to become very rich (Leo Luo). The Chinese went through the attack of being so poor because of the Qing dynasty the ruler he declined to help during the opium wars. After all the Chinese began to need resources to live off , so they began to look for jobs and hope to become very wealthy and then return back to their homes to help support their families at home (" Chinese immigrants to America"). On the other hand the Chinese did overcome their needs and became ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 19. American Born Chinese Children Under Chinese Culture Socialization –––––– American Born Chinese Children under Chinese Culture According to the American Heritage Dictionary, socialization is "the process of learning interpersonal and interactional skills that are in conformity with the values of one 's society" (American Heritage). It is a process of learning culture. During socialization, children will acquire attitudes, norms, values, behaviors, personalities, etc. within agencies of socialization, which were described as "Agencies of socialization are structured groups or contexts within which significant processes of socialization occur." according to the sociology terminology (Gidden 1). Socialization always begins very early in life. It starts from childhood and continues ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The majority of Chinese immigrant families engage in professional careers, such as engineering, medicine, accounting and research. Being socialized through their parents, many ABC 's expect to achieve those careers through the higher education. They will be told how decent and wonderful it would be if their jobs as a doctor or scientist. Also, their parents will reinforce the idea that those jobs will be useful to a society as well. On the Goldsea website, it is reported that: "young Asian American infiltrated professional ranks, primarily in medicine, engineering and accounting. The next few decades saw Asians multiply in those fields, while a small minority ventured into law, journalism and marketing. But even at the start of the new millennium, most promising Asian Americans continue crowding into medical and engineering fields, with corporate finance and management emerging as a serious alternative." (Goldsea 1). While many European Americans choose business as their careers, the young ABC still engage in the traditional careers due to the pressures of family and cultural biases. Chen point out that the traditional Chinese family will train children through conformity (Chen 2). Under the Chinese immigrant families, what happens to the ABC 's Character regarding conformity? As to their personality development, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 21. Chinese Imperialism In the fifteenth century, China was one of the most superior global powers. The Confucian principle–adhering administration created an enviable, sophisticated society; no other nation could match it's enormous population (100–130 million), its incredibly fertile lands, or its unified bureaucracy. According to Kennedy, "...the most striking feature of the Chinese civilization must be it's technological precocity" (Kennedy 1). Kennedy was not incorrect making this statement. The nation had vast libraries, due to the invention of printing by movable type being invented in the 1000's in China, an innovation that hastened the book making process and churned out large amounts of books; the creation of paper money expedited the growth of the trade ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The isolationism brought about dislike of the navy and suspicion for traders. The mandarin "bought cheap and sold dear", meaning they bought cheap goods and sold their own goods for high prices. Admittedly, the reasoning for isolation became evident, as the empire was under pressure from the Mongols. Unfortunately, China could not concentrate extra resources into naval defense due to the fruitless attempt at expanding into modern–day Vietnam. Be that as it may, the Ming Empire adhered to the Confucian ideals, "According to the Confucian code, warfare itself was a deplorable activity and armed forces were made necessary only by the fear of barbarian attacks or internal revolts" (Kennedy 4). Due to this principle, the Chinese abandoned their impressive naval army, leaving it to decay. Be that as it may, Kennedy stated that "It must be noted, however that the Chinese apparently never plundered or murdered" (Kennedy 3). Unfortunately, the neglect paid to the navy led to the super power's downfall. Due to the Ming's edict banning ships with more than two masts, the empire was at a severe naval disadvantage. The Chinese coastline was being attacked by Japanese pirates, but there was no move made to repair their army to prevent further attacks. The decline of the Ming Empire's military paired with the isolationism they adopted created a nation that would not be able to move on with the rest of the world. Isolationism does not breed the innovation or necessary improvements to keep up with the burgeoning West. Due to the lack of enterprise and expansion and the ever–growing population, it became increasingly difficult to keep the intensive farming up to pace with the nation's need. The Ming Empire was replaced by the Manchus in the mid 1600's, but that could not help the rapid decline of the Eastern nation as it fell from ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 23. Chinese Immigration Q1. Many people from all around the world migrated to America in the late 19th century. Two of these groups were the Irish and the Chinese. There are many reasons they came to America, but the most scene by research, is to have a better life. The Irish started migrating in mass during the potato blight of the 1840s in Ireland (1.assumption.edu, n.d.). Later they started to migrate to America for a better life and to reunite with relatives that were already here. The Chinese began to migrate later, the first waves starting during the gold rush (Brinkley, 2014). They came to America seeking gold to become rich and escape the harsh economic conditions in China. Soon they began to do like the Irish and migrate for a better life and to reunite ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In the late 1800s and early 1900s many people were concerned with limiting immigration in the United States. There was also another group of people concerned with immigrants. This movement of people wanted to educate those that were already in America and those allowed to immigrate under the new policies. This movement was concerned with educating the immigrants to help assimilate them into American society and culture. Some of the most famous of these movement groups were the Settlement Houses. The most famous was the Hull House in Chicago, it became the model for all the other Settlement Houses in the United States (Brinkley, 2014). These houses were set up to help immigrants adapt to the language and customs of America. These houses also led the way to the creation of social workers. Since most of these houses were ran by women, it also helped open the doors for women's rights movement during that time ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 25. The Impact Of Chinese Dragons On Chinese Culture Dragons in Asia are considered lucky because they are wise and powerful and people respect the dragon because they breathe clouds, move the season, and control the water of rivers lakes and seas. They are linked with the Yang( 10 facts about Chinese dragons). On Asia dragon was part of the culture for more than 4,000 years and made a huge impact on culture because they believed the dragon's were real and they also worshiped them as well. In China, Japan, and Korea they believed that dragons where real and powerful and the people gave them respect because they think that the dragon's created everything(Asian Dragons). One interesting fact about an Asian dragon is that the people believed that they were more a s serpent type creature, but ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... One thing about Chinese dragons is that they even hosted some type of race that honor the dragons called the dragon race(legend of the Chinese dragons). Unlike the Chinese or the Japanese dragon the Korean dragon will be a little aggressive, but it is still wise and promotes its land and all the dragons in Asia bring good luck according to the people who have been living there.As the dragons move north or east, they will lose a claw and if they move south or west, they will add a new claw to them self. One thing about these dragons is that some can be aggressive and people should have respect for the water dragons because they can destroy anything that will threaten them. In Asia people draw dragons as art and some of the dragon art represent something about them. If someone as a dragon tattoo, they should not mess with them because they will just cause trouble and they are not easy going people. Also the Chinese dragons are associated with the yin and the yang because every sixty years there will be a different type of dragon to celebrate with the Chinese new year(9 Things You Didn't Know about Chinese Dragons). Also the dragon became the most powerful symbol in the world because the dragon brings good luck and people used to draw of dragon in their flag or coat of arms. According to (The Dragon in Ancient China) chinese, japanese, and Korean art's drawing of dragons and statue of dragon will them so they can have a good luck charm. Finally in Asia the dragon has some type of special race in china because they want to honor them and they will also have statues or a drawing of dragon as a good luck ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 27. The Chinese National Of Chinese Movies The Chinese National in Chinese Movies The essential theme of "National" has been virtually reflected in a greater percentage of Chinese film and a number of propositions have been put forward to back up this trend. Probably due to the political history that has patterned China right from the empirical and feuding lord epochs to the now predominant nation–state mechanism of government. Thanks to the Han Dynasty that had a precursor vision of unifying China as one people; probably the earliest of enthusiast to envision the Chinese people as people from one fabric. Chinese film, even though can logically be differentiated from Taiwanese and Hong Kong film and cinema, where mainland China with a critical media base at Shanghai has often been ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Recap on selected movies Durian Durian Produced in the last quarter of 2000, Durian Durian was directed by Fruit Chan and produced by Carrie Wong. It features a deep national theme that is manifested in the inland China–Hong Kong contention, a feature that has been prevalent throughout the modern years of China. The plot centers around two sharply contrasting female characters, Fan, who is a Hong Kong native and Yan who is from Northeast China and her illegal neighbor. Yan is illegally residing in Hong Kong for the economic reasons and involves in prostitution with the hope of a better future. Fan on the other hand, a local, becomes close friends with Yan since they are close neighbors and they share their personal stories. The story ends with Yan finally packing up and heading to the Northeast to reunite with her ex–fiancé and invest the hard earned cash she has acquired as an illegal immigrant in Hong Kong. Rush Hour Rush Hour has been developed in three parts with the initial version featuring in 1998. Starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, the film is produced by Roger Bimbaum and five other skilled personnel and directed by Brett Ratner. Even though the plot is decentralized into fighting major crimes such as terrorism, kidnapping, robbery and gang affiliation, the national theme ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 29. Chinese Applicants "How American Colleges Can Better Serve Chinese Applicants" is an article in the "chronicle of higher education", claiming a problem that Chinese students use the agents to apply American colleges. At the begin of the article, the author, Hathaway, shows that some people hold their opinion about the agents help their clients by resorting to unjust means. They think people need to dispense with agents because agents' behaviors influence the fair of other Chinese students and American colleges. However, after that, the author uses some evidence to argue that there are many benefits of using agents. He is trying to explain the role if the agents, and show his audiences, the Chinese students group and American colleges offices that the agents provide ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... About this article, most audiences are American colleges offices and Chinese international students group. And the author argues that the using agents could enhance mutual understanding with Chinese and American colleges. For example, according to the author, Chinese parents paid some additional fee to agents to get some exigencies information, and the agents will collet a lot of information about the foreign school for their children (Hathaway). When Chinese students see this article, they may try to find some agents to help them, and their will get some professional advices. Also, most of Chinese students, who are learning in foreign countries, apply their school by using agents because using agents apply foreign colleges is pervasive. After they read this, they will think their own experience that they do get some pragmatic information and help from their agents. In addition, the author also said that American college group could also be benefited. For instance, the agents could help American college to respect Chinese teachers (Hathaway). That means some Chinese teachers do not have enough time to write a letter if commendation, or do not have excellent English skill. With the agents' help, they can solve these myriad risks easily (Hathaway). So, American colleges could get more specific information of their students. It means American colleges could have a ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 31. Zhengrong To Ruixiang : The Medieval Chinese Reception Of... Sun–ah Choi examines the unusual iconography of the Chinese Buddha, which is represented by the Buddhas found in Sichuan Province, China, in her essay published in Art Bulletin (97:4), Zhengrong to Ruixiang: The Medieval Chinese Reception of the Mahabodhi Buddha Satua. The images of Chinese Buddha experienced a notable change in the seventh century. Before the seventh century, the imageries focused on the narratives scenes and the Buddhas, at the same time, were devoid of the lavish jewelry. Since then, as the puti ruixiang cave displays in Sichuan, the Buddha images are regarded as independent icons with heavy ornamentation. Immediately, Choi questions the origins of the name and then sets forth her thesis. In this article, she ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... On the contrary, to some extent, the sadness of Yijing converts into some positive feelings. From then on, for human beings, the statue of the Buddha is identical to his physical body, connecting the past, the present, and the future, delivering his benevolence to the mortals. Thus, this results in a significant shift from "as if real" to "the true visage." When Choi rethinks the notion of the replications, first, she adduces a concept from John Ma, who points out the peculiarity of people in ancient or medieval period. They prefer to illustrate their characteristic subjects, instead of producing identical replications. At the same time, she uses a considerable amount of pictures to elaborate the different imitations of the Buddhas in different cultural circumstances. For instance, the Buddha that was built in South Korea is recognized by its significant size. The measurements of each part of this Buddha are identical to the earlier prototype. In Indonesia, there is another statue known for its crude quality, because according to the legend, the prototype was unfinished. Different from the imitation of size or unusual quality, the puti ruixiang Buddha in China emphasizes on its heavy decorations consciously since the Buddha in the Mahabodhi Temple was decorated with lavish ornaments. These visual images help the viewer to distinguish the stylistic differences among the characteristic Buddhas. Based on the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 33. The Ancient Chinese Society Conservative is oftentimes used to describe the structure in which Ancient Chinese society is built upon and what modern Chinese society thrives upon. The "desire to maintain or restore the values and institutions of the past" (Harding, 2008) is conspicuously the prevailing value in Chinese culture. Indeed, according to the "voting results of the... Supreme People's Procuratorate of China" (Song, 2013), only 8% of the population are liberal, about 54% are neither liberal nor conservative and about 38% are conservative (Song, 2013). Thus, they believe in national unity, state sovereignty, more government intervention, traditional values and wisdom, and Confucianism (Pan, 2015). It is not to say that the Chinese culture should be regarded with ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... When implemented in their society, there is no doubt that they grasped Confucian conservative beliefs into their moral standards and practices. In their education system, they were accustomed to the idea of dedication, obedience, and loyalty, due to behavioural control and motivation; in their economic system, the local and national economic system was transformed into a conservative capitalist society run by Confucianism; and finally, in their social system, they created social order and divisions among equals, while respecting elders; all conservative values and practices of originating from Confucianism. Morally, whether this standard of living is right or wrong, is dependent on the individual and his or her moral values, but what can be stated is that Confucianism and its ideologies have shaped China into a conservative ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 35. Chinese Culture Mainland China is rooted in more than 4,000 years of rich Chinese cultures and history. It's known for their lives, travel, history, business and food, their people and customs. Traditional Kung Fu is as much of the culture of china according to statistics. The Chinese people have shared a common culture longer than any other groups on earth. China is one of the cradles of the human race. For thousands of years the culture of china has attract and moved many people from all over the world, being so unique and one–of–a–kind as well as elegant and inspiring. The Chinese culture, a culture that has evolved for thousands and thousands of years contains rare beauty and enchanted with history variously as an ancient civilization extending ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... There are more urban dwellers in China than are found in either the United States or Russia. Some of the cities are quite large. Shanghai, for example, has more than 7 million people; Beijing has more than 6 million, and Tianjin more than 5 million. Many cities have more than 1 million people each." (Compton's Living Encyclopedia) China's cities are expanding rapidly. The government is attempting to regulate urban growth in order to avoid such problems as congestion, overcrowding, slum development, and unemployment. China's government is a People's Republic; the main organs of the government are under Communist party control. The head of state in China is the "Premier". The population of China is and has been a strain on the countries resources; because of this the government has interjected itself into the people's family planning. "China's family planning policy combines government guidance with the wishes of the masses. The basic requirements of family planning are late marriages and late child–bearing, so as to have fewer, but healthier, babies, especially one child per couple. But a flexible family planning policy is adopted for rural people and ethnic minorities; in rural areas, couples may have second baby in exceptional cases, but must wait several years after the birth of the first child." Chinese people have the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 37. Chinese Migration Essay Chinese immigration is a popular subject for many scholars that research the inconsistencies and patterns of Chinese migration. Prior to World War II, Chinese migration was strictly regulated and deeply connoted negative feelings against Chinese immigrants, yet it did not influx the United States until the early 1880's with the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. Chinese migration is particularly important, because unlike European immigrants that travelled with families, Chinese immigrants travelled alone which created bachelor societies, or Chinatowns. After the U.S. initiated the quota system, Chinese migration shifted from laborers to professionals and students. That being said, Chinese immigrants have faced constant ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... (Zhou 2017: Week 1). Finally, the Hua–yi are Chinese immigrants who came to the U.S. after the passing of the Hart Cellar Act in 1965. Hua–yi immigrants are the most common today and are strongly diverse in ethnicity and social economic status, they also no longer see China as their "homeland" and usually obtain dual residency (Zhou 2017: Week 1). Before 1965, the Chinese Exclusion Act was the main immigration policy that affected Chinese immigration. The Exclusion Act passed in 1882 aimed at preventing the migration of any Chinese laborer into the U.S. in order to preserve the racial hegemony and conserve the Anglo–Saxon "American" (Zhou 2017: Week 2). The Chinese Exclusion Act was originally enacted to last ten years and excluded merchants and their families, business owners, students and diplomats. However, immigration officials asked for proper identification plus documentation approved by the Chinese government that stated the person's height, weight, official rank, age, and physical peculiarities ("Chinese Exclusion Act" 1882: 77–8). The Exclusion Act was later modified through the Geary Act in 1892 to add more provisions and lengthened the Exclusion an additional ten years (Zhou 2017: Week 2). Additionally, European immigrants also saw Chinese immigrants as a threat since Chinese immigrants worked for the lowest wages and were used as strikebreakers against European immigrants when fighting for minimum wages (Zhou 2017: Week 2). U.S. Congress continued ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 39. The Culture Of A Chinese Culture Chinese companies belongs to the family corporate culture type, it has a person oriented culture. The ethnics of the person are more important than the task he or she takes. The leader makes decision and dominates. Malagasy culture is more based on laws and regulations. A Chinese values survey is developed by Hofstede and Bond(1980) to explore cultural values in 22 Asian and western countries from the Chinese social values. In this survey, Confucian dynamism which refer to "the acceptance of legitimacy of hierarchy and valuing of perseverance and thrift, all without undue emphasis on tradition and social obligations which could impede business initiative" (Franke, Hostede and Bond 1991, p.167 quoted in Lin & Ho 2009). It is found out to boost the performance of national economics. Confucianism is one of the foundation of Chinese culture, which shape the way of competing and managing human resource (Lin & Ho 2009). This human oriented theory, can be applied to the management of business organizations and human resource management. This character is also valued in Malagasy culture. These characters are important for a healthy business environment although they may take on a different form. Due to the effect of China 's long–term planned economy and traditional culture, managers advocate, moralize, emphasize the process from cultivation oneself to pacify others, pursue stability and fear change, don 't take risk, thus it hard for them to catch unanticipated opportunities , ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 41. Chinese Immigrants My research experience so far has been quite smooth, I have been able to read and uncover a variety of sources that contain valuable information about the Chinese immigrants of the late 1800s. More importantly, the sources that I have found are all different; some of my sources are articles, others are flyers, and I even found political cartoons. Learning form a diverse selection of sources has allowed to learn about the situation through different lenses. I have not experienced any frustration through my research, but I am slightly annoyed at the lack of memorial and remembrance for a massive part of U.S. history, especially due to the inhumane treatment of a large groups of people. Toronto has a significantly large memorial for the Chinese ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 43. Chinese Poetry And Chinese Literature Chinese literature is an important literary heritages of the world. With an history for more than thousands of years that influences people throughout the century. The Chinese language has retained its remarkable identity in both its spoken and written aspects in spite of generally gradual changes in pronunciation. With those syllabic tones, which produce a different but equally pleasing cadence. This tonal feature of the chinese language has brought about an intimate relationship between poetry and music in China. Chinese poetry were originally sung and played with instruments. Even after the musical scores were lost, the poems were more often chanted. In order to approximate signing than merely read it. Chinese poetry is difficult to understand and interpret, There's a hindering meaning behind each chinese character. Translation and cultural ignorance is the two of the main hindering of a complete understanding. This paper will compare and contrast these two collections of poetry in order to gain a better understanding of Chinese poetry. The collections of book of odes and the songs of Chu will be extracted and explored. Where there are lots of differences and similarities between western Zhou period and Han/warring state period. Western culture,which was influenced by Shakespeare and other romantic poets. people had a tendency to think of poems as elaborate creations of scholars and geneius. However, Chinese culture, people are influenced by the anonymity of Shijing, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 45. The Meaning Of Being Chinese And Chinese Immigrants Immigration brings uncertainty, tensions between the past and present, and alterations in identity due to acculturation as shown through Leon and other characters in Bone. In the psychological study, "The Meaning of 'Being Chinese' and 'Being American': Variation among Chinese American Young Adults," the correlation between the Chinese immigrating to the United States abridging Chinese and American cultures varied based on their age of immigration and the duration of their time in the United States, demonstrating that immigration provides a multifaceted experience for each individual. Chinese immigrants who immigrated over the age of twelve, like Mah and Leon, present an anchored identity as Chinese, but have to adapt through consciously engaging in American culture to survive. Leon distances himself from his frustrations of living in America by going out to sea, evading Chinatown– a reminder of Ona's death–, and by distracting himself in project inventions without any intentions of completing them. Then, Mah immerses herself in work and relationships, including her affair with Tommie Ham and her over involvement in her daughters' lives. Chinese immigrants who immigrated under the age of twelve, like Leila, are placed in the position of mediating between Chinese and American cultures; they experience less certainty on which culture to identify with and often have to consciously act to become a part of either. In her conversation with Nina, Leila reflects on how Nina's tour ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 47. Jade : The Chinese Diamond Xiuyuan Guo Professor Cook WRA 101 November 21, 2016 Jade: The Chinese Diamond Jade, a beautiful green stone is China's most popular material for jewelry better than other artifacts. As time passed, it became more important within the culture including religious symbols and civilization. There were a lot of other materials used for decoration like gold, silver, bronze etc, but no one could replace the position of jade in Chinese people's minds. Jade can represent a lot of symbols. We can see it from "5000 Years of Chinese Jade: 'Featuring Selections from the National Museum of History" Jade craftworks were among the most precious and luxurious ones; people wore and decorated rooms to indicate loyalty, elegance, beauty, and eternity. The most popular patterns were: peach (longevity), mandarin duck (love), deer (high official ranks), bat (blessing), fish (affluence), double phoenixes (thriving), bottle (safety), lotus (holiness), bamboo (lofty conduct), and fan (benevolence), etc. (Citation Johnston John) Almost every Chinese people own or wear some kind of jade ornament, myself included. My jade is a necklace. It is a magpie (a kind of bird) standing on a plum tree. In China, magpie is the same pronunciation of happiness, and plum is the same pronunciation of eyebrow. So we can also think the symbols mean you are happy all the time because the happiness is always on your eyebrow. Another example is from an old saying. This old saying is: broken jade is better the whole ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 49. The Chinese Room Argument While proponents of strong AI believe that machines are capable of imitating human consciousness so well that it might be perceived as actually obtaining consciousness, others such as John Searle believe otherwise. Another logical stance on the question is accepting that machines are able to behave as though it has a conscious mind physically, but also arguing that machines will never be able to possess this consciousness as though a human would. This second type of viewpoint is considered Weak Artificial Intelligence, otherwise known as narrow artificial intelligence. Weak AI is acknowledging that machines can simulate consciousness computationally, but that is different from actually obtaining consciousness. One of the most widely known ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Searle believed that simply manipulating symbols will not ensure computers are able to think or understand, in other words, knowing syntax does not mean understanding the semantics, and function does not mean understanding. There are of course many criticisms of Searle's Chinese Room Argument, the main ones include the Systems Reply, the Robot Reply, the Brain Simulator Reply, the Other Minds Reply, and the Intuition Reply. In Searle's Chinese Room Argument, the person inside the room is defined as not able to understand Chinese. But in response to that, the Systems Reply brings up the point that while the person might not know any Chinese, the system as a whole understands Chinese. The Virtual Mind Reply is similar to the Systems Reply in that the person inside the room might not understand Chinese by him or herself. But Virtual Mind Reply questions whether understanding is created or not. While the person in the room might not have any knowledge of Chinese at the beginning, running the system might create an agent that does have understanding of Chinese. The Robot Reply, while accepting that the person in the room might not understand Chinese or the computer in the room does not understand a particular language, suggests that "giving a computer a body" would mean something different for the computer. Being able to interact with the environment using sensors might enable the computer to learn. The Brain Simulator Reply suggests to consider the program being ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 51. The Chinese Language Upon thinking of the "Chinese Language" most individuals who are not already familiar with the language or Chinese culture will be thinking about the world's most commonly spoken language which is Mandarin. "Mandarin is the languages spoken and written by the han Chinese who constitute more than 90% of the country's populations" (Language and Dialects). So, it is reasonable that many people have a more limited knowledge on this particular subject. However, the history of the languages of China is one of great significance extending far beyond just Mandarin. There is a great history that accompanies the languages in China. When discussing the languages in China one has to keep in mind that it is not just the spoken languages at play here. While the spoken languages are very important, in a way the written language is much more essential. This written language can be broken up into two parts, the characters (汉子=hanzi) and then pinyin; which is how the characters are pronounced. The verbal languages spread across China is one of diversity, the dialectal variances between areas within China is amazing. The history surrounding the spoken languages in China is also rather remarkable. "When a republic was declared in 1912, there was no common spoken language in China. Yes. Imperial officials had communicated in tongue used by the elites in Beijing. But the rest of the vast country was linguistically fractured...The lack of a common tongue has always seemed to threaten the daunting ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 53. Overseas Chinese and Chinese People Essay American–Chinese America is a nation consisting of people from different areas with multiple cultures. As a result, lots of Americans have their ancestors in other countries. Even though they are called "Americans", they have a special identity, that is, hyphenated Americans actually. Chinese– Americans have been one of the large groups of hyphenated Americans since a long time ago. This passage mainly observes the living conditions of Chinese–Americans in America and tries to analyze how the hyphenation identity impacts their thoughts and life. The first section gives a brief introduction about Chinese–American, including its history and construction. Then the passage unpacks their living conditions, such as careers, consumption and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... They operated Chinese restaurant and undertook pure labor work for a long time. Along with the becoming of violent juntoes there, it is more difficult for Chinatown to catch up with the modern pace. (Irwin & Genthe, 2010, pp. 137) Although divided into two parts, the two groups both have the common identity. That is, hyphenated American. As a hyphenated American, one of the most common scenes they have to face up is discrimination and hostility from some natives. Chinese people seem to have nothing in common with natives: different beliefs, different habits and different culture. People can not deny the fact that Chinese–Americans have gains as well as loss influenced by the special identity. (Sowell, 2011, pp.244) First of all, the hyphenated American identity confuses some traditional Chinese–Americans. It is hard for some old Chinese immigrants to accept the hyphenated identity since they are still Chinese people in their deep mind. At the same time, most ideas and concepts, as well as daily habits, are difficult for traditional immigrants to be used to. The novel Scrapping (Wang, 2000) has presented the conflicts in an extreme way. Scrapping is a kind of treatment in Chinese. However, it has been regarded as children abuse in America. Xu Datong, he hero in the story was charged with children abuse surprisingly. They struggled to prove their innocence but failed at last. The family ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 55. The Spirit of the Chinese People My father recommended to me Mr. Ku Hong–Ming's works when I was fresh out of high school. He said that since I was going to major in English, it might be as well to read about Mr. Ku works and try to understand how a Chinese writer's English writing, after such a long period, is still so widely appreciated. I remember quite clearly how I was totally shocked while for first time I read the great words by Mr. Ku Hung–Ming. The collection of his articles, named "The Spirit of the Chinese People" is one of his very magnum opuses ––a pure attempt to interpret the spirit and show the value of Chinese civilization. The special emphasis was laid on the type of humanity the Chinese civilization has produced, namely the man and woman, the type ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Loyalty and filial obedience, so to speak, has become the faith of most of them. Confucianism is not a religion, yet it is better, for no doctrine of any single religion as that of Confucianism has so wide a range of influence upon people's mind. Hence, Confucianism was dubbed by Mr. Ku "the state religion". Presently, we come across a certain kind of vignettes, more often than not, in the news papers as well as in the magazines, talking about how wonderful about the western civilization and how Chinese people should learn from the British–learn from their "sense of gentleman". May be after some serious consideration, people may realize that while we were fascinated with the western culture, the traditional "Chinese spirit" has begun to fade away from people's memory–benevolence, justice and virtue, loyalty and filial obedience and the most basic "the sense of gentleman". Ku, with his sarcastic tone, pointed out the worth of traditional Chinese culture to the flawed western values. As far as I'm concerned, it can't be justified to criticize any single culture as worthless, opinions differ. No single culture is without blemish, and maybe no judge of it is absolutely fair. But we absolutely have a great responsibility to ponder on our own. "The sense of gentleman" within Chinese culture should never be forgotten. As regard to benevolence, justice and virtue as well as loyalty and filial obedience an old ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 57. Chinese Immigrants 1800s In the early 1880's immigrants started to come over to the United States. Immigrants came into the United States for job opportunities, and a better life for there families. Immigrants come from all over the world, such as chinese, Italian, and Russian immigrants. The experiences of Chinese immigrants differed from immigrants from Italy, and Russia. Their experiences differed, because of how they came over to America, where they lived, and jobs. Immigrants came from all over the world to America such as Chinese, Italian, and Russian immigrants. These immigrants came over from other countries and they traveled on a ship. When the immigrants were on the ship they lived in the steerage, which was below the deck of the ship. When the European immigrants arrived in America, half had to be quarantined so they do not get others infected. While the other half were just trying to find jobs, and homes. Immigrants that were from China lived in towns called ghettos. Sometimes they even lived in neighborhoods with white americans and immigrants from Europe. Also near big cities there were restrictive covenants. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... When they arrived in America most of the Chinese immigrants moved west. Most of the Chinese immigrants moved west because they wanted to get jobs in rural areas and build homes for their families. A lot of Chinese immigrants got jobs working on building railroads. The Chinese immigrants were very good at this job, because they got paid very low wages, and that affected the pay rates of white Americans, European immigrants, and Russian immigrants. In the 1882 Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. This act stated that Chinese laborers could not enter the country, because chinese immigrants accepted low wages, and also affected the pay rates of others. However Immigrants from Italy and Russia did not have to go through this. They also had an easier time getting jobs because of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 59. Chinese Immigrants Over the past thousand years or so, many immigrants have had countless complications and obstacles while finding their home here in the United States. Migrants tended to have a stigma or stereotype associated with their race, class, or culture. In no way did the United States make it "easy" or "free" whenever the mass of people came to the country. The experiences between the immigration groups of the Chinese, Irish, and Germans over the years show that they have overcome prejudice through their work. The preceding words were prodded by Clement in front of the California State Senate Committee. These words were prejudice and racist against the Chinese and showed his unwillingness and desire to stand hand and hand with the Chinese people. He stated "panicked cries and portrayals of Chinese immigration as an evil, "unarmed invasion" among the committee". This proved successful and ended with the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which restricted the Chinese based on their race and class. This hurts any chance of the Chinese to be seen as a normal person in the United States and barred certain Chinese immigrants from entering the country. "Even resident aliens and native–born Chinese American citizens faced potential exclusion if they left the United States and tried to return". Chinese residents of California had jobs that were in manufacturing, which was mostly in packing meat or producing clothing. Chinese were hired for these jobs because of their low wages ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 61. Ancient Chinese Characters And Chinese Writing System Fatin Amira Binte Hairy, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Ancient Chinese Characters & Chinese Writing System – Its complexity and richness. The Chinese Language has evolved greatly over almost four thousand years. It has survived invasions, threat of reforming the national language, missionaries and western influence. The language is much less studied and appreciated as compared to western languages. The development of ancient Chinese reflected greatly the social lifestyle of the people and to what held great importance of during that time. It then progressed to evolve into a more complex language where more characters are introduced and the Chinese characters slowly transformed through different periods in China's history. Its complexity, richness in meaning and role that it plays and influence it has in East Asia should be taken note of, highlighting its value in a global context. Evolution of the Characters Ancient Chinese characters were in the form of pictographs engraved on oracle bone scripts. Chinese people expressed the meanings of the characters through simple figures and pictures. It is difficult to pinpoint a specific period to when it first appeared and introduced. One of the most popular myths highlights Cang Zie, the historical chronicler of the Yellow Emperor, to be the inventor of the Chinese characters. It was said that he had four eyes and four pupils which enabled him to observe many different parts and things around the world so that he ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 63. Chinese Immigrates There are two mainly waves of Chinese immigrates to the United States: the first wave occurred in the 1850s, because of federal law to restrict Chinese immigrant and stop; the second wave form 1980s, conform to the normalization of Sino–American relations and change of immigration policy. At present, Chinese immigrants is the third largest U.S in row after Mexico and India. Population of 2013, according to the number of Chinese in the United States more than 2 million, accounting for 5% of the total immigrant population. The U.S. census report shows that Chinese residents in the United States has a population of more than 1 hundred thousand people, nearly 3 hundred thousand Chinese immigrants to the United States during 1850–1889. But the waves ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 65. Chinese Culture Dara Murphy 112519063 Chinese Culture Essay: There are many different aspects to Chinese culture that make it so broad and interesting. I will be focusing mainly on the more modern features to the culture and how it has changed from the traditional culture. Chinese culture is one of the oldest cultures out there today. I personally find the culture as a whole very interesting and intriguing and I extremely enjoyed learning about the ancient culture that is still ever so prominent today. It consists of many old traditions that have been carried forward into the twenty– first century. Customs and traditions do vary as your travel through the many town villages and also through the twenty– two provinces. Some of the different ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... It varies from year to year. The year just gone 2012 is celebrated on the twenty– third of January, this year however it will be held on the tenth of February. With every year there is an animal sign to go with it. 2012 was the year of the dragon; this coming year would be the year of the snake. A different animal represents each year. There are twelve animals in total and they rotate around. I am the ear of the rooster. As the New Year comes a new animal is selected to symbolize the year ahead. The Chinese New Year is a very superstitious time for the Chinese people. The are very aware of "bad spirits" each year they but colorful prints on their front doors of the God Zhangkui this is for the protection for the next year from bad an devil spirits. Another way they drive off evil spirits is to light fireworks. The Chinese people as a whole are very superstitious. When buying presents you have to be quite careful because unknowingly you could insult them when really you are just presenting a gift to them, other times they might not accept them. It is a known fact not to buy a clock for a Chinese person. Although it was meant as a pleasant gesture in the Chinese culture a clock represents death. If presented with a clock, the Chinese people will actually give the price of the clock back to in a way cancel out the superstition. A green hat is also a symbol of a bad present. It signifies that you will have an affair and it's a present you do not give to someone. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 67. Chinese History And The Chinese Tradition Chinese history has witnessed the governing styles of many different dynasties throughout its history. Both the Tang and Yuan dynasties had expansionist ideologies, and both attempted to reallocate workload under their administrations. While the Tang government was focused on management and focused (specialization?) of tasks and services, the Yuan dynasty was less able to fully control its territory and people. The Yuan dynasty's shaky regime, when contrasted with the relative stability of the Tang, highlights their differences in focus and implementation of legislation. The Tang views on how to govern their large empire were steeped in Chinese tradition. They believed that the country was so large, one man could not hope to rule it (1). Thus, they should enfeoff their relatives and therefore disseminate power across the land so that no one man is too strong (2,3). In contrast, the Mongols believed that the vast territory that they had acquired needed to be divided by stark, strict lines. Ethnic and occupational divisions were cleaved within bureaucratic and social spheres (Governing China 53). These ideological differences highlight the source of these differences between dynasties: while the Tang was based in a rich native cultural history, the Yuan was a foreign power exacting influence in an unfamiliar region. This difference would color all other parts of the dynasties' governance. The extent to which the Tang stretched in its prime could only be compared to the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 69. Being Chinese the story " the struggle to be an all American girl " is about a girl who hates her culture of being Chinese and wants to be a race besides her own talks about why she hated being Chinese. The most important phrase in the story is "At last, I was one of you, I wasn't one of them. Sadly, I still am " The quote"At last, I was one of you, I wasn't one of them. Sadly, I still am " is the most important quote because It states the truth through the main characters eyes about her having to be Chinese and not having another race's lifestyle. The quote "Instead of playing with our fourth and fifth grade friends or sneaking out to the empty lot to hunt ghost and animal bones, my brother and I had to go to Chinese school". The quote shows that ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 71. Chinese American Transnationalism This paper is a brief reaction to a scholarly article in Airriess Text entitled 'Chinese American Transnational Migration and Connections.' This article is located in chapter 11 of Airriess' text Contemporary Ethnic Geographies in America, on pages 263 through 283. The text begins by explaining that transnationalism is a reinterpretation of immigration, and natural to Chinese Americans from birth. The first mechanism of transnationalism is called an "astronaut" family, and it means that family members reside in different countries across the world. Another common mechanism of transnationalism is called "parachute kids." This title is used to describe the situation where both parents live in Asia, and the teenage (or older) child lives in the United States generally for educational purposes. After higher education, many Chinese ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... I have chosen to analyze foreign–born Chinese, in the age group 16 to 64. This is the largest age group of the foreign–born Chinese, totaling nearly 2 million, 80.3% of this population, and slightly more female than male. This age group is known as the productive group, since they are the ones who generally pay for everything. Between the ages of 16 and 64, Chinese Americans are going to college, getting jobs, and starting families. It is also Chinese tradition that this age group care for the elderly age group 65+. Since this middle age group is so large, in twenty years from now we are going to have a lot of elderly Chinese people. The fact that people are living longer lives will also add to this population of old people. It is likely that there will be some complications in taking care of so many elderly people including primarily housing and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 73. The Political Differences Of Chinese Immigration In Early... "In America, the Chinese were forced to become "strangers" by economic interests – the demands of white capitalists for colonized labor force and the "ethnic antagonism" of white workers – as well as by an ideology defining America as a homogeneous white society. The Chinese found new conditions of "necessity" circumscribing their lives." Being specified as "strangers from a different shore," Chinese were repudiated fairness of opportunity and partitioned from their mainland China by the oppressive laws of exclusion. As the primary Asian social affair to enter America, the Chinese authenticity out close thought. What unfolded in nineteenth century addressed the begin of a case for the actions Asians would be seen and experience here – their change into "outcasts." However, their lifestyle as invulnerable was settled by their passage and by a baffling mix of money related, ideological, and political progressions in American culture. Early Chinese Americans faced numerous ways of discriminations and unfairly treated socially, politically, legally, and in business affairs. First, socially by the 1880s Chinese immigrants were being viewed not only as an inferior and undesirable population, but also as an actual threat to American culture. The pattern of discrimination and dislike of immigrants has repeated itself almost identically over the years. One of the reasons nativists opposed immigration is because they felt that immigrants were willing to work for any wage, crowded, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 75. Chinese Popular Religion Essay : Chinese Religion Chinese Popular Religion Essay This last week the world has said goodbye to Mohamad Ali and bid Queen Elizabeth yet another of her 90 years. One might wonder what a Muslim, Catholic and the Dao have in common. Each with their own ideals these two cultural icons have lived in the Dao. "All humans are part of the cosmic process, the Tao, and are composed of the complimentary forces of yin and yang" (Lecture 6,2014). To live in the Dao one must revere humanities' bond to humanity by following the five positive human relationships, recognizing and existing in the Ying and Yang by following feng shui of one's existence (Lecture 6,2014). This conglomeration of practices has grown throughout history to accommodate many traditions into a social religious and political stew of sorts. The Catholics were not to be left undone, as they participated in influencing the political and religious aspects of the Tang dynasty (Ownby, 2003). Some shared ideals that have become attributions of Catholic and Islamic influence include harmony, family and society. It is within these guidelines and shared ideals we may reach common understanding and thereby, sustain peace. Our lecture this week taches us that at the center of this synthesis are the five basic relationships of humanity's bond to humanity and therefor key features of Chinese Popular Religion: 1. The relationship of the sovereign (ruler) and the subject, marked by justice and righteousness 2. The relationship of a parent to a ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 77. The Chinese Pest On the 1st of January 1901, six British colonies were legalised by the British parliament to govern as a part of the Australian Federation. With the legalisation of unification also held the birth of national independence of Australia. Under a federal system, powers were divided between a central government and several regional governments. Power was divided between the federal government and the governments of the six colonies, which were renamed 'states' by the Constitution. One of the first pieces of legislation passed in the new Federal Parliament was the Immigration Restriction Act. Now known as the infamous White Australia Policy. This immigration restriction made it significantly difficult for Asians and Pacific Islanders to migrate to Australia. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... As illustrated, the six British colonies (represented as women) Cooperate on using the Australian Federation to push 'The Chinese Pest' out of the country. This illustration comedically represents how the White Australian Policy from the Federation forced Asian immigrants to return to place of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...