Hong Kong

we may focus on Hong Kong suicide problem. Actually, “suicide” this word is seems like not important in the Hong Kong society, and it is not very serious problem in Hong Kong, but it is wrong. So, we may talks about the extent of the suicide behavior, possible causes leading to suicide with explanation from theoretical perspectives, treatment,…

Extended Essay Aaron Cheung Research Question: What are the effects of an ageing population on Hong Kong? Supervisor: Mr. Murchie Word count: Research question What are the effects of an ageing population on Hong Kong? Introduction For my Extended Essay, I will focus on the effects of the problem of ageing population in Hong Kong. Ageing population is a shift in the country’s or a region’s population towards older ages. This is usually reflected in an increase in the proportion of the…

Birchbox is a monthly subscription-based service that offers a box with cosmetic samples to its customers. With it looking at global expansion in China, the company will face both threats and opportunities presented by this market. First, the company will need a lot of influence in the Chinese market. Due to the already saturated market with similar cosmetic ideas such as 1p1g, Glamabox and Glossybox, Birchbox would have a hard time influencing to the Chinese market. While searching for Birchbox…

In Elizabeth Wong’s story, The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl, she reveals denial and shame towards her parent’s culture to illuminate the importance of having multiple cultures in a person’s life. Though reading this story one can discover her denial towards her Chinese culture was because she just wanted to integrate and be like the rest. The majority of children will be forced into ideas that are presented and taught by the parents. The parent is only passionate to keep the traditions…

Max Weber is a philosophical idealist and he is one of the most well known contributors to the sociological and philosophical fields. Many of his ideas converged with or complemented Marx and Engel’s ideologies. Nevertheless, it did not prevent him from refuting certain aspects of their scholarly works when appropriate. In this essay, I am going to critically analyze and critique six of Weber’s points and ideas raised in Ideology and the Development of Sociological Theory by Professor Zeitlin.…

From the 18th century to part of the 19th century, the nation of China had a great sense of pride as well as dislike for outsiders. The dislike of foreigners stemmed from the belief that China was the most superior culture in existence. Chinese culture was based off of Confucian theory at the time. This directly influenced the events leading up to the First Opium War. Once western traders arrived in China for the first time, foreign ideas infiltrated China and began to change the ways of life.…

How do you make your images to your books? I draw the images into my books myself. I usually start with only a pencil and draw the outlines on a paper. After the pencil work is done, I use black markers to make an overlayer on the drawing’s pencil parts. Sometimes I make the colours also with markers, but usually I move the drawing into a computer, and put the colors on the picture with some of the computer’s apps like picsart or pixlr express. Why did you make three different stories in…

June 19th, 1982, Vincent Chin, aged 27, was buried on his wedding day. Just 4 days prior, the young man was celebrating his recent engagement at a bar in Detroit, Michigan. When two white men approached him with racial terms followed by the beating from a baseball bat that caused his life (“Vincent Who”). The beating was brutal enough to be considered as manslaughter. However the sentence was only 3000 dollars and 3-year prohibition (“Vincent Who”). Apparently in the 20th century America,…

character is Kong, he helped Tiger Lil and Lily find the thief that stole $2,000. He can only speak Chinese and lives with Master Wang in his martial arts studio. He believed Americans were the worst kind of people and he despised associating with them. Consequently, he didn't have many friends because of his mindset. Although it must seem as if he isn't a pleasant person to be around, Kong acts like this because Master Wang taught him that Americans don't help you and persuaded Kong to hating…

practice in human relationship. One does not hold the authority unless the others allow you to, it is like a king will not be a king unless the community allows you to do so. That being said, what makes Hong Kong an interesting character? It is the freedom that we receive from both British and China. Hong Kong will not be able to develop its unique identity if there are too many restrictions. Trace back to the policy…