Air China

America is a nation of immigrants, no one doubts that. However, as a child of first generation immigrants, I did not live in a tight-knit immigrant community, and my parents did not bring many elements of their home culture into the house. I grew up listening to American music, learning American history, and my friends were predominantly non-Asian. As a result, I never understood much about my parents’ background, and Taiwanese culture. Sensing my curiosity about my background (perhaps from the…

From AD 1000 to AD 1600, China was united under the Song dynasty. The Song dynasty began in 960 and persisted until 1279. During this era, China became the first government in world history to nationally issue banknotes and was the first government in China to establish a permanent-standing navy. The Song dynasty is divided into two distinct periods, Northern and Southern. Following the Song dynasty was the Yuan dynasty, also known as the Great Yuan. This dynasty lasted from 1271 to 1368 and was…

Buying, selling, and trading between Beijing and China internationally grew but became a problem at the end of the dynasty. Beijing traded tea, silk, which was heavily manufactured in Suzhou, and silver to other countries. China imported maize and peanuts from America. The Yangtze and Yellow River are attached to different ends of the Grand Canal. In the scenes, the people celebrate, sing…

non-existed market at that time in China, Alibaba was created to help facilitate the connection between merchants and customers, furthermore, Mr. Ma inspired millions of people to open their own business and grow China’s economy. Alibaba group has three main sites: Taobao, Tmall, and Alibaba.com, which combined have hundred of millions of users and merchants, creating transactions…

interpersonal and it takes time to build. By knowing these multiple points of view I can benefit accordingly. I myself can adjust between the two cultures and in the future someday do business with China. I will know what and what not to do and what is appropriate in order conduct strong business with China. Overall, I can grow relationships with the Chinese and people from all over the world to increase my personal…

Macartney proposed the famous “Macartney Mission”, and was rejected by Qianlong Emperor. It is because that China had totally different understanding of its diplomatic status from what the Macartney thought, and China was self-sufficient and thus not willing to expand import. However, some claimed that it was China’s “isolation” that resulted in the rejection. From my perspective, the idea that China was “isolated” was not totally correct. Instead, the East Asian was actively involved in…

Chinese the Ming and the Qing, Tokugawa Japan and the hermit kingdom Korea. These empires all achieved greatness when it came to political aspects, social aspects and economical aspects.The Asian empires were more similar than different. In both China and Japan agriculture was highly important to the economy and was also valued more than being a merchant or artisan. The main crop that both empires grew was rice. Production of rice had also been made easier when a new faster growing form of rice…

focus on visual and material culture. My academic interests center on cross-cultural interactions during the early modern period manifested in visual and material culture. I am particularly interested in the relationship, fostered by trade, between China, Japan and the Netherlands. During the seventeenth and eighteenth century, Dutch society experienced a dramatic transformation with the establishment of the…

To begin with, Powell speaks on the immigrant experience in an interesting way. She explains how one of the main characters, Mr. Lowe, migrated from “his” homeland China to Jamaica in order to get a better life. While living in Jamaica, he lived treacherous life. He was a storekeeper in his community who sold goods to his community. One evening, Mr. Lowe’s shop burned down : “The shop burning Mr.Lowe... snatching doors…

Pictorial Representation of Confucius and Others Portraits of Confucius and his followers were created during and after their times in heavy proliferation. While not many of these images remain due to their fragile nature, the few that are still relatively intact exhibit an amazing insight into the lives of their subjects. There is little mention of visual art or painting in the analects, but with Confucius’ thoughts on music being so positive, one can safely assume that he would have at least…