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chapter will explore the development and the popular culture and industry rise, especially in terms of music. As Mark James Russell wrote in his book Pop Goes Korea: “Koreans have long been known as singers and lovers of music, as visiting envoys from China pointed out over 1500 years ago. There were several music traditions in the Joseon dynasty [of 1392 to 1897]. The most famous, the long song-story pansori, grew from the shaman culture of Korea’s southwest. In addition, farmers’ music,…

How to Create Happy Children is an article by Amy Kim, written in 2011, published in The New Yorker. It details her experiences with raising children using Chinese methods of upbringing. Throughout the article, Amy Kim uses a very vivid language that appeals to the senses. This is particularly true towards the end of the article, where she recollects an episode involving one of her daughters. It is described how “She punched, thrashed and kicked, ” which gives the reader a very intimate look at…

Introduction The Daodejing or the Tao Te Ching, the work of the ancient Chinese sage Lao Tzu or Laozi dates back to the late 6th century BC according to some counts and to the late 4th century BC according to others. We can thus safely say that this “Book of the Way” was written in a period well before our times. However, when one reads the interpretations of this book by John Heider and other modern translators, one finds that the teachings are as relevant today as they were then, or, to be…

The Mid-autumn Festival is an important holiday for Chinese people and I would like to discuss the meal on the Mid-autumn Festival in my family. The festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. Traditionally, the meal is used to celebrate harvest because many crops, such as corn, sweet potatoes, rice, beans, and peanut, are harvested in autumn. Today, more and more people do not plant crops and the meal is gradually becoming a get-together meal for…

Citizenfour is a documentary released on October 14, 2014 that bases on NSA security intelligence and a whistle blower , Edward Snowden. the film is directed by Laura Poitra and shot by Glen Greenwald which is shot in hong kong . Snowden communicated Greenwald through a encrypted message under the fictitious name of citizenfour. Snowden main purpose was to reveal how the United Kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and the United States of America governments were eavesdropping or…

INDIAN-EGYPTIAN-CHINESE CIVILIZATION Egypt, India (Indus River Valley, Harappa,Vedic, Janapada, Maurya), China (Shang dynasty) are past breaktough urbaneness that started off the civilizations. These civilizations appear to have developed in response to their environment and in reaction to their human need for survival and security. The first human civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus River Valley, and China all developed around rivers; as such they were called alluvial, or located in the…

Lust / Caution (Ang Lee, 2007) In this story that unreels in two time frames, during the Japanese Occupation of China, Wong Chia Chi is a university student that gets swept up in an assassination plan against a pro-Japanese, Mr. Yee, who eventually becomes the head of the secret police. Her role is to infiltrate his entourage, seduce him, and lay the ground for her…

Rosslare Harbour is situated near the south-eastern-most tip of Ireland. Since the early 20th century, Rosslare Harbour has served as a hub of transport activity between Ireland and Wales, largely due to its shipping and railway links. Now known as Rosslare Europort, the harbour has regular links to and from Fishguard and Pembroke in Wales while French links include Roscoff and Cherbourg. Rosslare Europort is the country’s second busiest port for passenger traffic while its freight traffic is…

How Success Correlates with Virtue Throughout the early dynasties of China, a king’s ability to cultivate virtue is positively correlated with his success. This is seen through the stories of King Wen and Wu, as both kings are able to recognize those with or without virtue. By being able to acknowledge virtue in others, a king can promote virtuous individuals to help cultivate more virtue. This ability allowed King Wen and Wu to end the reign of a corrupt king and establish a long-lasting…

Persians, Somalis, Greeks, Syrians, Romans, Armenians, Indians, and Bactrians back in 114 BC –1450 AD. The Silk Road a heaven to most merchants and a dream to the most consumer.The Silk Road a network of connecting trading route that went from around China to Eastern Europe and was around ‎6,400 km in size.The Silk Road was a bunch of connecting trading Route that was Started by the Han Dynasties and the other seven warring States and many other empires contributed. The silk road was important…