Air China

The novel, “The Power of Place: Geography, Destiny, and Globalization’s Rough Landscape”, by Harm De Blij has taught me many things ranging from medical aspects to cultural problems within countries all around Earth. De Blij taught me as the world is “flattening” we are being able to connect easier to different places all over the world, but as the world is “flattening” cities are becoming less like the ones around them and more like different cities across the globe. As these cities are…

Personal Narrative “May I help you?” said a shop assistant with fluent Mandarin as soon as my mom and I entered the store of Jurlique in Mongkok, Hong Kong. Although we replied that we only want to take a look, she insisted to follow us. Whenever we mentioned or pointed to a commodity that we were interested, she immediately took it out of the counter, held it like models in the advertisements, and introduced us its functions with flawless Mandarin. She passionately introduced us to a series…

their rendering of negative space? In the following pages, I hope to give enough historical context to understand the practices and beliefs that surround and form a basis for landscape painting in 11th century, Northern and Southern Song Dynasty, China. Then I hope to observe Famous art historical pieces in order to illustrate my main points of interest, religious and philosophical influence and the meaning of this specific form of art. I will introduce contrasting western practices and…

three children. When Mei was a child living in China, life was pretty rough because her family were very poor. So her mother became more active and created a social club where she held gatherings for her close friends and family in order to raise money to immigrate abroad. Woo decided to name this social club, The Joy Luck Club, because the club was so financially successful. And eventually, Woo had enough finances to immigrate to America from China, with her daughter Mei and her husband. She…

Ming people are morally just with money and material possession, so he can trust his officials, and to set the tone for power in the empire. First, to understand where a person is coming from you must understand their background. The Emperor of China, Zhu Yuanzhang, was the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty (New World Encyclopedia). He was born poor, joined the army, and was constantly surrounded by Confucian scholars to help him learn to organize an effective…

The Yellow Brick Road is the path that leads to Emerald City, the heart of Oz. This represented the financial golden standard that led the way to the political and financial center of Oz. The reason why I think the Yellow Brick Road was yellow is because yellow is a bright colour, which is most likely why it led to Emerald City, because it is also a very bright and beautiful city. The definition of gold standard is the best, most reliable, or most prestigious thing of its type. This makes sense…

of religion. The Chinese government is gradually in recent times (few decades) becoming more lenient with giving people their choice in religious beliefs. Since the nineteenth century china has been slow in converting china into main stream religions such as Protestant and Christian. The main language spoken in china is mandarin which accounts for roughly seventy one…

When my father first immigrated from China to America, he was nervous, bittersweet about leaving his native country, but mostly excited. To him and thousands of others like him, America was a sign of a life of new opportunity. Growing up, my life was a blend of American and Chinese cultures. As a young child, I was always unsure if I was more American or Chinese, or even both. I didn’t feel like I fit into any of those categories. Living in America, I was viewed as Chinese because of the…

Ancient Asian artifacts, such as the Goudian, show evidence of such establishments by Chinese authors (Allen, Williams, & Laozi, 2000). In 1973, archaeologists discovered two copies of the Laozi in a library of texts inside a Mawangdui, South-Central China tomb that had been sealed in 168 B.C. (Henricks, 2000). Based upon the biography of Tao Tzu, that was written by Sima Qian, the entire book of the Tao Te Ching was written by Tao Tzu. A medieval copy of the Analects of Confucius was…

Chinese Immigration-Report INTRODUCTION Modern Day Australia has become a vast multicultural society complete with people of diverse ethnic backgrounds. This aspect has developed over a time period of immigration to the great extent that people of different cultures can now call Australia their home. Immigrants in the past years have become a crucial part of Australia as they have benefited the community by assisting and introducing the development of an inclusive and accepting nation. GOLD…