British Chinese

for land and labor” with “substantial social mobility” as there were no caste system or aristocracy in the social structure of China (Naughton, 2012, 37). Along with increased trade and economic development, urbanization will become a component of Chinese culture and geography. Alongside economic development, China experienced that with common culture, comes more economic development. While this is not limited to ease of trading under a common language, “shared cultural values help establish…

mostly British. It was not until the Australia Gold Rush that Chinese were attracted to Australia. The White Australia policy had previously restricted and reduced Australia’s ethnic Chinese population during the first half of the 20th century (Inglis, 1999). Following the abolition of “White Only” policy, a large…

the twenty-first century B.C.- humans inhabited the regions around the Yellow River and the Yangtze River in central China. As the time advanced, the Chinese population, culture, and beliefs evolved into a society. Then, in 1949- merely sixty-nine years ago- the country of China was officially established. However, the culture developed by the Chinese people had long been created; the beliefs of their culture had been established within their lives, well before China had even been founded. Some…

elders have told them, and the same thing happened with Chinese nationalist when those stories were told is molded the Chinese way of thinking about the United States. Street protest took place in China and this is a clear indication of how the people felt about the United States when the high point of the events took place after the Belgrade Chinese Embassy bombing in 1999. This bombing was labeled as accidental and it killed three Chinese citizens that were journalist. The bomb was not an…

Since British colonialism, Chinese and Indian had migrated to Tanah Melayu and build their own moderate town. Since then, Tanah Melayu had become a multiracial country until now. Today, we are still living with other races in peace and harmony under one roof. We can tolerate with each other without boundaries or problems. If we don’t preserve our solidarity, we will have to face many problems in the future. As a Malaysian, what we can do is we can nurture solidarity by celebrating diversity…

powers that it indirectly led to the Opium Wars, which impacted China for years to come. There was a great request for Chinese silk and porcelain, but Britain did not have adequate silver to exchange with the Qing Empire (Ebrey, Buddey 32-33). Henceforth, a system of bargaining centered around opium was made to resolve this issue of trade, but disagreements among the Qing and British over the drug eventually heightened into the notorious Opium Wars (Lin Zexu 50). This is historically significant…

immigrated to the United States in two very distinct waves, the Chinese immigrants and the Irish immigrants. Both immigrant groups suffered hardships when they first arrived in America and were exploited for their labor. There were anti-Chinese movements and anti-Irish movements which created negative stereotypes for these people and increased American resentment towards these immigrants. The majority…

Cohen writes: “The main identifying feature of the new approach is that it begins with Chinese problems set in a Chinese context. . . . [These] are Chinese problems, in the double sense that they are experienced in China by Chinese and that the measure of their historical importance is a Chinese, rather than a Western, measure” (CITE). The point here is not that China’s history is unique, but rather that one should not presume that the categories…

only two were able to remain independent. Great Britain's empire in Africa was larger than Great Britain itself. The Ottomans lost all control of all of their colonies in Africa by 1875 and 1914. The British, Dutch/Boers, and Zulus fought for control of South Africa, but in the end the British gained control. When the exploration of Africa began, the leaders of Europe came together to “split-up” the continent, because an agreement of boundaries would occur between them. The problem was…

By the Europeans conquering China, this led to the “Open Door Policy” which means that the United States forced China to keep the “door” of the trading routes open so the Westerners can trade with China. Even though this policy was enforced, the Chinese economy actually did increased because of these trades of goods. Just like on Africa, the effects of the European imperialism was much more negative on China than positive. This could be proven by the fact that since China was isolated from the…