British Chinese

introducing the history of Pascal’s Triangle, time ranging from 2nd century BC to 18th century AD. Among all the academic works by ancient mathematicians, I’m going to focus on Jiu Zhang Suan Shu [Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art] composed by Chinese scholars around 2nd century BC-10th century AD. I will use the binomial expansions derived from Pascal’s triangle as an example and then illustrate the coefficients expansion in general. After that, I will introduce Jade Mirror of the Four…

This is evident in the Seymour and Gaselee Expeditions in June and August 1900. These expeditions were military incursions into Beijing with the plan to halt Boxer violence against Westerners in China; both led and managed by British leadership. However, a year after the boxers had been defeated with massive military force, the nations of the coalition still occupied Beijing– with Germany and Britain occupying the largest districts of the city. Their actions in China were intended…

Queen Victory to show his concerns about the ill effects of Opium trade on Chinese society and put an end to Opium trade as his King wants. As a Chinese Commissioner he tried to make Queen Victoria aware of the widespread social problems occurring because of opium addiction. He asked Queen to be the leader and put an end to the opium trade. Chinese emperor lost his son of an overdose and Lin Tse-Hue argued that seducing Chinese people by smuggling opium is wrong since smoking opium is banned in…

VARIETIES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN MALAYSIA English was introduced in Malaysia during the British Empire colonialism in Tanah Melayu in the 18th century. According to Prof. Dr. Shanta Nair Venugopal, a professor in School of Language Studies and Linguistics UKM (2000), the learning of English language in Malaysia began as a tool of socio-economic mobility and education enhancement. After independence of Malaysia in 1957, English language has been recognised as the second language in Malaysia.…

Some students can also learn a third language in school. The Singapore national anthem is “Majulah Singapura”, which, in Malay, means onward Singapore. The whole Singapore national anthem is in Malay. The main language used in Singapore is English. British English is used in Singapore. English is used to unite people from different countries. It is also used to help development and growth because the global language is English. Singlish is a form of English with a Singaporean accent. It usually…

common example is the differences in the English language in different countries. Australian English different from American and British English in that it has a bias towards invention, humour, profanity and a classless society. Australian English today, particularly the humorous slang, can be traced back to its convict foundations (Convict Creations, n.d.). While British English tends to be more formalised, Australian English is characterised by diminutives. Diminutives are where the first part…

Cixi was a charismatic and powerful woman who effectively controlled the Chinese government for 47 years, from 1861 to her death in 1908. Cixi was born on November 29, 1835 and died on November 15, 1908 at the age of 72. Her given name was Yehonala which is her Manchu name originated from the combined name of two tribes, Yeho and Nala. She was born to parents of the middle ranks of Manchu society living in Beijing. Cixi’s father died when she was very young and as an eldest child she felt…

language but instead Chinese Mandarin. Mandarin is the official language of China. How can he theorize that comment, when China has six different dialects? According to Britannica Encyclopedia “These languages include Mandarin in the northern, central, and western parts of China; Wu; Northern and Southern Min; Gan (Kan); Hakka (Kejia); and Xiang; and Cantonese (Yue) in the southeastern part of the country” (Egerod, p.1). He does mention relevant information such as how the Chinese economy and…

They want to build IKEA in China and not Chinese IKEA because they believed that Swinishness will make different in China due to no home furnishing companies in China at that time able to do it. The products they introduced to China market with taste and flavor…

from the former Peoples Propaganda Bureau, citing their changing tactics and campaigns as a result of having greater access to Western media. Gone are the days of pasting billboards and shouting in megaphones. Access to the internet has allowed the Chinese propaganda machine the ability to utilize and study more sophisticated media techniques not seen before age of the internet. On the flip side, the internet has given the people, the ability to access information outside that was once tightly…