British overseas territories

There are many reasons that the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in 1882. The Chinese Exclusion Act was an act passed to temporarily prohibit the immigration of the Chinese. In 1892 they extended the the Chinese Exclusion Act, this was known as the Geary Act. The main reason the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed is because of all the chinese immigrants coming from china then filling in jobs were mainly the irish men, and the german men would not work because they did not like the chinese taking…

“Uncle, why are there so many Chinese and Vietnamese in Houston? Aren’t we in the United States?” I remember asking that question to my uncle when I first came to Houston. Houston is a city bustling with various cultures and ethnics not to mention it is the fourth largest cities in the United States. I was born in Malaysia but Houston is like a second home to me. The main reason is that I have family members residing here. My uncle moved to Houston about 15 years ago after completing his degree…

Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock named after Sir Henry Ayers is a huge sandstone rock formation in the Northern Territory of Central Australia. Uluru is the most iconic landform in Australia and was formed over 500 million years ago. This single massive rock stands 348m tall with most of its 863m bulk lying under the sea. Uluru is a famous tourist destination allowing visitors to climb and camp around the base while allowing the view of breathtaking sunrise and sunset over the big rock. Uluru…

3. Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Human Dimension Leung holds a PhD in Health Sociology and currently works as a clinician in Queensland Government in Australia. She grew up in Macau and Hong Kong where TCM was an integral part of people’s daily life. Therefore, her research is from a perspective of social science, emphasising the human expression and connection via TCM, in order to present the best core values of Chinese culture (p. viii). Her primary sources are the interviews with 48…

The Discourse communities (DC) is not a new vocabulary in this world, it begin at when society exist in the world. There are some tools could analyze DC has been proposed by Gee, a “a member of the National Academy of Education”(“James Gee.”). He claims that people who have similar interests, symbol, acting or beliefs could be in a same DC, and there are eight tools that he proposed to definite a DC, they are “social language”, “social identity”, “intersexuality”,” Discourse maps”,” kits”,…

Language is powerful, it can be use to make one’s feel happy or harm one or more group of people. We human uses language everywhere in society to make peoples feel horrible or use our own greed to make one’s feel less than an animal. It is in our mindset to accuse and blames other people of other race. We stereotypes many group of people because they are different. We show our dislike towards them by persuading and manipulating a group of people to think that they are higher and lower people…

The first and most profound critic of the policy is that it has highly compromised the morals of the Chinese people. It has been evidently witnessed that the policy has increased the number of abortions in the nation. It is worth noting here that abortion is a social crime of killing the unborn. It is thus a compromise of a nation’s provision on human rights that a nation can impose a law that threatens the life of its people (Chang, 2008). The law has also been found to encourage…

Wedding Day Rituals People celebrate their love in different ways around the world. One of the most common ways to celebrate and broadcast your love is to have a wedding. A wedding is the celebration of a marriage that brings together family and friends who all have a chance to take part in the joyous occasion. Although anyone can have a wedding, every wedding is different in every culture. Most of us know how American weddings go but what about Chinese weddings? Are they anything like American…

Liang Qichao was born in 1873 and lived until 1929. During this time he was a young colleague and follower of Kang Youwei (1858-1927) during the failed “100 Days Reform” of 1898. During this time he visited America and wrote about his observations and experiences in a book titled Observation on a Trip to America. The majority of his experiences happened in New York City where he discussed the things he was amazed about and found admirable about America as well as the issues and experiences he…

Over the two decades, women’s economic activity has been rose significantly. The gradually increase in women’s social status through their participation in the labor marker has marked a milestone in the history of women. Yet, the women participation rate in employment implies a contradiction towards the gender ideology and occupational segregation. The issue of gender ideology and occupational segregation can be seen as a cause-and-effect that may lead to work and family conflict. Specifically…