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Ensuring Business Negotiation In China As technology advances so does the efficiency in transportation. With fast reliable transportation business people in America want to expand their businesses out of the country. Since China is one of the world largest growing economy, Americans are lure into wanting to make business with them. When Americans go to China, they are not only expose to a new territory but culture as well. By knowing the compare and contrast culture of China, Americans would…

Stir-fried tomato and scrambled eggs is one of my favorite dishes ever since I was little. It is a common dish in China, quick and easy to prepare, and popular among students. -Adapting to cultural differences -reminds me of my childhood -recall my happy childhood memories -food preparation I grew up in a very traditional Chinese culture. Although I have been in America for ten years, it is still a challenge to adapt to cultural differences. When I was in high school, I never eat lunch…

Across the globe there are a number of barriers that separate the people who live within them. Language, religion, race, culture, and geography are just a few of these barriers. Throughout time people have seen many events that can bind some of these countries together. One constant is athletic events. Some countries are more powerful at this. Ancient Chinese sports like juedixi, dragon boat racing, and cuju are able to connect and unify many people across the globe and allow barriers to be…

Insert title later Many books that are considered societally great all share the same virtue of relevancy and usefulness across generations. Although in today’s era of increasingly advanced technology almost all books will be preserved for future generations, that was not the case up until very recently. Books that are considered classics by today’s standards are ones that were passed down by generations, for hundreds or even thousands of years. Books from the Greek and Roman era, and even from…

Have you ever wondered how festive Chinese culture truly is? China’s culture has always been very festive, and a place where tradition is valued greatly. China celebrates many festivals as the year passes; festivals such as: Spring Festival, Winter Solstice Festival, Lantern Festival, and many more. These festivals are celebrations for things such as the seasons changing or other events. These celebrations call to wear traditional clothing most of the time, and are usually full of color, music,…

The film Useless by Jia Zhang-ke is a film like nothing I have ever seen before. The film is one in which Zhang-ke explores the many realities of Chinese culture; the culture that the Chinese receive from elsewhere, the culture that has been created by the exploitation of the working class, and Chinese culture from the perspective of the outsider (the viewer). By exploring three features of the clothing industry in China, Jia delicately explores the monetary and imaginative options of not just…

Man Awakened from Dreams: A Book Review In the book, Liu Dapeng describes a number of themes about Chinese history and at the same time gives the issues of daily life of the Chinese society. In the book, Dapeng describes how the Chinese society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was organized and lived. To do this, Dapeng presents the way the society was living in the guidance of the Chinese values such as the Confucianism set of values. The text presents a portion of the diaries…

In many instances throughout the short story “Wisdom of the New” readers could imagine Mrs. Spring Fragrance getting involved in the development of the story. For instance, Mrs. Spring Fragrance could be added to the story shortly after Pau Lin and Yen arrive in America. Pau Lin is frightened of her family’s future in this new country and is unsure how to act and respond to situations. If Mrs. Spring Fragrance were to talk to Pau Lin during this time, she would try to make her feel less…

The celebration of Vietnamese New Year, Tết Nguyên Đán, is considered the most important festival for the Vietnamese population. Unlike the Solar calendar, when the New Year occurs in the winter, Vietnamese New Year takes place during a transition period between winter and spring, celebrating the arrival of spring. New year day is considered the first day of spring, and lasts three days; but celebrations often continue for approximately one week or more, with preparation for the new year taking…

‘Two Kinds’ is portrayal of difficulties in mother-daughter relationships in San Francisco’s China-town. The focus of the story is the often troublesome but unavoidable “interval between mothers who were born in China before the communist revolution and thus have been cut off from their native culture for decades, and their American-born daughters who must find a way to work through the twin burdens of their Chinese ancestry and American expectations for success”. While the protagonist and…