China

Communication and Business Manner Dimensions in China Communication in China, given the status of the country being somewhat of a collectivists school of thought, will differ greatly in comparison to its American counterpart. For starters, China, like other Far East or South East Asian nations, is considered a high-context culture. According to Hall (1976), as cited by Kim, Pan, and Park (1998), high-context culture is one in which people are deeply involved with each other. In other words,…

Are Romanization and Legalism comparable methods? In China and Rome multiple methods were used to control and unify an empire. Both empires ruled with ethnocentrism. Yes romanization and legalism are comparable, they both are similar methods because they relied on harsh laws and cruel punishments in order to control the vast controlled lands, busy, and populated cities. China and Rome both conquered many lands during the prime of the empire, and some of these lands were attracted to the culture…

China, during its ancient time, was rich in heritage and in might. While many emperors were praised for their strategies, philosophies and innovations, others were seen as weak in power and influence. Alongside these emperors are the empresses and empress dowagers who, sadly, are often neglected by historians. During Imperial China, women were often seen as being dependent on their husbands; however, several empresses in the Chinese court reversed their roles, taking control of the country and…

When Buddhism was first introduced to China, it wasn’t immediately accepted because the dominant Chinese tradition called Confucian which had centuries of development in China was considered to be superior to other “barbaric” religions. Buddhism never had any chance to become a mainstream religion until the Han empire fell in 220 CE. (Zurcher, 1) After the fall of Han, large parts of China territory were ruled by weak and unstable dynasties, but it gave the opportunity for Buddhism to grow and…

Throughout time, style and fashion changed in China. Apart from being political figures, emperors and empresses were the ones who took the initiative to set out trends and the ones to decide who was permitted to wear what. During the ages of the emperors, fine robes were a sign of rank, lifestyle, esthetics and good taste. What one wore said where one stood in society and who one was to be. Styles change from dynasty to dynasty and the history is imprinted in the clothing. Depending on one’s…

Similar to the Nile the Yellow and Yangzi rivers had annual floods that helped sustain agriculture and a dense population. China also had geographical boundaries that did not allow for the diffusion of new ideas and technologies. These boundaries hindered the Chinese more than it did for the Egyptians, which is why writing systems, priestly classes, and etc. took longer. China was split into two different regions: the northern Yellow and the Yangzi river basin. These regions relied on different…

unlike Taoism where they don't know if he was real and Daoism was made by a prince that everything that he said passed and never saw the real world. Firstly out of the three, Confucianism has been around the longest and is still mostly in use in china. Confucianism isn't just about obeying the rules it has to do with a father and sons honor and respect to them self and others. Unlike the other two where it was obey my rules or suffer the consequence. The second…

In ancient China, it was relatively rare to dissect or otherwise violate human bodies due to a teaching from Confucius that the human body is sacred and not to be cut with a knife. Consequently, the knowledge of anatomy in ancient China was not based on scientific knowledge, but instead, assumption and reasoning (Singh, 2008; Quigley, 1996; Newton, 2003). Thus many, if not all, traditional Chinese medicine is considered pseudoscience because it lacks scientific evidence proving its effectiveness…

hemisphere of the Earth. But the ability of China is actually strengthening economic influences immediately on the whole world including the US, at the same time strengthening of the military, a balance of threat with the West, it does not threaten loudly on countries and terror organizations, does not fall into the trap of like ISIS, Iran and the Middle East, in fact it produces dependence of the West especially in economic terms. And the dependency created by China takes advantage of its…

To what extent did the rise of communism in China shape both the Chinese economy and social structure during the 20th century? Part A: Part B: While the long standing history between China and Japan has been filled with conflicts and atrocities, such as the Nanking massacre and the fighting for control of Manchuria in the early 19th century, the rise of communism in China played a large role in both shaping the relations between China and Japan as well as influencing their relationship today.…