Chinese American

jewelry that loses value when the Chinese mothers pass it down to their American grown children to demonstrate that the mother’s hope and wisdom also possess no value for the child because it was molded by a different culture that does not fit in with their way of life. In an effort to help their children, the mothers only place a heavier burden on them to carry their Chinese culture while balancing it with their American lifestyle. Topic Sentence 1: The Chinese mothers pass down their…

immigrants should not try to integrate their culture into American culture because the U.S is a diverse country, within the U.S, one can find all sorts of cultures from Chinese to Latin. The U.S was founded on the believe that people have a freedom of culture and religion; they should not be forced to adopt the American culture because they, the immigrant, have his/her own unique culture. The American culture and another culture, such as Chinese, can definitely coexist, “My relatives licked the…

how authentic American Chinese food is. In her book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, she uses multiple themes to illustrate her findings and her research, such as diversity, food, race and history, but I think her book is mostly about the culture aspect of American-Chinese and Chinese people. I think the author’s purpose of writing was to inform people about the American-Chinese food and its origins. I also think she wanted to inform people about the differences between American-Chinese food and…

Chinese Dining Etiquette and Customs It is no grand surprise that when two cultures converge together, there are bound to be differences. It is strange to imagine another being embarrassed by their own culture. In the short story, Fish Cheeks, by Amy Tan, she starts out the plot with a very powerful sentence: “For Christmas I prayed for this blond-haired boy, Robert, and a slim new American nose” (Tan 1). This line launches the foundation of her piece by explaining that not only does she long…

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 have a higher opportunity on landing on negotiation. American and Chinese business culture have some similarities and differences in regards to communication, business relation, and perspective of time. In business, Americans and Chinese know the…

correct. Chinese tradition is very different from American tradition, especially, holiday traditions. In the short story Fish Cheeks, Amy is embarrassed by her family’s Chinese ways of Christmas Eve dinner. Chinese food, and table manners and customs are quite dissimilar from American food and customs. Chinese and American traditions around the holidays are very different. Some common Chinese New Year traditions are to eat at home, because it “is the most important dinner for the…

that single stories less happened on Americans is “because of America’s cultural and economic power.” I agree with this thought by looking at Chinese history. Qing Dynasty government closed shorelines and ports in order to maintain its stable national economy at the end of 18th century. However, this movement did not help increase national finance, instead, interrupted and prevented the development of Chinese economy. The connection and communication between Chinese and other cultures were also…

America and China are very diverse countries with intriguing table etiquette. There are many similarities between Chinese and American table manners. For example both cultures have meals together as a family. Both America and China enjoy eating with loved ones. Another similarity is that both cultures usually have conversations during a meal. Both Americans and Chinese tend to socialize during dinner about what happened to them throughout the day. In addition, both cultures lay out a wide…

Within the Chinese culture trust is necessary to build the confidence needed to conduct business with partners. Consequently, in the Chinese culture, you are expected to get to know your business partners and follow appropriate, or traditional etiquette, and socialize in a way you would not expect, or rarely see in America, to build trust (Barrett, D., pg, 230 (2006) . If an American business person would invest early relationship building, or guanxi…

second-generation Chinese American experiences. In high school, he experiences the social structure of beauty standards. For the first time, Eric became aware that, “bangs were no longer the look for boys.” He began to hold himself negatively accountable for having a bowl cut that he felt was still a satisfactory look for him. This exerted a force on his…