Chinese American

different. “You want to be the same as American girls on the outside. But inside you must always be Chinese” (Tan). Just because the Chinese Christmas Eve is different from the American Christmas Eve doesn’t mean its not celebrated wrongly. The Chinese New Year and the American New Year are perfect examples of the same holiday celebrated differently, but still equally as important. The Chinese New Year is the most important holiday celebrated…

felt ashamed of her Chinese culture. She felt strange that she was Chinese because everyone around her was American. Robert, Amy’s crush, came and that made her feel more self-conscious about her Chinese culture. Amy felt that the Chinese food that they ate was bizarre, she started thinking that their Chinese manners were disgusting to the Americans and she started acting fishy and different from her normal. She thought the food that her mom made would make the Americans feel disgusted.The…

traditional Chinese beliefs. The daughters, however, were all born in America or moved to America a young age, so their lives outside of the home were American. The source of conflicts in the book is mostly that the mothers are more traditionally Chinese and the daughters are more Americanized. The root of these problems can be traced back to the concept of happiness. “[The Fu-Jen Catholic University has] shown that distinct characteristics of the conception of happiness are prevalent in Chinese…

Today I begin to discuss about Chinese cultural diet which is the one of the most different cultural diet compare to other types of the cultural diet countries. The main meals in China contains carbs and starch. Moreover, the food also like rice, noodles, fish and mantou are the main part of the Chinese cultural diet which are helpful in dieting and also aware from the diseases and infection. However, I’m going to research about Chinese cultural diet which contains some steps to look about the…

comparing the American and Chinese organizational culture if we apply them in real life example, it will help us to better understand the cross cultural communication on business and how companies can efficiently engage the intercultural workforce. A Marginalized Insider: It is normally assume that a Chinese supervisor who got his or her education in USA can be better candidate to hire in American organization working in China rather than American candidate. This is because a Chinese worker…

land of opportunity for Chinese immigrants who were driven out of their home country due to poverty and overpopulation. From the Gold Rush of 1849 to the building of the California railroad, more and more Chinese immigrants began taking Californian jobs, which resulted in white nativists who resented the Chinese. Because the Chinese immigrants brought along their customs and culture, they became more vulnerable to prejudice. The differences of cultures allowed anti-Chinese activists, such as…

In contrast to the Chinese grandma Meanie’s relationship with her daughter Natalie, as I mentioned above the grandma’s personality retains the traditional Chinese conservative ideas, shape her traditional Chinese identity that she cannot understand the way her American family’s behavior and thoughts. Different from Hamid the names of his character have symbolized meaning; Jen simply names the Meanie’s daughter, Natalie and her mixed Irish granddaughter, Sophie. In fact, English names shape…

The identity of me is being a Chinese…

the first Chinese-American movie star, was very influential in the rise of Asian-American prominence in film. She was born as her chinese name Wong Liu Tsong, meaning ‘frosted yellow willow’, and told those around her, “I represent one considerable spot of yellow that’s come to stay in the silver of the screen” (Corliss 2, “Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words”). Through her work, Wong has helped to normalize the image of Asian Americans on screen, and proved the significance of Asian Americans in…

thirteen. As a result of mainly eating Chinese cuisine, especially white rice on a daily basis for over ten years, I have gained a special feeling of it. From my personal perspective, white rice can further symbolize my Chinese identity. Nevertheless, I have also adapted to the American cuisine with my years of living in this country. For me, meanwhile eating my own Chinese traditional food gives me the sense of comfort and reduces my deep homesickness; eating American food along with it can…