Chinese American

Chinese immigrants had always been unwelcome to Canada for more than 150 years. The first Chinese settlers came to Canada in 1858 to pan for gold in British Columbia. In 1885, as the flow of Chinese immigrants started increasing, the Canadian government started charging them a fee to live in Canada called head tax. The first anti-Chinese rule was a fifty dollar head tax on every Chinese person entering Canada. The conditions were far worse in China so people preferred to immigrate and pay the…

teenager, is forced to assimilate to American culture. Mona’s friends, Barbara Gugelstein, helps her navigate through American culture; however, Mona’s parents help her hold on to her own culture. On the other hand, Ramón de las Casas, or Papi, in Negocios, by Junot Díaz, comes to America by himself, struggling to look for a stable home and job, having no one to look up to. Ramón and Mona have different situations in the United States as Mona is a first-generation American while Ramón has just…

artist raised and born in mainland China, Fan Xi has been dedicated into photography that reveals the reality of society. Her work mostly associated with females, females’ identities and personal identities’ formation and development under current Chinese society. The essay will mainly be discussing Fan’s latest work Up Front to further engage this identity issue existing in contemporary mainland China, along with the discussion the importance of Fan Xi’s work and how it has introduced a new…

2.0 Interviews reproduce There were two participants invited to join this project. The first participants Ambor is a 31 years old female from Taiwan. Now she is a store manager of Daiso in Brisbane (large-scale retail stores sell thousands of product under 3 dollars). According to her words, she described herself as a traditional Taiwanese with a good Australia culture integration. Taiwanese culture constitutes by local Taiwanese culture, Hakka culture and new culture brought by mainlanders. On…

family of Chinese immigrants. His grandparents migrated from China to Brazil before his father was born. Patrick’s father, aunt, and uncle all grew up in Sao Paulo and later went on to study in the United States in search of better opportunities. However, while most of the Shih family stayed in the U.S., his father, Teh Shih, moved back to China and consequently, that’s where Patrick was born. While Teh might not have been born in China and, therefore, may not be considered a Chinese returnee,…

humans. I sent myself abroad to the United States when I was in ninth-grade. The opportunity to unfold new perspectives was presented to me immediately. Triggered by the cultural differences at first, the disparate ways of interactions of Chinese and Americans was brought to my cognizance. International Relations later weaved into the discussion as it became an integral part of my life as an international student (helpful to me so that I can run away before any miscommunications happen between…

the Taiwan mission. The face of Operative 23 is on screen and in the background I can see that he is inside the Evac Shuttles cockpit. He frantically says, “ First some intel. The first point of infection is confirmed as the Pearl River Delta. The Chinese government had prior knowledge about it, but to what extent it is not known. Now a situation report. It is not good. The infection has figured out a way to cross the strait. It wasn’t the Sri Lanka trick. This wasn't a bridge over the water.…

There is no doubt that everyone wants to accomplish the American dream; however, it can never be attained unless one is willing to sacrifice and suffer. In fact, many new immigrants selflessly make many sacrifices so that their children may have an opportunity to realize this feat. In Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club, Tan demonstrates how four Chinese mothers immigrate to America in hope for a better future. While they are able to enjoy the freedom that they could not find in China, they are not able to…

In this event, China lost its political independence as it cannot use its Chinese Law to punish the criminal Europeans in China. For example, as what we discussed in lecture, if a British raped a Chinese girl in China, he will be charged based on British Law and punished in British. The criminals, therefore, may escape from the Chinese punishment that they deserve. As a result, Europeans became dominative group and bold to do anything such as commit crime…

Culturally I did not grow up with a lot of exposure to Chinese culture. I am always interested in learning and decide to pick a culture I was not completely familiar with. I chose to watch a foreign movie called Fearless, also known as Jet Li’s Fearless in the United States. I chose to watch a movie because I enjoy watching and learning from films. I have never watched a foreign film so I was intrigued to experience one. I honestly was not sure what to expect with a foreign movie, except I knew…