Chinese Cinderella

a. Gender socialization/pg. 74: learning society’s “gender map,” the paths in life set out for us because we are male or female. The path laid out for both the male and female gender in China is very obvious. Males in China are much more wanted in the country than females are. Many males in China’s culture are raised as single children and are very spoiled and get almost anything they want. The males are treated this way because they are then expected to stay with the family to take care of…

identity is shaping by the worldwide perspective. When there are mixed opinions toward Chinese culture, HK citizens amplify some practices to strengthen their identity as Hong Kongese, also isolate themselves from the mainland. How can the audiences identify Hong Kongese and mainland Chinese? The most efficient way will be study through…

satiating physical hunger. The Din Tai Fung Dumpling House creates an opportunity for interactions with different people from different backgrounds. The restaurant carries the Chinese cultural themes of the respective ethnic group. Because of their nature and setting, the restaurants expose the patrons to a wide range of detailed Chinese cultural insight. The customers have the opportunity of learning about the other cultures through the setting, the language and most importantly the types of…

Mission Statement To provide incomparable taste experiences for coffee drinkers around the world while actively participating in the communities of each nation. Company Goals Short Term Goals In order to increase revenue, it is important for the population in South Africa to know about Zya Coffee. Therefore, as a short term goal Zya Coffee will have to make television and radio advertisements to market its products. The company will also contact advertising companies in South Africa to…

Chinese philosopher, Zhuang Zhou, once said “So it is said, for him who understands Heavenly joy, life is the working of Heaven; death is the transformation of things. In stillness, he and the yin share a single Virtue; in motion, he and the yang share a single flow.” The idea of Yin and Yang is very influential in the Chinese culture, representing the balance between good and bad. Through Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club, the author demonstrates the long, conflicting journey that young Chinese women…

stories about my name. Before I came here, I got in touch with my roommate and told her that she can call me my English name if she considered it hard to articulate my Chinese name. But she told me she really wanted to learn how to read it and call me using my real name. Later I asked another friend whether she thought pronouncing my Chinese name to be a little inconvenient, but she answered without hesitation that she was willing to call me my real name—everyone could practice to pronounce it…

The community that I choose to research is the community of northeast China (or Dongbei in Chinese). People in this community speak Northeastern Mandarin, which is a dialect that is related to but obviously different from standard Mandarin. The research article examines language attitudes towards Northeastern Mandarin and Standard Mandarin. The article also discusses the implications of such attitudes and possible reasons behind language attitudes. In the introduction part, the author reviewed…

Since the Tang Dynasty in 716 AD, the Yueyang Tower has guarded the Northern gateway to the Hunan province, the point where the Yangtze River meets the Xiang River at Lake Dongting. The site, once a platform for the Wu Kingdom (222-250 AD) general Lu Su to train his naval troops1, offers a beautiful and strategic panoramic view of the surrounding area and a near bird’s eye view of the lake – one of China’s largest bodies of fresh water. The tower had already been through numerous…

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…

I remember the famous quote from Jack Ma, one of the famous Chinese Kongfu star, who have achieve many award including peace, positive life attitude and the most influential Chinese in the world. His famous quote “Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine” educated more than two generation, epically the Chinese community to understand the reality of life. It is true that one will never know what will happen tomorrow. However, positive…