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doing things. For example, Americans do not bother much about looking smart or dressing well as long as a person has what it takes to deliver the point home. On the contrary, Chinese value dressing and physical presentation very much. A rich American will wear what pleases his or her body without looking at the cost but a Chinese counterpart selects the latest fashion in the market in an effort to confirm his or her success. 6 dimensions of Hofstede cultural scale Professor Hofstede conducted…

Thematic Observation In these two poems, both of them are describing the culture of Hong Kong. In “Mother Tongue”, the writer Tegan Smyth is half-breed of Hakka Chinese and Australia. She writes about languages, culture, and humanity, etc. This poem has illustrated that language plays an absolutely necessary and important role in awaring cultural identity as expected. Lots of expressions and characteristics of the two different places were frequently used to represent the difference between…

Marco Polo is a great explorer who was born in Venice, Italy around 1254. He was from a wealthy merchant family. He started to travel at the age of 17 with his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo Polo. They were merchants who traded jewels with the Middle East through Asia. In 1271, the Polo family decided to go on a long, adventurous journey to China. They first traveled by sea to the Persian Gulf, and then were forced to take an ancient caravan route through present day Iraq, Iran, and…

Wall of China is about 2,300 years old. Since then, the wall has been repaired, maintained and rebuilt. The Great Wall of China is made of sections made of stone, brick, wood, and other things. It is built across the Chinese borders. The Great Wall of China was used to protect Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of various nomadic groups. Various states built their section of the wall to protect themselves from invasions from nomadic tribes. It was a huge defense line…

Safe Spot Again, I'm sitting in the same Chinese Restaurant for the third time this week, supposedly the first ranking Chinese restaurant in my city. The worn out Chinese red decorations hang unbalanced on the entrance door, as always. In freshmen year, a Chinese student invited me to a Chinese meeting spot, where we spoke in Mandarin. Our interests and complaints were all similar. I began to think that it was a safe corner for me. Preferring to be with people of a common culture and language…

According to Medicine News, the main philosophy behind Chinese medicine has come from Confucianism and Taoism (White). These two belief systems were created as a result of the prolonged Warring States (481-221 B.C.); it is said that the greatest advances in medicine occur during war and strife (White). Confucianism comes from the teachings of Confucius (551-479 B.C.) (White). These teachings revolve around the interlinkages of the twelve primary organ systems of the body (White). These complex…

In this passage Confucius goes through what the objects of awe must be for noble men, the first object of awe is the ordinances of Heaven(tianming). The ordinances of Heaven is a philosophical concept that with the ordinances of Heaven a ruler should be allowed to rule fully without any backlash. These rulers would have to be just rulers or their ordinances would be revoked. Since the noble person is respected by the masses it is critical to show respect to a ruler who has the ordinances of…

to 206 B.C. Despite this, it was one of the most accomplished dynasties. During the Qin Dynasty. Many standards were established in order to eliminate the inconsistency of other time periods. These included establishing a set written and verbal Chinese language so that all the areas of Chino could communicate with each other. Otherwise they couldn’t communicate. Other standards included money, the length of axles on cartwheels, and measurements. These improved conditions in China (Qin Dynasty).…

to treat migrants unfairly. The group of migrants that I have chosen to focus on is the Chinese. Many Chinese migrants dwelled together in Los Angeles’s Chinatown. The immigration process for the Chinese was both a positive and negative experience. After coming to the United States, the Chinese were able to find jobs that satisfied them. However, they were also eventually treated as outcasts. To begin, Chinese immigrants began to find jobs at laundry mats and restaurants. More jobs like mining…

and recognized. Judging by the fact that there are so many local/community organizations specifically tailored towards this ethnic group, we can conclude that the Chinese Canadian population is indeed very prominent within the Toronto area. One of the most important organizations is the Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA or the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA)), which has major branches all over the globe.…