Chinese culture

participants. I understand why Chinese are always perpetuated as forever foreigners in this country because our predecessors had experienced those horrible treatments without too much resistance in history. As a minority in this country, we somehow know that we have to work harder than others to achieve the same goal. We tell our next generation that the only way to realize their American dreams is working extremely hard. This psychology burden and suppression become an unspoken culture in the…

In the onset of the 16th century, separate rulers ruled the northern part of China. However, the southern remained under the dynasties. As a result, the non-Chinese rulers controlled the northern part. The Buddhists in southern China continued to translate the Buddhist texts into Chinese, and they wrote comments on various texts. The southern rulers were devoted Buddhists who ensured everything was constructed and done according to the religion. The rulers led to the expansion of the earlier…

China 's Military History and Culture Introduction The history of China was shaped by armed conflicts and wars. Especially, China’s military history can be dated back to 2200 BC and divided into the following periods that are before 1911, the period of the Republic of China and the People 's Liberation Army (PLA) (Graff & Higham, 2012). Noteworthy, most of the imperial dynasties in China were established from successful battles. However, the great peasant rebellion and the collapse of the…

In many culture, dragon often represent a powerful figures. That they use their power to bring either destruction or order down to our world. Dragons in the western folklore or mythology are usually portrayed as a big, evil, fire-breathing, they can fly, and love anything that shines. They are also gems hoarders. They burn down villages and kill people. In the eyes of human, they look like magnified lizard with pair of wings. In the movie Hobbit, Smaug represents a western dragon. Who flies down…

Early Buddhist studied in stupas similar to those in India. But as Buddhism became more Chinese the stupa would evolve into the iconic Chinese pagoda. Pagodas and temples for Buddhism was met with new Taoist temples in adding to Chinese cities and allowed the wealthy and working class people a place to intermix. As mountains were special and holy to the Chinese it was natural that temples and monasteries would expand to these secluded places. These hill complexes would experiment with water…

We might think that Chinese and Americans are totally different. Not only the way they look different, but also the different cultures. So, what are the differences between Chinese and American culture? Now let take a look the In China have different religion such as Taoism, Confucianism, Islam and Christianity. Most of people believe Taoism just like my family. Especial, Taoism is a system of belief, attitudes and practices set towards the service and living to a person’s own nature…

Cultures come in various sizes, traditions, and geography. Although so different, they still share multiple similarities in beliefs and customs. One such category is gender roles and how strict they are. Gender roles are certain roles a culture expects males and females hold. For example, men are the sole breadwinners while the women have domestic roles. Despite having such similar ideas of gender roles, how strict people should adhere to them vastly differ from culture to culture. In today’s…

and analysis While the Westerners consider the business content as the most important factor in the negotiation process, Chinese people believe that providing personal favors is the cornerstone of the business. The dynamics of face play a role in the interpersonal relationships, which determine people’s willingness to bargain or cooperate in business. During communications, Chinese businessmen use indirectness, praising, intermediaries, shaming, and requests to save face and give face (Cardon &…

A Comparative Perspective: Guanxi Guanxi is not an unchanging practice inherent in Chinese culture, but is a deeply historical and constantly evolving cultural phenomenon that has adapted to the shifting political and economic patterns of modern China (Osburg, 2013, p. 24). This section will explore the historicity of guanxi, its related cultural forms—renqing, kinship, and reciprocity—and will chart the dynamism of the affective and instrumental components of guanxi through a comparison of…

Chinese culture is more towards stimulating innovations and emphasizing new ideas. It is flexible and more acting than reacting on changes occurring inside and outside of business. While cultures with very high uncertainty avoidance demonstrate their emotions in such a way that everything which is different becomes dangerous for them. They often resist in changes and worry about their future. In china obedience to laws and rules may be flexible to suit the actual situation and simplicity is a…