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    unavoidable “interval between mothers who were born in China before the communist revolution and thus have been cut off from their native culture for decades, and their American-born daughters who must find a way to work through the twin burdens of their Chinese ancestry and American expectations for success”. While the protagonist and narrator of the story Jing-mei consistently resist’s her mother’s desires to make her a musical prodigy, it was only later in life that she understands her…

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    different situations in their past reflecting their own cultural background a- In “The struggle to be an all American girl”, Wong shows her disdain of being obliged to attend the Chinese school, and her desire to be an all American girl. b- In “Catfish in the bathtub”, Kingston is only interested in the traditional food of the Chinese culture. 2. The mentality of the author’s mothers are relatively the same a- Both mothers obliged their children to be associative with their culture b- Both…

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    of acceptance of people in a culture for inequality in the distribution of power. In general, Asia has a higher PDI, the usual reaction of Chinese for inequality is to endure, to obey the authority, and they are educated to obey their parents. While Western countries have a lower PDI, they have a strong resistance to the inequality in power distribution. Chinese and the United States’ PDI of the gap is obvious. The differences between Woo Jingmei’s concept and psychologically accepted PDI and…

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    Identity Change In Taiwan

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    Based on his research towards Taiwan aborigines, Shepherd did an excellent historical-anthropological analysis to demonstrate that trade networks were the primary reason to draw Dutch and Chinese settlers to the Taiwan frontier in the later time. However, Shepherd failed to analyze the identity change issues of Taiwan aborigines because he seemed to believe that governmental intervention for identity change was absent in the early 17th century. Based on the analysis of the Ming’s borderland…

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    part of the Chinese culture for thousands of years. Some of the sports include wrestling, ice skating, ancient football, and Chinese golf. Sports in ancient China were not only used for healthy lifestyles but for military training as well. In this essay, I am going to define and tell you facts about three sports in ancient China, swordplay, archery and polo. I will also provide you with the Chinese characters for these three sports. Chinese characters are symbols in the Chinese writing…

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    Bodeker 2 The Chinese and Egyptian civilizations were one of the oldest civilizations both occurring before the birth of Christ. Both civilizations were similar in some ways yet different in others. Although the early Chinese and Egyptian civilizations had similar advancements in terms of culture, economics and government, they were different in that they created their civilizations with opposing approaches to language, religion, and rulers of their nations. First, China and Egypt were different…

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    Explanation Political factors are related to law, regulatory, and government policy, which influence Economic factors, and government decisions. While in China the quality of food and beverage have not been satisfied by the Chinese government due to the quality. Therefore, they decided to create a super ministry to ensure the quality of food and beverage in China. Super ministry roles is to restructuring and re-evaluating various productions factories. Application In China has the rules and…

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    Title: Fantastic creature in Chinese art Introduction Fantastic creatures can be easily found in Chinese art. Those decorative motifs do not only content aesthetic value they also carry particular meanings. The origin of fantasies can be traced to traditional Chinese literature and tales. Fantasy becomes an important element in Chinese art that is with two main functions: one is they reflect human emotions, and they are symbols that carry the social values. After classified different…

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    of Learning Mandarin Chinese While learning Chinese have become hugely popular around the world, more and more people are trying to learn Chinese, and many celebrities also learn to say a few words of Chinese, seem to learn Chinese is a very fashionable thing, but learning Chinese is not an easy thing, I think only strong motivation and sufficient interest can prompt you to overcome many difficulties and successfully acquire Chinese language. Of course, because learned Chinese, you can get a lot…

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    Canadian is a multicultural and cosmopolitan country. Chinese Canadian has a large population. They are the third largest ethnic group in Canada, approximately 1.5 million.4 The history of Chinese Canadian was complicated. The first Chinese landed in Canada from 200 years ago. At first, Chinese immigrants were unwelcome. They were isolated physically, socially and culturally from Canadian society. 1They were treated differently and unfairly compared to other ethnic groups. For example, while…

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