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to the needs of the population. Despite many efforts, the impression of the population is that the reform has not been successful. Cost inflation has been difficult to control and a huge inequality in access to healthcare seems to be increasing. Chinese healthcare system try to identify the root of the main problems with the current system, and discuss there in relation to immense future challenges such as an aging population, increasing inequalities and a need for private delivery to be added…

The Chinese, Jews, and Irish immigrant were different by their culture and their physical features. The immigrants culture was frowned upon and looked exotic to Americans. All of them were discriminated for following a different religion, playing different gambling games, speaking a different language, wearing different clothes and styles, eating different foods, celebrating different holidays, etc.. One example from the Chinese immigrants that was unacceptable to the Americans and part of the…

We have discussed materialism at length. For the purpose of this essay, I will first give a quick overview of what materialism is. I will then discuss an objection made by Searle in his “The Chinese Room”. I will then discuss how a materialist might answer this objection. I will conclude with whether or not this answer was satisfactory or not. Materialism is, in essence, the idea that matter is what makes a human being what they are. There is nothing more than matter and physical…

In traditional Chinese, the status of being in between two extremes is named as “Zhong Yong”. Confucius thought “Zhong Yong” can be the best moral virtue, but it is not widely accepted at the period of time. “Zhong” and “Yong” both mean being in center and on the average…

same time. This is where I developed my love for languages and different cultures. I am fascinated with learning and experiencing different cultures, which is why I really want to have an internship abroad in China. I have always been intrigued by Chinese culture and always wondered why they do what they do, and now I can finally discover why. China is the ultimate test of my ability to learn a different language because of Mandarin’s stark contrast to western languages. My internship program…

into the Chinese world order. In the foreign relations, the emperors of China welcomed tribute from neighboring countries and gave titles of nobility. They also expected them to conform to the…

known religion, Buddhism. Buddhism standing in the top three religions with Christianity and Islam clearly assures how successful of a world view it has become and continues to be. With a population of over 1.3 million inhabitants, over 19% of the Chinese population declares themselves to be of Buddhist faith. With this said, it is impressive to admire that Buddhism arrived to China as a foreign religion five centuries after it was established in India by Buddha Śākyamuni.…

author of the novels who writes about Chinese American women and her experience with different cultures. Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952, in Oakland, California. She grew up in California and in Switzerland. She studied English and linguistics at San Jose State University and the University of California. Amy Tan was a successful business writer, in 1987 when she took her Chinese immigrant mother to revisit China. Tan had difficulty accepting her Chinese heritage. She wanted to look like…

The silver trade led to the increase of tension between social classes, the monetization of the Chinese economy, and opposition to bans on foreign trade due to the demand for luxury goods. The demand for luxury Asian goods was also predominant in India. Europeans would also trade along the Indian Ocean for Indian spices and cloth. This fits into the growth of a mercantilist economy as European nations would compete against each other for the supply of silver in the Americas, similar to how…

politically influenced by the Chinese through China’s system of the governing body of their nation, while also being culturally influenced by China through their religion, Buddhism and Confucianism. However, both Japan and Korea differed politically because the Korean’s followed Tributaries and the Japanese followed feudalism, and culturally because Japan followed the Zen branch of Buddhism and Korea followed the Chan branch. Korea and Japan were almost identical to the Chinese culture in…