Chinese language

China is a country with a many interesting cultures. What we usually know about the country is through movies or the local Chinese restaurant but to truly get an understanding of this country’s way of life, one must do extensive research. I’ve learned that China differs a lot from other countries including the United States. Sincere study of a culture is the only way to truly appreciate the differences. China’s culture is based on the respect of mankind. As mentioned earlier, China’s culture…

Thursday November 16th, 1924 Dear Senator of the United States, My name is Zonglin Robert Li and I am writing to tell you how I feel about one of the quota system that controls the immigrants in our country. I am a former citizen of the U.S. and in my opinion I completely do not support the quota system. The quota system was unfair to these immigrants because it did not allow them to come into the U.S. in large numbers. In the 1920s, people from there areas were seen as negative influences…

“Two Kinds”, authored by Amy Tan, is an inspirational short story that revolves around the idea of becoming independent and successful. The story follows Jing-mei who is the daughter of chinese immigrant, Suyuan Woo. Woo has looked to America as a fresh start for her daughter and herself after losing such great loss back home; her first husband, parents, two daughters, and twin baby girls. Coming from a tragic past, she has hope for Mei and tries to prevent her daughter from having the miserable…

traditional Chinese beliefs. The daughters, however, were all born in America or moved to America a young age, so their lives outside of the home were American. The source of conflicts in the book is mostly that the mothers are more traditionally Chinese and the daughters are more Americanized. The root of these problems can be traced back to the concept of happiness. “[The Fu-Jen Catholic University has] shown that distinct characteristics of the conception of happiness are prevalent in Chinese…

of Cannery Row could said to be all these. Many of Lee Chong’s actions are described as "Oriental" or "Chinese," like when he forgives Mac "all in an Oriental moment" or when he reacts to Horace’s death in “a calm and eternal Chinese sorrow (16)” (Kawaii, 110). Whether Steinbeck purposefully wrote a character that was very stereotypically 20th century American-Chinese or simply used the Chinese Americans he saw in Ocean View Avenue for inspiration is unknown. Clearly, however, his description…

The story, “Ties that Bind, Ties that Break” is about a young girl, Ailin Tao, that grows up in a society where women need to get their feet bound in order to impress men and get married. This story is told as a flashback when she was young. As she grows up, a revolution is also going on. She lives with her family, the Tao Family, in Nanjing, China. China was first an Empire. After the revolution in 1912, it became a republic. Ailin obviously has to get her feet bound as she becomes older.…

Europeans arriving on the East Coast, Chinese immigrants arrived on the shores of the West Coast in smaller groups. Between 1851 and 1883, about 300,000 Chinese arrived to seek their fortunes after the discovery of gold in the California gold rush in 1848. Chinese immigrants helped build nation’s railroads, including the first transcontinental line. After the completion of the railroads, they turned to farming, mining, and domestic service. During the 1870s, many Chinese agreed to work for a low…

According to “The Nat Yuen Collection of Chinese Antiquities” written by UQ Art Museum, a ceramic art piece has a “blue and white porcelain” (art museum).This extravagance piece of art sovereignty during the “Manchu Jiaqing emperor (1796–1820 CE), this bottle vase carries the six-character imperial…

The main questions that I want to address are, “Why do adopted children not receive equal attention from their family and have a difficult time finding a sense of belonging as compared to those of birth children”? An example of a case study that I can use is United States families with adopted children from China. I found a case study called “Discursive Negotiation of Family Identity: A Study of U.S. Families with Adopted Children from China”. The bibliography information is below. Suter,…

immigrants faced hatred. The Chinese were often given the most dangerous and high casuality jobs, but this did matter because bosses saw the Chinese as expendable. In Rock Springs, Wyoming, the Chinese railroad workers did not want to strike like the white railroad workers (Hon. Huang Sih Chuen, Wyoming Gunfight: An Attack on Chinatown, 1885, 45-46). This resulted in a white mob that robbed, shot, and burned Chinese immigrants (Hon. Huang Sih Chuen). When the riot was over, 28 Chinese were…