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    negotiation. American and Chinese business culture have some similarities and differences in regards to communication, business relation, and perspective of time. In business, Americans and Chinese know the importance of communications, but how communication is expressed differently based on each culture. Americans…

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    speak Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese at home (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011). • The majority of China-born people speak English well or very well (67.1%), whilst approximately 32% do not speak English well or at all (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011). China • Mandarin is the official language of the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan. • Chinese people from Hong Kong and the Guangdong province of the People’s Republic of China speak Cantonese. • Chinese language includes over…

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    Cultural Differences: Chinese vs. Western The biggest mistake you can make dealing with foreigners is to think that everybody in the world is the same as you are and also that they see and understand things the same way as you do! The Chinese name for their country is “Middle Kingdom” as in the old times they considered themselves the center of the world, and thousands of years of such thinking do not go wasted for a nation. The Chinese Concepts of Face and Harmony. The Chinese are extremely…

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    decisions. For the Chinese, these practices range from a variety of superstitious beliefs such as a compatibility test between horoscopes and names or an oppressive belief such as foot binding. Bound Feet and Western Dress, written by Pang Mei Natasha Chang, is a memoir that exposes the effect these traditions have on the evolving Chinese population during the early twentieth century. In Pang-Mei Chang’s novel, readers are given the opportunity to experience the life of a Chinese women through…

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    When discussing the topic of politeness in Chinese culture it is important to address the concept of Confucianism and the role that it played in forming what Chinese culture is today. Confucianism can be defined as a way of life that was first established by Confucius in the 6th–5th century BCE. Confucianism is a western term used to describe the set of values propagated by Confucius himself, this set of rules and values have been the foundations of Chinese society for over two millennia; this…

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    jewelry that loses value when the Chinese mothers pass it down to their American grown children to demonstrate that the mother’s hope and wisdom also possess no value for the child because it was molded by a different culture that does not fit in with their way of life. In an effort to help their children, the mothers only place a heavier burden on them to carry their Chinese culture while balancing it with their American lifestyle. Topic Sentence 1: The Chinese mothers pass down their…

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    formless, nameless and abode-less, That Hidden One became Manifest, and took a million Names. The word guptā, which literally means ‘hidden’, refers to the Dhāt, the Kanz al-Makhfī (Hidden Treasure), the Ghayb al-ghuyūb (Mystery of the mysteries) or the Transcendent, the Absolute. Becoming pragat (manifest, evident, pervasive) refers to the Ṣifāt, the Immanent, the Relative aspect of the Divine - the Nūr. All Divine Names and Attributes relate to the Nūr. In the first two lines of this…

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    affect their way of thinking. The naming of the system need include the intuition layer so that both the context and shortened addresses can enhance the identification with certainty. When well combined, they help eliminate the need for internet domain names. This is because through analysis of the context, and collection of all possible information in a certain context, then location and identification of a certain domain is possible. This is analogous to the adverts Google pops on the wall…

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    Short Story On Lazzera

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    kissing Lazzera afterwards. When he pulled away, they both smiled. "I love you." "I love you too, Kather Collins." She kissed him again. "You should know, my name is actually Kather Drew Collins. My brother got to choose my middle name. Self-centered brat." Kather laughed. "Well then, I love you. Kather Drew Collins." Lazzera streched out his name. Kather smiled, and then there was silence. - - - - - - - - - "Are you afraid to fall?" Lazzera asked. "What?" Kather questioned her sudden…

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    What Is Elohim?

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    “beney ha-elohim”. “Beney” simply means “sons”. So what is an elohim? Elohim is often associated as one of the names of God, for instance, “In the beginning God (elohim) created the heavens and the earth.” (Gen 1:1). Elohim is actually the plural of el (or eloah). This plurality of God is where the concept of the Trinity comes from. However, elohim is more of a description than the proper name of God (Yahweh). Elohim can also refer to demons,…

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