Chinese New Year

Vietnamese Community’s Approaching the Chinese Influence on and Chinese Elements Within Vietnamese Culture: Customs, Traditions, Language and Contemporary Media The conflict between China-Vietnam regarding the 2016 territorial dispute appears a new development to the rest of the world. In reality, this hostility is deep rooted, and significantly more vibrant and imminent from Vietnam side, almost making the conflict one sided. Overpowered and overshadowed by China, the smaller nation puts more…

of influence in the Chinese market. Due to the already saturated market with similar cosmetic ideas such as 1p1g, Glamabox and Glossybox, Birchbox would have a hard time influencing to the Chinese market. While searching for Birchbox, I found tons of other beauty boxes. Some of the more popular ones are Glossybox and Glamabox. Both beauty boxes are already established in China unlike Birchbox. Such competition can pose a threat to Birchbox if they do not innovate anything new to…

Western countries brought new traditions and often their own religion to the colonies, a different language also meant changing of the original language and because of interracial marriage children with mixed identities were born. Colonizers also brought traditions and ethnic traits back to their motherland. Maybe less so than the influence on the ethnicity of colonies, but this still meant a slight change in ethnicity of the settlers or…

So, an important role in the daily life of the emperor of China played numbers. Favorite number of Chinese rulers - nine, and in the Forbidden City can be found at every step. Nine was considered an imperial number because it is the last and largest number, followed by a dozen - the number of Heaven. In addition, nine in Chinese consonant with the word "eternal", and any emperor wanted to see if he is not, then at least his dynasty ruled until the end of time. And even if you count the number of…

In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act, created to prohibit the immigration of Chinese people to America, was passed. If this legislation was passed today, in regards to any demographic, there would be national uproar. But, because of negative stereotypes, as well as fear of societal changes; the United States passed the act that forbade Chinese immigrants from seeking opportunity within the United States. Chinese men began to arrive in the United States in substantial numbers in 1848. This was…

In these few decades, China’s economic has growth efficiently and the country is developing rapidly. However, in the 19th century and early 20th century , many Chinese were living under privation whether in cities or rural areas. As a result, many Chinese had the “American dream”: immigrating to the United States to get away from hardship and anticipate for life improvement. Indeed, their main goal was to “gold digging” meaning to earn money for better survival and able to contribute even a…

others like him, America was a sign of a life of new opportunity. Growing up, my life was a blend of American and Chinese cultures. As a young child, I was always unsure if I was more American or Chinese, or even both. I didn’t feel like I fit into any of those categories. Living in America, I was viewed as Chinese because of the way I looked, but if I was in China, I wouldn’t exactly fit in either because of my language and behavior. Being a Chinese American caused me to feel unsure of my…

anything called a Mid-Autumn festival even though I have heard of the Chinese New Year. I also learned about many new athletes and politicians. I learned more about famous people heard of and I also learned about new people I have never even heard of before. I also learned a ton of new things about the Chinese Government. I never knew that there was a People’s Republic of China and the Imperial China. Lastly, I learned a lot about chinese culture. Its culture including its language was…

Sun Yat-sen took several years to take succeed in his chinese revolution. He was able to accomplish this through many years of persistence and gaining a very extensive network throughout several neighboring countries. Without his extensive network he would have failed many times. He overcame several exiles and seeing several other revolutionist squashed. Sun Yat-sen created one of the best revolutions of the 20th century. Chinese dynasties are known for lasting a very long time, and the current…

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…