Chinese people

later, people began using bronze in their pottery. Scenes from everyday life began appearing in the metal work on the jars. “These products not only represented advanced bronze-casting skills of Vietnamese people but also gave an interesting insight into their life in primitive stages.” (“History of…”). Between 100 BCE and 938 AD Chinese Dynasties ruled Vietnam. When China ruled Vietnam, Chinese concepts and “cultural practices” were introduced (Marracco). These techniques, such as Chinese…

“domestic” refers to not only family, but also nation and Chinese culture; and “tragicomedy” indicates the elaborated melancholic immigrant culture in both Chinese and Chinese diaspora with a light-hearted tone (193). Indeed, Lee’s bold innovative presentation of immigrant subjectivities challenged conventional Chinese value of sexual orientation, love relationship and marriage (Ma 191). However, Lee also presented the conservative aspect of Chinese tradition in the films…

factory workers brought with it urbanization. People were now living in cities near the factories. Immigrants would take factory jobs and live in cities, but the wages were too low. Often immigrants would join together and share a room so they could afford to live (Jacob Riis, Immigrants Crowd Together-By Choice, or Not?, 77). The image shows men crammed in the room, making the spread of diseases an easy task (Riis). In some cases, like in San Francisco, people start to hate and segregate…

The Chinese government has been corrupt for the longest time. Ever since the communist party came into power in 1949. The Chinese government is very different compared to the American government. The Chinese government is very controlling of everything which includes, religion, labor unions, and human rights organizations. Basically the Chinese government does not allow freedom of speech. People who speak out or act out against the government are severely discipline. These acts of defiance are…

expanded China’s boundary and it brought peace and prosperity to other people in the kingdom. Some achievements were Silk Road, Papermaking, Iron technology (cast iron) plowshares;Moldboard plow (kuan), Glazed pottery, Wheelbarrow, Seismograph (Chang Heng), Compass, Ship's rudder, Stirrups, Drawloom weaving, Embroidery for decorating garments, Hot Air Balloon, Chinese Examination System. Rich farmers used oxen to pull plows; poor people pulled plows themselves. The biggest products in the Han…

"China Doll" stereotype portrays Asian women as subservient, compliant and hard to please. It also implies that all Asian are labeled as Chinese. Compared to the dolls for children, Asian women are only to be seen and played. And their value plus worth are based on their appearances.…

devastating effect for the people of China. Samuel Hawley describes the economy of the Ming as huge as evidenced by the list of items produced which were grain, cotton, silk, porcelain, tobacco, paper, peanuts, lacquer, ink, and indigo. The producers of these goods had become too reliant on the silver system and Atwell points out that a drastic reduction in silver would cause catastrophic economic difficulties for China. One problem was in the agriculture realm where the people had to sell…

The Question of Hu showed lot interactions between Chinese and Europeans in the early eighteenth century, most of them are about the religion and the trades. Because many missionaries like Father Jean-François Foucquet came to China and persuaded people be drawn into their religion. There was more and more Chinese follower, including the main character Hu, one of the followers. “Hu’s devotion to the Christian faith, moreover, is well known and of long standing.... At his baptism Hu took the name…

Lindo’s narrative opens illustrating the importance of Chinese culture, saying, ‘I once sacrificed my life to keep my parents’ promise” (Tan, 49), by placing this as the opening sentence Tan is able to convey the prominence of the family in the culture. Lindo’s emic perspective attaches her to her culture and…

monarchy rule overall. Unlike other Chinese Dynasties, the Qing were Manchurian minatory from northeastern China; however, they did incorporate Han Chinese, the major ethnicity of China, into their administrations and “banner” system. The Qing took advantage of the weakened state of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 C.E.) and began their conquest from the north and did not stop until they gained control of the capital, Beijing. The Manchus did not push for the Chinese to accept any of their customs…