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    1. Provide a concise summary of the film. From its inception around 2000 years ago in Northern China, Tofu has evolved to be a vital part of the Chinese cuisine [1]. The art of making tofu spread to eventually reach the south western parts of the Chinese mainland and has become an integral part of the food culture of areas such as the Yunnan province. Making varieties of tofu, such as the hairy tofu has also become an art as it requires the mastery of microorganisms. For the Mongolian nomads in…

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    Xin Xai Case Study

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    Xin Xai is a county-level , under the jurisdiction of Tai'an , Shandong Province, located in the central Shandong Province in.2013, an area of 1946 square kilometers, a population of 1 million 332 thousand, 21 towns and streets, 916 administrative villages (residents), 1 provincial hi tech Development Zone, is the national top 100 counties in Shandong Province, 30 counties of Shandong province. 10 the construction of modern , pilot counties. Xin Tai, located in the hinterland of Shandong,…

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    address to the American People of the United States upon the Evils of Chinese Immigration,” produced by a Congressional committee, they state that the Chinese have immigrated in the U.S. for a quarter of a century and they still could not understand American government and traditions. They say there is no possible way to “Americanize” them, teach them about us. It was said that they basically don’t support our society. The Chinese were accused of bribery, intimidation, and “other illegal…

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    there was a usage of postal pigeons in the Olympic Games. History also documents that in 200 B.C. until 100 B.C. messengers on horse or on foot were a common phenomenon in Egypt and China, where there were even stations for supplying them. The Chinese 2000 years before are estimated to have had a system of sending messages through pipes at the Great Wall or two paper cones that were connected with rope. In 37 B.C. we have the first documented usage of mirrors from the Roman Emperor Tiberius of…

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    doing things. For example, Americans do not bother much about looking smart or dressing well as long as a person has what it takes to deliver the point home. On the contrary, Chinese value dressing and physical presentation very much. A rich American will wear what pleases his or her body without looking at the cost but a Chinese counterpart selects the latest fashion in the market in an effort to confirm his or her success. 6 dimensions of Hofstede cultural scale Professor Hofstede conducted…

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    Thematic Observation

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    Thematic Observation In these two poems, both of them are describing the culture of Hong Kong. In “Mother Tongue”, the writer Tegan Smyth is half-breed of Hakka Chinese and Australia. She writes about languages, culture, and humanity, etc. This poem has illustrated that language plays an absolutely necessary and important role in awaring cultural identity as expected. Lots of expressions and characteristics of the two different places were frequently used to represent the difference between…

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    Marco Polo is a great explorer who was born in Venice, Italy around 1254. He was from a wealthy merchant family. He started to travel at the age of 17 with his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo Polo. They were merchants who traded jewels with the Middle East through Asia. In 1271, the Polo family decided to go on a long, adventurous journey to China. They first traveled by sea to the Persian Gulf, and then were forced to take an ancient caravan route through present day Iraq, Iran, and…

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    immigration policy in America is Chinese immigration during the gold rush and industrial revolution. Many Chinese immigrated to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century to take part in California’s gold rush. Speaking on an ancestor’s experience, author Erika Lee writes: A twenty year old farmer from Sun Jock Mee village in the Pearl River delta of southern China, he arrived in California in 1854, with big dreams of Gum Saan, or Gold Mountain, as the Chinese called the United…

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    The Great Wall Of China

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    Wall of China is about 2,300 years old. Since then, the wall has been repaired, maintained and rebuilt. The Great Wall of China is made of sections made of stone, brick, wood, and other things. It is built across the Chinese borders. The Great Wall of China was used to protect Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of various nomadic groups. Various states built their section of the wall to protect themselves from invasions from nomadic tribes. It was a huge defense line…

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    Safe Spot Research Paper

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    Safe Spot Again, I'm sitting in the same Chinese Restaurant for the third time this week, supposedly the first ranking Chinese restaurant in my city. The worn out Chinese red decorations hang unbalanced on the entrance door, as always. In freshmen year, a Chinese student invited me to a Chinese meeting spot, where we spoke in Mandarin. Our interests and complaints were all similar. I began to think that it was a safe corner for me. Preferring to be with people of a common culture and language…

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