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    The second type of transgression against more conservative, traditional Chinese values is the portrayal of gender fluidity in The Butterfly Lovers. It is no new concept or phenomenon in many other parts of the world. For example, gender variant individuals, known as two-spirit people, are a part of the indigenous Native community. Two-spirit individuals often hold important shaman and ritual roles in their society (Kimmel, 2000). These individuals are born biologically a specific sex, but can…

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    using an argument that he wrote called, “The Chinese Room Argument”. Searle believes that being able to understand information requires having the ability to have consciousness, self awareness and intentionality.This argument is against the belief that computers can have strong AI, or in other words, have the ability to think and fully interpret information, and not just receive input and send output based on computed command. Searle included the Chinese Room Argument in…

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    separate itself completely until Great Britain had shown its Industrial Superiority in the 1800s. Another thing that sparked in the 1800 was the Opium war which severely affected Chinese and British relation. British abuse of China’s economic system and constant refusal to stop, sparked this war to start. The British thought of racial superiority was a constant throughout this time which made relationship between the two extremely fragile, and their need of the economic…

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    citizens. In the ancient Chinese society, scholars studied the Confucianism for the official examination. Hence, Confucianism became stepping stone for ordinary people got into the dominating class. The Five Classics and the Confucian vision that two books were advocated by ancient Chinese Imperial Government. Confucianism for maintaining social harmony and stability have a positive effect whereas some people argue that Confucianism may restrain the Chinese people's thoughts as Chinese…

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    China has a long history comprised of several dynasties throughout time. Scattered throughout Chinese rule are foreign conquerors that lead China into prosperity. Peasant rebel revolts, as well as a series of famines that struck China during the early seventeenth century, left the system of government vulnerable. After the collapse of the Ming Dynasty in 1644, Manchu people flooded south into China from their Manchuria homeland of the north and proclaimed a new, “pure” reign of power known as…

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    them. Amy Tan 's The Joy Luck Club is a novel focuses on Chinese American Immigration families. It describes the cultural difference between first and second generations and talks about the family relationship in Chinese American families. The Joy Luck Club uses 4 Chinese American immigrant families to shows how they achieve their American dream and how their second generation find the balance between American culture and their own Chinese culture. The book…

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    Chinese Nationalism

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    too many years ago, the Chinese were looked down on because of their failure to progress. There were many times when the West exalted China, when China seemed to be the center of the world and the best society. China itself always thought that it was the center of the world. China had a sense of pride and exalted themselves above their peers. They had a very strong stench of nationalism amongst themselves. Christianity eventually entered the Middle Kingdom and the Chinese encountered a new path…

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    question: was the Qing dynasty to be considered Chinese? According to the “New Qing History” scholars argue that the Manchu rulers maintained their ethnic identities and thus the Manchu-centered Qing was fundamentally different from the proceeding Chinese dynasties. However, I support the argument that the Qing dynasty was a real Chinese dynasty through semantics alone despite their success through sinicization, if not the prime example of a Chinese dynasty. To start this essay I would like to…

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    America is a nation of immigrants, no one doubts that. However, as a child of first generation immigrants, I did not live in a tight-knit immigrant community, and my parents did not bring many elements of their home culture into the house. I grew up listening to American music, learning American history, and my friends were predominantly non-Asian. As a result, I never understood much about my parents’ background, and Taiwanese culture. Sensing my curiosity about my background (perhaps from the…

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    Whether it was the Boxer rebellion or the reform of 1898, Dapeng continued on the same course of philosophy while the Chinese government struggled to find harmony towards its transition into the modern age. In regards to the Chinese culture Confucianism is rooted in the history of Chinese origin in that its values reflected the birth and growth of the Chinese civilization. Dapeng’s Father. Liu Dapeng was a firm believer in education and this was instilled in Dapeng. Dapeng’s father wanted…

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