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Bruce Lee’s Research Paper Bruce Lee was born in November 27, 1940 in San Francisco, California. His father, Hoi-chuen Lee was a Cantonese opera singer and an actor from Hong Kong. Hoi-chuen Lee and his wife, Grace Ho were on a one-year United States tour with the Cantonese Opera company. During that time, their second son, Bruce was born. Bruce was the fourth child to be born and has a two sister, Phobe and Agnes. Bruce also has two brothers, an older brother named Peter Lee and a younger brother named Robert Lee. When Bruce was a baby, he appeared in the American film “Golden Gate Girl”. By the time he was three months old, Lee’s family moved to Hong Kong. But Bruce’s childhood in Hong Kong were surrounded by the Japanese during World War II until 1945. At the age of thirteen, Bruce was introduced to a martial arts teacher, Yip Man who taught the style of Wing Chun. In high school, he won a boxing champion. When Bruce was at the age of eighteen, he flew to San Francisco, California looking for a new life. But Lee did not stay in San Francisco too long, he had moved to Seattle, Washington because he was promised a job by a family friend, Ruby Chow to work at her restaurant. Bruce wanted to have a better education so he had finished high school and graduated from Edison Technical School. He later enrolled at the University of Washington. He majored in philosophy. He’s been teaching Gung Fu and supported himself with his job. His friends encouraged him to Lee to open…

Thích Nhất Hạnh was born in 1926 in central Vietnam. He was born with the name of Nguyen Xuan Bao. When he was 16, he decided to enter a Zen Buddhist Monastery, changing his name to Thích Nhất Hạnh. He began practicing medication and later founded a voluntary organization named School of Youth for Social Services. This school went around to different areas of Vietnam to help provide necessities like education, health care and improvements on infrastructure. Later, in 1960, he moved to the United…

People resort to violence because they think it is the right decision but there were always different ways of solving problems. Boxers was about foreign missionaries and soldiers converting the Chinese to Christianity. These foreigners would harass the chinese and disrespected their Gods. Bao and many others wanted to rid of them so they resort to violent acts to be intimidating and get them out of China. Bao and the others would learn to harness the powers of their Gods and kill any foreigners…

Rachel Nunley September 29, 2014 Asian American Politics Elaine L. Chao Elaine L. Chao was born March 26, 1953 in Taipei, Taiwan. She is the oldest of 6 girls and held a lot of the responsibility in her family. She was daughter to Ruth Mulan Chu Chao and Dr. James S.C. Chao. Her mother was her historian and her father a merchant, mariner, business leader, and philanthropist. James Chao is a founder of a shipping, trading, and finance enterprise called Foremost Group. Her family moved to…

This paper is about the life and teachings of Lhamo Dondrub. Lhamo Dondrub was born in Takster, China on July 6th, 1935. His mother’s name is Diki Tsering and his father is Choekyong Tsering. Lhamo has five siblings, Jetsun Pema, Gyalo Thondup, Thubten Jigme Norbu,Lobsang Samten, and Dolma Tsering. When he was two years old he was picked as the rebirth of the 13th Dalai Lama. He was chosen because he was born the closest to the day the previous Dalai Lama died. They also put out toys owned by…

Previously this was due to natural geography, but in recent years the coastal nature of the Fujian and Guangdong regions have been mostly due to human intervention. Artificial dredging and reworking of landscapes on a large scale has allowed the natural environment to facilitate those who live on it, rather than hinder oppourtunities moving forward. By overcoming these obstacles, the Chinese people of this region have managed to keep their cultural and cuisine very much alive (Anderson,…

Brooklyn’s Chinatown also known as 8th Avenue by current residents, is one of the most widespread growing areas populated with Chinese immigrants. It is also known as Little Fuzhou mainly due to the immigrants from Fujian, a province in the mainland of China. Rapidly growing in population, immigrants from Fujian are spreading to areas between the boroughs of Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens, drawing away the original Cantonese residents with many concerns of the discriminations brought upon the…

Buddhism. Before her deification, she was a young woman called Lin Mo Niang, a real historical figure dating from 960 A.D to 988 A.D. In addition, Mazu has also made many appearances in Chinese legends and myths. Many people, of whom a large amount are fishermen, in coastal areas situated in south-eastern China and Taiwan islands, are known to worship her. Mazu or Lin Mo Niang was born on March 23, 960 A.D. In the 13th century, legends concerning the life of Lin Mo Niang were confirmed. She…

attitudes. In the introduction part, the author reviewed some important research on language attitudes, explaining how people 's attitudes towards language varieties imply their perception of the speakers. Listeners tend to make judgment about speakers based on their accent. People’s language attitudes may not constant; the change of attitudes can result from socio-economical and cultural factors (Garrett 2010). The introduction part also introduces Chinese language families: Putonghua (term…

class and the development of an ethnic economy shows how the ethnic community has worked to perpetuate class divisions. Immigrants have made a significant impact on their native place. Changle became one of the fastest growing regions in Fujian Province. Although, a large portion of the population from Changle is working abroad a change to their economy has improved. As a result of the improvement of China’s status in the global economy is one of the primary reasons why immigrants are…