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June 19th, 1982, Vincent Chin, aged 27, was buried on his wedding day. Just 4 days prior, the young man was celebrating his recent engagement at a bar in Detroit, Michigan. When two white men approached him with racial terms followed by the beating from a baseball bat that caused his life (“Vincent Who”). The beating was brutal enough to be considered as manslaughter. However the sentence was only 3000 dollars and 3-year prohibition (“Vincent Who”). Apparently in the 20th century America,…

Yufeng Wu, HUMI 1 (9:30 am) Personal Experiment Don’t believe everything you see and think. It’s really interesting that our brain may show something wrong to us, but we believe that what we see is correct. There are two things I did during last two weeks. I went to the DMV(department of motor vehicles) to take my third driver test. After thirty minutes, it was my turn to take the test. Suddenly, I felt nervous and my hand were sweaty because it is my third and last chance. Besides, I started…

Worshipped for being the patron and protector of seafarers, Mazu is a Chinese sea goddess who is popular in the religions of Taoism and Chinese 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…

Grandmother My maternal grandmother was born in a rural city in China known as Toishan in the Guangdong province. She was from a family of farmers and in order to eat, they had to procure most of their food from their own farm. They would grow their own vegetables and, sometimes, they would eat their livestock. However, it was more common that they sold their livestock for income or use them to assist with manual labor in the farm. The money would then go into buying meat and vegetables, when…

In this essay, I will be summarizing James Fujitani's argument regarding the rejection of the Ming with the Portuguese effort to establish diplomatic relations in 1519. Back in 1517, the Portuguese fleet arrived off the coast of Guangzhou. This was a great moment of symbolic importance to the Portuguese, with making the first official contact between the East Asia and Europe of the early modern period. However, just a few years later, in 1521, these relations broke down by many false rumor…

For instance, last quarter, Ford received a license and supply agreement from Guangdong Synergy. As per this agreement, Ballard will be deploying approximately 300 buses in the cities of Foshan and Yunfu by 2017. This is in addition to its earlier deal worth $10 million to supply an initial consignment of 33 fuel cell buses, indicating…

Four types are more commonly known and are considered the “four great culinary traditions of China” (Bai, 2012; Swislocki, 2009) coming from all four sides: Shandong or Lu cuisine in the North, Huaiyang or Jiangsu cuisine in the East, Guangdong or Yue cuisine in the South, and Sichuan or Chuan in the west. These four great cuisines will be assessed in this paper. Locals of China distinguish the four great cuisines briefly by detailing that, “South is sweet, north is salty; east is spicy…

livelihood in rural China trough case study and presentation. I learn a lot about the real situation in rural China and I am going to further explain my views of sustainable livelihood. Experience in mainland China I was born in a small county in Guangdong called SunHing. When I was small, I lived in a small village which people mainly sell different agricultural products to earn money. Villagers will wake up early and walk to the town to sell their products so that they can earn a little bit…

In 2009, there is an estimated population of 145 million rural-urban migrants in China, which represents 11% of the total population in China (Hu, 2012). Nearly 80% of the total migrants in China are located in the provinces of Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu and the cities of Beijing and Shanghai (Tuñón, 2006). Migration into urban areas has created overcrowding, increased competition for resources and congestion in transportations. The rural areas deserted by the migrants faced new…

architecture etc. This has led to improvement in the aesthetics of the product which enhances user experience. One Plus Wikipedia (2015) “One Plus is a Chinese Smartphone manufacturer founded in December 2013. It is headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.” It was founded 22 months ago by Peter Lau and Carl Pei and is parentally owned by Oppo Electronics another Chinese company. Its first product OnePlus One was ‘the most talked about Smartphone of 2014’.One Plus has proved that it is quite…