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Confucian & Taoist Portrait of a Traditional Chinese Gentleman In examining the Confucian and Taoist ways of life, an image is created displaying how the ideal Chinese gentleman should be. These ancient Chinese styles of living clearly outline key virtues and principles that one should internalize in order to fulfill his or her spiritual duty. The Analects, written by Confucius, defines the superior man as one who strives for social harmony by renewing traditional ways of life in order to…

My family and I decided to tour Chinatown on our trip to Chicago. After setting down at the hotel that we were staying for the night, it was time to go to Chinatown. My parents, my youngest brother, David, and I went to Chinatown. My other two brothers didn’t want to come with us, so they stayed back at the hotel. I was pretty angry at them for not spending time with the family, but can’t force them to do what I want them to. The drive to Chinatown was about 20 minutes away from the hotel. The…

China has been seen as a land of mystery to us in the west. It has been able to withstand the change of the civilizations closest to it, such as India and Russia. It has also made itself a major player in the world economy. How did it become a civilization? There are 7 characteristics that a group of people need in order to be considered a civilization. They are: An urban focus, new political and military structures, a new social structure based on economic power, the development of more…

Translation Essential: Six Reasons to Translate Into Chinese Your translation dollars only go so far and you need to maximize your return on investment. Why translate into Chinese? Consider these six arguments: 1. China is a market of 1.3 billion consumers. With the Internet, you have access to the vast majority of them. However, if you want the average Chinese consumer to open their wallet for you, you are going to need to approach them in their native language. This is true whether you…

China division can skip international division to report directly to headquarters, which make the division have strong autonomy with localization. Decentralization helps local managers of Haagen-Dazs China gain effective local knowledge making accurate and sensible decisions. Regarding the horizontal differentiation, since Haagen-Dazs focus on promotion of the product, which means its degree of diversification is relative low and with the fact that it calls for a high degree of local…

The British actually started the chain of events, which led to the independence of India, when they decided to educate the Indians in western fashion with English as the common language. In 1885 the Indians founded the Indian National Congress to campaign for the independence of India. According to Auma Asaf Ali, one of the leaders of the group, "All the leadership had spent their early years in England. They were influenced by British thought, British ideas, that is why our leaders were always…

“ Chinese cosmology pictured the heaven round and the earth as a stable cube. Space was conceived as a series of imprecated squares, at the center of which lay the capital of the empire strictly oriented toward the points of the compass. And in its center the palace commanded the main north- south axis, facing southward (as did all important buildings) in the direction of the Red phoenix of summer and fire. To the east was the region of the blue Dragon, of spring and growth and the upright tree.…

The Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China is “the most awesome structure ever devised by man, one that “lies across the northern borders of China like some great sleeping dragon, stretching and sunning itself on the peaks and ridges of some of the most beautiful mountain scenery in the world…The Great Wall of China was more than 2,000 years in the building, and the only way man can look upon the sum total of handiwork is by viewing it from outer space (Waldron, pg 2).” The Great Wall…

The Great Wall of China is one of the world’s largest manmade objects. Many people are unware that China was not the only country or civilization to build a structure like the Great Wall. The Roman Empire, England, and Korea are a few to mention that in their history had built a similar wall. These countries along with China had built these walls for military defense. The name, The Great Wall of China, leads one to believe that is a single wall and also believed that the wall was built all at…

“My mother believed you could be anything you wanted in America…open a restaurant… work for the government and get good retirement….buy a house with almost no money down…become rich…become instantly famous “June (The Joy Luck Club). There are some quotes from certain characters from Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club that are relatable to the intentions of the Chinese that immigrated to the U.S. during the late 19th century. June was Suyunn’s daughter in the novel, and Suyunn immigrated to the…