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Modern attitudes toward the traditional Chinese practice of footbinding are often harsh and unforgiving, casting it as a barbaric, archaic form of patriarchal torture. While much of the western world has historically been appalled by the custom, in the years since its ban, many Chinese nationals have also vehemently decried it, raising questions as to how and why this practice survived for roughly 700 years. Public audiences tend to consider footbinding a best-forgotten, undesirable tool of…

Denis Twitchett, Michael LoeweDuring the time period 3500 B.C.E. – 200 C.E. a complex metropolitan web developed in East Asia. It was centered on the banks of the Huang He, where the Chinese civilization formed and developed its classic form. Interactions with other human societies on the web were initially limited, but several major inventions led to the establishment of a firm route, through which ideas, technological inventions and various goods were exchanged. Many of these inventions were…

There are many different philosophies of government in China. This paper will be focused on the philosophies of earlier governments in China’s history, specifically the Qin and Han dynasties. This will also focus on the structure of their governments as well. Many questions will be answered about their structure and ideas, such as what do these philosophies address? How do these philosophies apply to governing a nation? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each? Other questions will be…

The rise and fall of empires is an extremely relevant topic today, since the movements of past empires have formed the communities and governments of the modern world. Two such empires being the Khmer Empire, which governed from 802CE to the end of the 15th Century and the Roman Empire, which ruled from 27 BC to around 1453 CE. Through the evidence shown it will be proven that all empires rise and fall for a range of reasons, including strategic governing, gaining and losing territory, the…

Main Issues Over the last several years, Google and China have been locked in a battle over censorship. In addition to filtering its citizen’s internet searches, the Chinese government routinely restricts access to, or outright blocks, several of Google’s products. Products such as Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, and Google Translate are the most affected. These actions by the Chinese government have a direct effect on Google’s market share in China and overall revenue. In early 2010,…

Brogan O’Connor Fuerholzer 6th Abraham Lincoln once said that “you cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. The global population kept growing since last few decades, which cause a series problems. China is first identified when talking about the overpopulation problem. Just like honest Abe stated, China has to take action to control their growing numbers. Yet for them, the future holds a continuation of destruction and demise that overpopulation has already wrought…

for them to serve the men better, maintaining a patriarchal society. Instead of using the previous harsher and cruel laws and regulation against the civilians. The Han rulers modified some of the harsher aspects of the Zhao dynasty; Confucian ideals of government, out of favor during the Qin period, were adopted as the creed of the Han Empire, and Confucian scholars gained prominent status as the core of the civil…

grows out of the contradictions between Liu’s vision of himself as an educated man and potential government official and his actual situation (19).” He even “traced his ancestry back to Liu Zhiyuan, a tenth century emperor of the short-lived later Han dynasty (21).” The holder of a provincial degree, Liu watched with dismay as the countryside began to wither under the slow but relentless assault of modernization. Despite his constant belief he was qualified to hold government office, he never…

According to late President Lyndon B. Johnson, “The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources--because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.” In other words, immigrants have been and will continue to be a vital aspect of American society, helping the nation thrive as an economic powerhouse, a technological innovator, and a cultural melting pot. Especially in a city as ethnically and culturally diverse as New York City, immigrants remain at the heart of…

The development of philosophy and politics in China has had an impact on the ethics of its society. Superstition has played an important role in China from ancient times when the royal family, to divine important dates and the outcome of battles, used oracle bones. The concept of “feng shui” has shaped Chinese society or hundreds of years and continues to play an important role in Chinese culture. Confucianism and its values have had a strong effect on Chinese people, both past and present.…