Maxine Hong Kingston

English well or very well (67.1%), whilst approximately 32% do not speak English well or at all (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011). China • Mandarin is the official language of the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan. • Chinese people from Hong Kong and the Guangdong province of the People’s Republic of China speak Cantonese. • Chinese language includes over 20 different dialects, such as; Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects).…

In “Love is a Many Splendored Thing,” Han Suyin and Mark Elliot fall in love fast and are forced to keep their love a secret because of her family and Hong Kong’s strict racial laws. In “The Big Sick,” Emily and Kumail fall in love, but unlike the other film, Kumail lets go of Emily because he believes their backgrounds are not an obstacle they can surpass, then he finds out Emily is under a medicated…

The film I Was Born, But… is a comedic gendai-geki film directed by Yasujiro Ozu in 1932. The film portrays a contemporary salary man moving his family to a suburb where they must adapt to a different way of life. The father, in search of a better life for his family, becomes the boss’s pet, diminishing himself for his entertainment, in good faith. The two brothers struggle to gain power and influence over the neighbourhood kids. The children act as an unstoppable force of nature, with little…

Entering Hong Kong felt mechanical, as most travel does- this time is so drenched in systematic motions that there’s not a moment to register the change in atmosphere. Leaving the airport, taking the train over the ocean onto the island, seeing rows of apartment buildings as concrete beauties, before they dissolve into the glass towers of the island: these are the moments that jar, that you realise the space you are in. But I realised we were trapped. Situated, from the train to the bus, with no…

The Discourse communities (DC) is not a new vocabulary in this world, it begin at when society exist in the world. There are some tools could analyze DC has been proposed by Gee, a “a member of the National Academy of Education”(“James Gee.”). He claims that people who have similar interests, symbol, acting or beliefs could be in a same DC, and there are eight tools that he proposed to definite a DC, they are “social language”, “social identity”, “intersexuality”,” Discourse maps”,” kits”,…

resemblance to reality, let along to the media censorship in China. Yet that assumption could not be more wrong. Fahrenheit 451 symbolizes the reality of censorship that many in China live with during political unrests. But first, try to imagine living in Hong Kong with the following…

What is the Accountability System for Principal Officials in Hong Kong (ASPO)? Discuss the effectiveness of ASPO in operation. Introduction In 1998, the new Hong Kong International Airport opened in Chek Lap Kok. In the first day, the new Hong Kong international airport have many problem on it such as the fight information, the luggage system. It make the Hong Kong international image damaged. After this problem, the commission of inquiry need the Chief Secretary for Administration Chan Fang On…

2. Cases from Japan 2.1 Bellport Ashiya 2.1.1 Overview Bellport Ashiya- complex of facilities centered around marina, or small port (dock with mooring s and supplies for yachts and small boats) located in Hyoogo Prefecture, Ahiya City in the artificial South Ahiya island. It is known that first kind in Japan of residential district attached to berth. Regarding administration is one part of…

Media plays a very significant role in people’s everyday lives. Why media is so important in Chinese society? Perhaps the media can instruct each individual person of what is going on around the world, it is a very important role that help informs people about news, history, entertainment, music, and politics, which is used as a form of communication and obtaining knowledge from expertise. Certainly, most media are likely to provide accurate information to the people. Over the pass couples of…

of the 18th century of China. The leader Hong Xiuquan was the son of a farmer and desiring success under the ruling of Qing. However, he eventually decided to fight against Qing imperial force after four times of failure in the imperial civil examination. He dreamed that he is the son of God and came the under the influence of Christian missionaries. He believed that his destiny is to save the people from Qing’s ruling. Based on the Christian belief, Hong started his rebellion to announce the…