Opium Wars

violent. In Africa, salves were captured “in wars and raids conducted by African polities” (Empires 157). The voyage was notoriously deadly, as was the fated that awaited the salves on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. The renowned Dutch East India trading company (VOC) used slaves to grow spices into the eighteenth century (Empires 160). The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, published in 1751, reported that the VOC “makes peace and war at pleasure” (Empires 161). If foremost…

The Growth and Change in Character: The Picture of Dorian Gray Throughout life, each person becomes a product of their actions, decisions, and choices, which are often influenced by members of society or societal norms; it molds their character and defines their personality. Many times these actions can cause breakthroughs in one’s life, however other times it can compromise ones reputation and level of respect in society’s social hierarchy. The author, Oscar Wilde, in his classical novel, The…

Even though stimulants and depressants can seriously harm someone, many people decide to use them because, they assume that they need them to survive. The question of all questions, is why do they feel like they need it? Do they not care about their life, or do they just want to harm themselves? These are the types of questions that I am sure everyone wants to know! The sad thing is, these are some questions that won’t always be answered. Let’s begin. What exactly is a stimulant? I am so glad…

In the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911), many missionaries came to China with Western ideas following the invasion by Western powers such as British imperialists. Therefore, many Chinese students and intellectuals inevitably came into contact with Western techniques, religious ideas, and history. However, there always have been many differences between the original European ideas and the Chinese understanding of them. Under the hegemonic power of western civilization, Chinese scholar Kang Youwei…

British invaders and trying to unify China by ridding it of Christian influence. The foreigners were trying to make money by selling opium to the Chinese. Each side thought the other side is evil but they did not try to understand the other side. In the book Boxers, by Gene Luen Yang, Yang tries to portray the struggle for justice that the Boxers encountered after the Opium Wars. Likewise, in the book Saints, Yang shows another side of the story. The story of a young Chinese…

domination happens all around the world. Especially in Asian places, European domination happens obviously. The European domination happens because of historical and modern factors. In the side of historical factors, the wars between Asian countries and European countries, the results of post-wars, and the different developments of societies in Asian and European countries directly caused the European domination in the world. On the other hand, in the side of modern factors, the discursive…

Boom!Krackle!Pop! Did you know you use gunpowder every fourth of July while popping fireworks? There were many different resources swapped along the silk road including gunpowder,silk,and tea ,that we still use today. Did you know Gunpowder was discovered in the 900’s while trying to find medicine for a cure.Gunpowder is a black substance like mineral .It is highly flammable. It was invented in the 9th. gunpowder is usually used with explosives and firework today.But it originally was…

People today tend to believe that the handover caused the decline of Hong Kong action film industry. According to Peter Rist, “ Immediately following the handover of Hong Kong by the British to the People’s Republic of China”, the Hong Kong filmmaker started to change the mood of action films. Instead of comedic action, the films produced after Handover “were characterized by strains of pessimism and unpleasantness” and that those works were not welcomed by local audiences and the received…

Roaring Dragon Hotel Proposal By Ridhima Agarwal Sullivan University Management Summary The proposal unfolds what went wrong when HI (Hotel International) was called forth to modernize RDH (Roaring Dragon Hotel), a state owned enterprise (SOE) in South-West China. RDH was a guanxi-based hotel where social bonds were of utmost importance (Grainger, 2008). When HI arrested the declining resources of RDH, employees faced the cross culture differences trying to adapt to the novel and modern…

In general, every society face a big number of troubles. There are many different problems form ocean to ocean, the problem these days are trading in illegal drugs and with illegal drugs bring crime. Drugs cause wrong decisions choose, drugs are not need making people do things that are not right, however make it so that people do not think straight. When people are not think straight they may go to make bad choices. When people make wrong choices it usually puts around them in danger…