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The first and most profound critic of the policy is that it has highly compromised the morals of the Chinese people. It has been evidently witnessed that the policy has increased the number of abortions in the nation. It is worth noting here that abortion is a social crime of killing the unborn. It is thus a compromise of a nation’s provision on human rights that a nation can impose a law that threatens the life of its people (Chang, 2008). The law has also been found to encourage…

Wedding Day Rituals People celebrate their love in different ways around the world. One of the most common ways to celebrate and broadcast your love is to have a wedding. A wedding is the celebration of a marriage that brings together family and friends who all have a chance to take part in the joyous occasion. Although anyone can have a wedding, every wedding is different in every culture. Most of us know how American weddings go but what about Chinese weddings? Are they anything like American…

Liang Qichao was born in 1873 and lived until 1929. During this time he was a young colleague and follower of Kang Youwei (1858-1927) during the failed “100 Days Reform” of 1898. During this time he visited America and wrote about his observations and experiences in a book titled Observation on a Trip to America. The majority of his experiences happened in New York City where he discussed the things he was amazed about and found admirable about America as well as the issues and experiences he…

Over the two decades, women’s economic activity has been rose significantly. The gradually increase in women’s social status through their participation in the labor marker has marked a milestone in the history of women. Yet, the women participation rate in employment implies a contradiction towards the gender ideology and occupational segregation. The issue of gender ideology and occupational segregation can be seen as a cause-and-effect that may lead to work and family conflict. Specifically…

The Komagata Maru The Komagata Maru has been an important aspect to the life of many individuals because it changed the immigration policy and it is the reason why Canada has become a multi-cultural country today. Canada had a main focus to exclude Chinese, Japanese and Indian immigrants. In 1904, Canada raised the head tax which is a tax on incoming Chinese laborers, to $500 which is equal to two years ' gross earnings of a Chinese laborer here (Hannant). This had made it harder for Chinese,…

Introduction The number of migrants to Australia experienced an increasing trend in the past three decades. It is partly because of the expansion and implement of business migration programs encouraged by the Australian government since the 1990s. The main purpose of these migration programs is to meet the requirements of skills and techniques in the Australian labor market (Simon,2012). However, early Australian migrants were mostly British. It was not until the Australia Gold Rush that…

The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga, is a novel that focuses on the life of Balram, the son of an Indian rickshaw driver. Balram is writing a letter to Wen Jiabao, an important Chinese official who has embarked on a diplomatic visit to India. He decides to tell Jiabao his life story in an attempt to educate the man about Indian entrepreneurship, because he truly believes that his story is more accurate than the political accounts he is sure the Chinese official will hear. Balram chronologically…

1984 by George Orwell and Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie have been seen as controversial for many years because they feature an oppressive government. Many people believe that 1984 portrays the strength of literature on the characters more effectively because it highlights how language and literature were used in the form of slogans to control the entire society. However, readers fail to notice that 1984 lacks the effective use of literature and language. Literature and…

Yuchin is the unrealistic character of The Bane of the Internet, a short story written by Ha Jin. This story has an almost humorous tone as two sisters, one who lives in China and the other in New York, communicate with each other. This character and her older sister wrote and sent each other letters via the postal service as their main means of communication until they discovered email. The name of the older sister is unknown but this story is told through her point of view. The narrator is…

“But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth”(181). Author, Adeline Yen Mah, shares the horrors of her childhood growing up as an unwanted daughter in the autobiography Chinese Cinderella. The first years of a child’s life are the most crucial in shaping the person they will become. For young Adeline Yen Mah, these defining years shaped her into a strong, intelligent women despite her poor upbringing. The novel Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah,…