Overseas Vietnamese

on July, 2013 who were Vietnamese is approximately more than 1.6 million. America is a nation established by immigrants. Therefore, the immigrants’ culture also contributed into the America culture. Among of the cultures, the Vietnamese immigrants’ culture has known as a Southeastern Asia culture in America. The Vietnamese immigrants’ culture determines the food they choice, where they live, how they dress, how they socialize, and what they believe. Not only the Vietnamese immigrants brought…

States involvement was such a waste of time. My mother elaborated on how the war cost the United States a fortune and how the Vietnamese people didn’t even appreciate it. My parents always hated the war, mainly because my mother’s father and and my father’s brothers were killed by the Viet Cong but they had other reasons. They always had a strong estrangement towards Vietnamese people. I guess that’s where it all started: my hatred for them ungrateful gooks. Galveston Bay, Texas was a small…

Vietnamese Community’s Approaching the Chinese Influence on and Chinese Elements Within Vietnamese Culture: Customs, Traditions, Language and Contemporary Media The conflict between China-Vietnam regarding the 2016 territorial dispute appears a new development to the rest of the world. In reality, this hostility is deep rooted, and significantly more vibrant and imminent from Vietnam side, almost making the conflict one sided. Overpowered and overshadowed by China, the smaller nation puts more…

Chinatown is an ethnic enclave which defined as an area in a city with a high concentration of Chinese people. In fact, Chinatown has been home to many immigrant families, and people who reside in Chinatown rely on networks of relatives and friends and on affordable goods, food as well as housing within the neighborhood. New York City 's Chinatown is considered the largest Chinatown in the United States (Waxman, n.d.), and it is located on the lower east side of Manhattan. According to National…

Is it possible to be effective with clients and communities whose experience and lives different from our own? It is possible by first understanding our own personal and social identities that are perpetuated, formed, and modified. In order for us to understand ourselves so that we can serve the diverse communities that we live and work. For starter trying to understand ourselves and living in diverse community with different ethnicity. Different ethnicity likes for me trying to understand my…

Birchbox is a monthly subscription-based service that offers a box with cosmetic samples to its customers. With it looking at global expansion in China, the company will face both threats and opportunities presented by this market. First, the company will need a lot of influence in the Chinese market. Due to the already saturated market with similar cosmetic ideas such as 1p1g, Glamabox and Glossybox, Birchbox would have a hard time influencing to the Chinese market. While searching for Birchbox…

When a Westerner studies Chinese history or a Chinese language, an understanding of culture is essential to every lesson as Chinese culture differs significantly from any Western culture. Therefore, it must be studied more, in order to gain mastery in social situations and to fully understand China. In my studies, one of the more noteworthy things I have come across in Chinese culture is how inextricable the concept of face is from nearly every quirk and nuance of Chinese culture. Face is the…

Revealing the Chinese-American Hidden Struggle: A Comparative Analysis of The Shadow Hero and “No Name Woman” Since the birth of the United States of America, minority groups have had to fight for equity and equality. Chinese immigrants, as well as natural-born Chinese-Americans, have always been actively involved in this fight, yet there is a hidden struggle that these individuals face every day behind closed doors: cultural assimilation or integration. This is a major concern because…

During the Period of the Warring States, from 403 B.C.E. - 221 B.C.E., political confusion aroused in China. During this time, many thoughtful people sought to restore political and social order by reflecting on the proper roles of human beings in society. As a result, three philosophical schools of thought emerged: Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism. Although all three of these philosophies were formed to restore order to China, each one had very different ideals about how to cure the ills of…

I am a Chinese-American. Before I was born, my parents traveled from China to America to pursue their studies and dreams. Being Chinese is as much my identity as my hobbies, my interests, or my talents. It is an aspect of my life that has defined who I am and how I grew up. As a Chinese person, I experience the unique culture and community built by my ancestors. I learned to understand the unity of a community as well as loyalty to others as I spent time with my grandparents and extended family…