Overseas Vietnamese

It all begun when I was quite physically, pushed through the birth canal located right here in Berkeley, California. Alta Bates Hospital was where my lovely mother gave birth to a girl. A short period of time following my birth, my family and I relocated across the bridge to San Francisco. The foggy, eccentric city is where I spent, and still spend, my life. I consider myself very lucky to be able to openly identify as a Chinese American girl. Most of this can be attributed to me living…

When modernization is often discussed in classes, it is usually depicted as a rapid welcomed event of progress for the society involved. However, in “A Daughter of Han” by Ida Pruitt, Ning Lao T’ai-t’ai’s autobiographical account illustrates China’s gradual modernization against its reluctant conservative society. Modernity is defined by the presence of themes such as: industrialization, the increase of global integration, the expansion of political participation, the expansion of mass society,…

Research Question 3. How do China-born immigrants in the GTA describe the process by which they decided to start their own businesses? Four themes emerged for this research question: (a) The decision to become self-employed was driven by personal interests; (b) The decision to turn into and start self-employed or entrepreneurship was driven by push or pull factor; (c) Immigrants with strong backgrounds was readily able to start their own businesses; and (d) The determination to become…

Chinese immigrants had come to San Francisco as early as 1838, but large numbers of Chinese only began to come in 1850 for the same reason many Americans were going to California during the 1849 Gold Rush. The Chinese immigrants were mainly peasant farmers who left home because of economic and political troubles in China. Most intended to work hard, make a lot of money, and then return to their families and villages as wealthy men. In this goal, the Chinese did not differ from many immigrants…

I think immigrants should not try to integrate their culture into American culture because the U.S is a diverse country, within the U.S, one can find all sorts of cultures from Chinese to Latin. The U.S was founded on the believe that people have a freedom of culture and religion; they should not be forced to adopt the American culture because they, the immigrant, have his/her own unique culture. The American culture and another culture, such as Chinese, can definitely coexist, “My relatives…

Jennifer 8. Lee was on a quest to find out how authentic American Chinese food is. In her book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, she uses multiple themes to illustrate her findings and her research, such as diversity, food, race and history, but I think her book is mostly about the culture aspect of American-Chinese and Chinese people. I think the author’s purpose of writing was to inform people about the American-Chinese food and its origins. I also think she wanted to inform people about the…

In The Woman Warrior, Kingston develops the image of The Warrior as a protector, in order to illustrate a connection between being a Warrior in battle, and being a Warrior fighting to protect the Chinese traditions in a place away from home. While Kingston is in America, she feels as if everyone else there who is not a part of her culture is looking from outside a window at them. She feels like the American culture does not accept others, and you must assimilate into their culture in order to…

SARS, which stands for severe acute respiratory syndrome, is an epidemic that affected people worldwide. Of the 8,098 people that became infected, more than seven hundred died (CDC). The outbreak of SARS initially broke out in Guangdong Province in November of 2002 and was contained in June of 2003. The symptoms of SARS include high fever, headaches, and cough, and is spread by respiratory droplets (Thompson 2014). At the time, leading laboratories could not find an antiviral or antibiotic drug…

The spectacular author and civil rights activist, Pearl S. Buck, was born on June 26, 1892, in Hillsboro, West Virginia. She grew up bilingual, knowing both English and Chinese since her mother was from China ("Pearl S. Buck”). She spent ten years of her life living in Nanjing, China. The Chinese in Nanjing were much more influenced by Western ideas than the Northern farmers, and Pearl Buck began to write about the young people's conflicts between the old and new ways of culture ("A Guide to…

Throughout this article I found many economic concepts that pertained to Adam Smith as well as the growth and change of capitalism around the world. The first place in the article that I saw relate to capitalism was in the first paragraph when they were discussing where the company wanted to open its factory. The article states, “especially auspicious locations” This means a location where they are most likely to have success or in this instance make the most profit. This relates to our unit…