Taiwan

the community development in the Taiwan situation by using the Sunflower student movement. In the beginning part, I will introduce the background of the incident and the role of different stakeholders. Then, I will focus on talking about the short-term and long-term impact towards the communities and finally I will share my opinion towards this incident. Introduction of the Sunflower student movement In the March 18, the university students have occupied the Taiwan Legislative Yuen. The…

Student profile I interview a male student who is currently enrolled in the University of Houston-Downtown. The student name is Tai-feng, Wu. He is twenty-four years old. He was born and raised in Taiwan. As a result, the first language of Tai-feng is Mandarin. He is fluent in Mandarin. This is his second year in the United States. Before enrolling in the biology major, he had been taking English class for one year in the language center of UHD. After taking one year intensive English class and…

On Monday, September 25, 2015 at around 5 pm, a dangerous typhoon swept across northeast Taiwan. This typhoon was felt by all Taiwanese people, as the aftermath of the tropical storm included fallen trees, debris, and destruction. These typhoons are formed in the monsoon trough; meaning there is minimum sea level pressure. Typhoons usually strike in Taiwan, Japan, and Guam because they are located in the “convergence zone”, where wind patterns from the northern and southern hemisphere collide.…

wish to the new couple. In addition, before the wedding, Taiwan has some specific rituals called escort the bride. The groom go to the bride’s home first, praying to ancestors for blessings, bowing to bride’s parents, and entering the sedan. After they enter the sedan, other people set off firecrackers. Because the western culture impacted many Asian countries, there are many similar rituals between America and Taiwan. In America and Taiwan, bride and groom should ask their friends or family to…

1. Introduction Travel and tourism have become one of the world’s largest industries. The statistics of the World Tourism Organization (UNTWO) demonstrate that international tourists around the world doubled from 1995 to 2013; 23% of these visitors are in the Pacific Asia region which has the highest growth rate in the world (UNTWO, 2013). However, according to Gossling (2002), with the tremendous growth of domestic and international tourism, there will be increasing pressure on the climate,…

The Cold War which started in 1946 to 1991 was a global military, political, economic, ideological struggle between the U.S. and Britain, and the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.). The Cold War was not only a struggle between two nations, but what the nations represented or stood for: Democracy and Communism. This led to a series of wars, most memorably the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the fall of the U.S.S.R. In 1945, Adolf Hitler's Nazi empire in Europe was defeated by the joint efforts of then…

Long Term Care Nurse Aide Shortage in Taiwan with Autoethnography and Survey Methods throughout pre-employment and job exit stages in 2014 United Nations (2015) reported that the population aged 60 or over, and 80 or over are the most rocketing among all regions over the word from 2000 to 2015, the top five aging countries are Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Republic Korea and Singapore (United Nations, 2015) among Eastern and South East Asia countries,. Taiwan is the third serious aging society…

has caused me countless troubles while playing this game of life. When I was still in Taiwan a few years ago, I was being taught as a machine, not being able to comprehend the reasons why or what I was doing. School was naturally dull and boring, because most of the time we were forced to memorize math formulas or facts without any given explanation. I still remember the time when I asked my math teacher in Taiwan, “How did you get that formula?”…

against Taiwan getting independent. China and Taiwan has always been conflicted with each other since the past. However, the relationship between China and Taiwan is getting better. Still, China believes Taiwan is a part of the Chinese territory. China is a top nation compared to Taiwan, so they have the power to take advantage of the Taiwanese. China will be declared war on Taiwan any moment if they insist on full independence. Taiwan wants to be respected by China, but no one care how Taiwan…

California is more populated by birth tourism. Most of the people from China, Taiwan, Korea are involve in birth tourism. They give birth to their baby in USA and after few months they took them their own homeland. For example, one woman born to a birth tourist in New York in 1989 and return to Taiwan two month after giving birth with baby. After 15 year that baby came USA to be a citizen but she told that “she is more Taiwan then American”. She using USA resources facilities but she thinks USA…