The Chinese Way

representation of foreign cultures. They act as important socializing agents presenting foreign ways of life in a different country. Due to their foreign themes, the restaurants provide the clients with comprehensive and precise details about the foreign culture. They offer the clients an opportunity to explore the foreign ways of life in their country. The restaurants provide insights to various ways of life in the foreign countries ranging from the spiritual traditions to social as well as…

assimilated many American values throughout my years in the public school system. Meanwhile, at home, my parents immersed and raised me in their culture. Vietnamese culture is very different from American culture, but not at all far-removed from Chinese culture. One of the most important virtues that my family has taught me is patience. My family stresses the importance of thinking before acting. A simple, yet common, example is the issue of buying on impulse. For my family this is especially…

speak Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese at home (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011). • The majority of China-born people speak English well or very well (67.1%), whilst approximately 32% do not speak English well or at all (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011). China • Mandarin is the official language of the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan. • Chinese people from Hong Kong and the Guangdong province of the People’s Republic of China speak Cantonese. • Chinese language includes over…

Chinese legend says that five thousand years ago Chinese society was founded by many rulers. Fu Xi introduced family life as well as hunting, fishing, and the domestication of animals to China. His successor, Shen Nong was supposedly the one who brought agriculture to the Chinese people. Finally, Huang Di is credited for having created the Chinese writing system as well the bow and arrow. The things that all three mythical founders created represent some of the core values still held in China to…

Destiny, the relationship between the United States government and settlers and the Chinese immigrants In the Chinese and American conflict.he Chinese-American immigrants, rather than the American government and settlers, were correct in their actions. Firstly, when the Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed, the Chinese people were restricted from entering and immigrating to the United States. In Some Reasons for Chinese Exclusion, the Federation of Labor argued that “American labor should not be…

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…

The practice of widow chastity was rather a way to “ codify and enforce norms in traditional Chinese culture so that they could claim to represent, and indeed to restore, an indigenous moral and social system?” We may start to wonder what is the link between their originality and the reinforcement of widow chastity. First, as we all know, the Manchus, previously viewed as barbarians, are non-Chinese who ruin a large land with a large population of Chinese. As Janet Theiss mentioned in her…

These are very difficult for govern and control them. Thus, Chinese government suggests them to set up an autonomous region. This is similar with the government of the United States America.…

than yours? The Chinese narrator of “Fish Cheeks” celebrated Christmas Eve dinner with a United States family. The diverse cultures become evident throughout the short story. Culture diversity only makes one’s culture more unique. The diversity between Chinese and United States culture is unique and is easily shown in “Fish Cheeks.” Chinese customs, traditions, and popular holiday food differ greatly from United States customs, traditions, and popular holiday food. To start, Chinese customs are…

internship at the Chinese Culture Center in Chinatown. I mainly helped this non-profit organization to advertise its Chinatown Walking Tour, therefore, I got to learn about the history of Chinatown. The development of Chinatown deeply impressed me because it rose from oppression in American, and finally became the indispensable part in San Francisco by the contributions of millions of Chinese immigrants and Chinese American. Nevertheless, it was a laborious process because the Chinese were not…