Traditional Chinese characters

in two separate cultures: their ethnic-heritage culture prior to migration, and the new culture of the society in which they currently reside” (12). Lindo expects Waverly to win every chess tournament with “proper Chinese humility saying is luck” (Tan 96). These differences in character and disconnections caused the mother-daughter relationship to be…

of the Chinese Americans will have increased to 9.3% by 2050. Chinese Americans make the largest portion of Asian Americans. Chinese Americans are more likely to suffer from various diseases compared to Chinese living in China. Some of these diseases are liver cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, infectious diseases such as Hepatitis B and TB, Alcoholism, and depression (Hall et al., 2011). Depression is the most common of them all. Various aspects of the cultural values held by Chinese…

instance, several mentions are made of a dog in the Chao house that possesses the power to perceive “unusually high spirits” in a person. As cannibalism is equated to traditional Confucian Chinese values, Lu Xun’s employment of animal imagery in Diary of a Madman serves to highlight the primitive and feudalistic nature of the traditional…

management decision to take due to several factors that can promote health related issues. Yum Brands own KFC, Pizazz Hut and Taco Bell and the growing number of middle class consumers hold the key to this success. There has been increasing changes in Chinese eating habits dating back to 1949 and 1978 when there were major food shortages resulting on the dependency of coupon-based supply products such as flour, rice, and meat, including cooking oil. During the difficult times, having more grains…

In the first chapter of Professor Chang’s book Fateful Ties, Professor Chang mentions that even if most American politicians supported Chinese government’s decision of trying to block the intrusive opium trade, the Americans still joined the opium trade in order to gain interests for America itself. In addition, even though historians present America’s awe of China as preoccupation, what…

negatives in embracing and neglecting cultures (American / Chinese). In the short story, Mrs. Spring Fragrance, when the wife arrives to America she is “unacquainted…

In contrast to the Chinese grandma Meanie’s relationship with her daughter Natalie, as I mentioned above the grandma’s personality retains the traditional Chinese conservative ideas, shape her traditional Chinese identity that she cannot understand the way her American family’s behavior and thoughts. Different from Hamid the names of his character have symbolized meaning; Jen simply names the Meanie’s daughter, Natalie and her mixed Irish granddaughter, Sophie. In fact, English names shape…

Chinese masculinity as a concept can be observed as early as the Zhou dynasty (Hinsch,2013). The transformation of Chinese masculinity has taken place many times since then and much research has emerged regarding how it is portrayed in Taiwanese and Hong Kong films. However, research on Chinese masculinity in Mainland films is limited, primarily because the film industry started to develop only after the Open-door policy in 1970s. Even though this was only four decades ago, significant changes…

5.2. Door Mostly the traditional garden in China has a crescent door as it is mainly found in many other pavilions along the garden. A well-known Chinese proverb states that "Individuals have distress and satisfaction; they part and meet once again. The moon diminishes or sparkles; it waxes or melts away." It is noted that Chinese people constantly relate a full moon with a contended life. This importance can be found inside a traditional Chinese garden building component called the "moon…

thought about why Chinese perspective of life is so different from that of Western cultures? Do you think anyone is right or wrong? If so, you probably know several differences that both cultures involve. These differences define the character of each individual in each of these cultures and also diverse factors affect our perspective of the world, for example; how we define success, our religion and traditions. My perspective of life is more similar to the American’s than the Chinese. I do…