Traditional Chinese medicine

The Chinese-Americans struggled the most to achieve equality and opportunity after the immigrating to America. The Chinese immigrated to America as workers. The paying wages in America were 10 times what was considered the norm for wages in China, so they immigrated to America. “After moving to the United states they were treated horribly they were even seen as “racially inferior” by the native born Americans.” (University library open collections program, Chinese exclusion act). The Chinese…

“Two Kinds”, authored by Amy Tan, is an inspirational short story that revolves around the idea of becoming independent and successful. The story follows Jing-mei who is the daughter of chinese immigrant, Suyuan Woo. Woo has looked to America as a fresh start for her daughter and herself after losing such great loss back home; her first husband, parents, two daughters, and twin baby girls. Coming from a tragic past, she has hope for Mei and tries to prevent her daughter from having the miserable…

Tina Lifford once said, “When you know yourself you are empowered. When you accept yourself you are invincible.” In the novel American Born Chinese, Jin Wang is a young Chinese-American boy who is taking on the arduous task of accepting his identity. He is unable to decide how he should present himself to others. The preservation of his culture and heritage is fresh in his mind but he would also like to become the perfect American boy. The author, Gene Luen Yang had a tough childhood in which he…

conflict in The Joy Luck Club is that between mother and daughter. The mothers were all born in China so they grew up with traditional Chinese beliefs. The daughters, however, were all born in America or moved to America a young age, so their lives outside of the home were American. The source of conflicts in the book is mostly that the mothers are more traditionally Chinese and the daughters are more Americanized. The root of these problems can be traced back to the concept of happiness. “[The…

Around this topic, the subject of their mother is brought up, who has given birth to a daughter and is currently away from the family home, north in the city of Pyongyang. We can already begin to see how subtle the author introduces elements of traditional family values and…

Amber Tarka Summary In Encouraging Learning by Hsun Tzu, the argument Tzu provides is based on the very strict Confucius order. Confucius educated individuals to follow a given set of rules and not to venture away from the rules. Tzu’s main argument is to never discontinue your education, with education you can achieve the maximum form of yourself. He also stressed the importance of the people you surround yourself with. He says that people around you have a great influence on your…

the late 1850’s, some Americans felt threatened by the increasing amount of Chinese immigrants joining the American Labour Force. In order to make-up their troubled feelings towards Chinese immigrants, California passed The Anti-Coolie Act in 1862 which was $2.50 Police Tax charged to a Chinese immigrant in order to work or carry out business. In short, the Anti-Coolie Act was an attempt to lessen the immigration of Chinese people by demoralizing them through means of low economical income in…

owners, mysterious, traditional in their Taoist culture and having short, one-syllable first and last names. Lee Chong of Cannery Row could said to be all these. Many of Lee Chong’s actions are described as "Oriental" or "Chinese," like when he forgives Mac "all in an Oriental moment" or when he reacts to Horace’s death in “a calm and eternal Chinese sorrow (16)” (Kawaii, 110). Whether Steinbeck purposefully wrote a character that was very stereotypically 20th century American-Chinese or simply…

Lao-tzu, an author, once stated, “This is what life is made of: Fire Earth Metal Wood & Water.” Fan Shen wrote a book called Gang of One: Memoirs of a Red Guard. In the memoir, he described his life as he grew up in Communist China. The book covers the five stages of Fan Shen’s life which correspond with the quotation by Lao-tzu. Fan Shen’s life consisted of constant battles with the Communist Party. This however, allowed for Fan Shen to get the most out of his extraordinary life. Fan Shen…

The story, “Ties that Bind, Ties that Break” is about a young girl, Ailin Tao, that grows up in a society where women need to get their feet bound in order to impress men and get married. This story is told as a flashback when she was young. As she grows up, a revolution is also going on. She lives with her family, the Tao Family, in Nanjing, China. China was first an Empire. After the revolution in 1912, it became a republic. Ailin obviously has to get her feet bound as she becomes older.…