Essays on China

Introduction
Star festival in Japan is also known as Tabanata. Tabanata is a Chinese word meaning evening of the seventh; hence, its origin is traced to China. Tabanata is an important festival in Japan where Japanese value it very much and it is commemorated once a year on the seventh day in either July or august, according to the lunisolar calendar. Tabanata festival is celebrated or performed at night on 7 July in accordance to their culture (Anesaki & Ferguson, 1928).
Most people in Japan either celebrate the day at home or school depending on someone’s program on that Continue reading...

The little short story was written by Hemingway expressing her worries and doubts. The short story is a letter to an unknown doctor in which Hemingway believes he would save her. The story talks about the engagement to a man from United States three years ago. After involving herself in a relationship, her lover was transferred from America to china because of job purposes. Unluckily, they could not travel together and Hemingway was left behind. In her letter, she illustrates her disappointments after the return of her man from china three years later. She is confused and wonders what Continue reading...

The documentary Death by China was released in the year 2012. The movie is based on non-fiction book known as Death by China: Confronting the Dragon. The movie addresses one of the major issues facing America today. The increasing destruction brought about by China is affecting the economy of America. The trade relationship between America and China is tremendously increasing, especially on economic trade. The movie focuses on how the economic trade relationship is destructive to America. China began flooding the United States markets since the year 2001. These were characterized by illegally subsidized products from China. The flooding Continue reading...

In June 1950, troops from North Korea attacked South Korea, initiating the Korean War. The following three years would be ones of intense conflict for the entire world as each nation maintained support from other nations. South Korea was highly influenced by America, who was trying to maintain democracy while the North was dominated by Russians intent on advancing communism. The United Nations (UN), on the other hand, involved itself with Korea in 1947 to maintain peace and democracy in the area, particularly in regards to fair elections. In its first major test since its inception, the UN faced Continue reading...

Art and architecture: Term paper

Introduction
The history of Chinese and Japanese architecture and design confirms a close connection between these two nations, their common Far-Eastern roots. At the same time, they have deep distinctions. Japanese architecture took a lot from Chinese traditions over centuries - therefore we cannot consider it separately.
In a number of aspects differences between them show that the Chinese architecture and interior design are essentially older than Japanese. Long before AD, Chinese culture and art had achieved an advanced stage of development in planning and constructive solutions.
As for the Japanese, they have been building lightly built houses for Continue reading...

Commercialism

The ascent of commercialism is a curio of the development of corporate force. It started as a major aspect of a political and ideological reaction by enterprises to wage weights, climbing social consumptions, and the achievements of the ecological and shopper developments in the late 1960s and early 1970s (Cappelli 2014). Organizations encouraged the opposition to expense development and backing for corporate welfare, which helped make subsidizing emergencies in state and nearby governments and schools, and made them additionally eager to convey business promoting. They pushed "free market" philosophy, privatization and consumerism, while slandering general society circle. In the Continue reading...

English

The article in question is titled china and the toll of smoking and was done by the editorial board of the New York Times on the 17th of April 2014. The article is quite informative as to the vast nature of smoking in china. The article also contains startling statistics to that effect. According to the article one million people die in china due to cigar rete related complications. The article further adds that this number could rise to three million people a year if measures are not taken to curb cigarette smoking in china. The article thus urges Continue reading...

Discuss the Ways in Which the Chinese Community Depicted in Shun Li and the Poet Functions as a State within a State

Introduction

Shun Li and the Poet is an Italian film officially released in 2011. The film was written and directed by Andrea Segre, one of the seasoned directors in Italy. According to media and news agency interview sessions with Andrea Segre, his foundations in the filmmaking industry was derived from writing and directing documentary films, which he was particularly known for. This is why for those who were able to watch the film, it is highly likely for Continue reading...

Part 1

The inside chemistry of the top management at Levendary Café at the moment seem to be very confrontationist. Mia Foster the newly appointed CEO, Luciene Leclerc the tenured Concept officer and Louis Chen the business builder in China for Levendary have disharmonious roles.
Mia Foster- The role of Mia is to provide the company with strategic direction and leadership, define the business, make meaning of the market, craft a future for the company with growth and integrates the US, China and Dubai operations. The current situation puts a challenge to Mia’s role that Chen is partially playing the Continue reading...

The accuracy of the second language use has for long been a center of focus among many societies. The societies placed high expectations on people on how they should use the second language in communication. Adherence to the rules was something one had to observe without any compromise (Chang, 2009). However, things took a new direction when Hymes came up with the idea of communicative competence in 1970s. In this policy, the knowledge of the speaker on the linguistic rules and the socio-cultural rules of speaking that apply to the second language was equally regarded. This was a time Continue reading...

With the Chinese exclusion act in America, and the threat of deportation or jailing if caught, Chinese man found it extremely hard to find any work, and hence, most opted to go back home. However, by this time prostitution among the Chinese women had grown in roots and numbers. Through prostitution, these women were able to make enough money to support their families. Most of these women had not come to America of their own free will, most were either sold or trafficked to work as sex workers. Through prostitution, these women were able to survive the immigration. By Continue reading...

Valuation of Vlisco’s acquisition

Vlisco Group currently has four brands under its portfolio. Each brand offers its own style and targets different segments of customer. The luxury and internationally recognized brand, Vlisco, appeals to sophisticated women of Africa and other parts of world. Uniwax and GTP are the first and the only kind of nationally oriented brands serving the customers in Ivory Coast and GTP, respectively. The newly launched brand, ‘Woodin’ targets younger consumers of West Africa and offers ready to wear collections.

The company has its production facilities laid in Holland but around 90 percent of its sales originate from African Continent. Continue reading...

Background of the Study

The fast food industry is witnessing an unprecedented growth in the recent years. In this era of globalization, multinational organizations are willing to expand their business operations in growth markets. For exploiting this opportunity of global expansion, they must formulate appropriate business strategies according to the targeted market (DePalma, 2002). These strategies are based on host country’s geopolitical and socio-economic environment. Nowadays, companies are aware of the fact that if they want to attain lucrative business then they have to focus on local needs, as well. Glocalization is new business concept, which is used to elucidate the concept Continue reading...

Introduction to Asian history

Asian history is unique and interesting to study. These is because it is a collective history of the distinct peripheral regions which include; South Asia, East Asia and middle Asia. Asia is home to world’s earliest civilization with the three regions developing simultaneously through agriculture within the fertile rivers and valleys. The agricultural sector was also instrumental in spurring of the technologies that were shared across the regions. In Mesopotamia and China there were numerous similarities and exchanges in technologies and ideologies such as wheel and mathematics. Advancement in agriculture and technology led to the development of cities Continue reading...

Introduction

The Chinese Revolution which took place in the 20th century was as a result of intertwined socio-economic and political factors in China. The Chinese economy was predominantly composed of agriculture and the revenue load imposed on the peasants resulted in their outcry (Lieberthal et al. 12). The status quo was pronounced at that time and the Chinese politics were disorganized. Foreign powers had resulted in the division of china into spheres based on influence. They were only interested in their own agendas and sabotaged the genuine needs of the Chinese people. China’s war with Japan has also seen Continue reading...

Introduction

China is the most populous country in the world. It is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The population of this country is also growing at a steady rate. As a result, the demand for food in the country is growing with time. One of the reasons why the demand for food in China grows with time is the steady growth in the economy. As people’s purchasing power in the country increases, their eating habits change thus causing them to demand different varieties of food. Food security is important to a country’s growth and Continue reading...

Research paper

Educational institution

Introduction

Globalization has made a significant contribution both socially and economically. Although, the focus was mainly on the socio-economic impacts of globalization, it is important to consider globalization from the cultural point of view. Since the 80’s in 20th century, Hollywood has been putting a lot of efforts in promoting strategies toward globalization, through which Hollywood movies have virtually reached each and every corner of the planet in an unprecedented speed and scale. Globalization in Hollywood films portray the inevitable result of globalization of world economy, where the “Chinese elements”, in particular, have become an epitome in Continue reading...

World Affairs

It might be appropriate to say that, as man seeks more opportunities to quench his thirst for comfort and other necessities, it is the environment that is severely tested. There is no doubt the importance the environment has for man’s survival, but when they run into scarcity of place or resources, they begin to look at other possible alternatives, and in the bargain, taps into the environment around him. While nations seek to enhance development, little have they thought about the consequence of their actions in eating into the ecosystem? Never has it, at least until now, occurred Continue reading...

Anthropology

Despite the one child policy implemented into China, due to the turbulent history of China throughout the 20th century, the growth of anthropology made it extremely dissimilar, with major cutoffs in the continent, principally for the period of wars during 1938 thru 1949 and the partisan operations upon the 50’s to the mid 70’s. Paradoxically, the actual first Chinese communication with the effort of Marx along with other nineteenth century advanced philosophers existed through Japanese conversions. China is the second largest, export led economy throughout the globe while the humanity is abundant just over one- billion people Continue reading...

Introduction

Compared to any other culture, the Chinese culture is relationship-oriented; Chinese believe that one cannot undertake any meaningful activity without forging a good rapport with others in the society. For this reason, most of them do not value themselves as much as they value others. The paper seeks to proof that the relationship between people is more important that personal value. Moreover, the paper will verify that Chinese loyalty to the country is more important than loyalty to the family.

Chinese Loyalty

In the Chinese culture, one is expected to devote himself for the society’s benefit and not for the Continue reading...

Section 1

As McGregor explains, the Chinese Communist Party (The Party) had gone to the extent where the citizens are not allowed to control their own lives. The party has created minimum freedom different from the Friedman argument of the maximum freedom. Therefore, McGregor reveals the essential difference between the maximum freedom and the minimum freedom using examples of the minimum freedom in china. The desire for the Chinese citizens to chase for their own self-interest is constrained by The Party. In order to demonstrate how the maximum freedom society differs from the minimum freedom society, McGregor provides example of the Continue reading...

Cultural syncretism occurred in some societies, in the course of history. The introduction of new cultures in some societies would change the shape of the societies in a number of ways. Western Europe became the power house as it used to dominate the other countries and nations around the world. European domination in Africa and Americas was well received, and did not face the resistance met in India and China. The success of the Europeans in Africa and Americas could not be replicated in China and India.
In Africa and the America, there were various tribes with divergent views; Continue reading...

Overview

The wall street journal has over the years been a trusted center for business news and events, and this is a fact that cannot be brushed aside. A number of interesting business events are ever reported by the journal to the extent that insights and future developments are derived. In 2014, WSJ reported about a conflict between the farming industry in the United States and China (Bunge, 1). The gist of the matter was that China had refused the entry of GMO products into their market, stating that it would be injurious to their businesses and by the extent Continue reading...

Brazil is the largest country both in the Latin and South America regions. It is also the fifth biggest country both by population and geographical area in the same region. In addition, it is the seventh largest economy in the world but, it is still classified as a developing nation. The country is one of the BRIC group. BRIC is an abbreviation for Brazil, Russia, India and China. These are emerging economies that have demonstrated superior economic development. They are also the fastest growing economies in the world.
Brazil’s national development bank is a major player in the Continue reading...

Introduction

Language endangerment refers to the level of risk involved in making a language become suppressed and eventually fall out of use. It may not be possible for regional language speakers to forecast the extinction of their languages. This persuasive essay aims to convince the low variety language speakers in China that they can overcome the dominance of popular languages like the Mandarin and English.
Mandarin is widely used in the Chinese education system which makes it the official language. On the other hand, English is commonly used all over the world hence posing a threat to regional languages in Continue reading...

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of learning a new language with new characters, in particular Chinese characters, in other words, how do second language adult students acquire knowledge about orthographic characters of a new language system. While past research has shown that adult learners with no previous Chinese exposure learn more effectively by receiving explicit instructions of orthographic rules (Taft & Chung, 1999; Dunlap, Perfetti, Liu & Wu). This study focuses particularly in the semantic rules. Our results support previous results in that those learners who were given explicit instructions of semantic rules did learn more Continue reading...

Compare and Contrast Essay

Daqiang Zhang
ESL 1068 001
In recent years, the relationship between the Chinese economy and the U.S. economy has become closer. “The two countries have a common purpose of establishing a trend of secure, high-quality sustainable growth and increased employment opportunities for their citizens, this has led to the creation of initiatives such as China-US relations” (Wolf, 2001). The study finds Changes in the U.S. economy are self-evident and have had an impact on China's economy. The changes in China’s economic development also impact the U.S. economy and the economy is growing. However, even though these two countries Continue reading...

Correlation of Discrimination and Treatment in the USA

Introduction
Numerous events have occurred in the past that have led to the discrimination and marginalization of various populations of the world. Religion, education, war and other socio-cultural aspects of society have led to the development of perceptions and stereotypes against various world communities. The world over, for example, developed a negative attitude towards the Muslim community after the numerous terrorist attacks that had been plotted and accomplished in the name of the Islam religion. Every society in the world has developed a specific stereotype towards a specific individual, community or other social and cultural aspects of life, and Continue reading...

China is one of the strongest economic powers in the world. Its political leadership focuses on the fundamental alteration of the country’s growth strategies; this occurs through a rebalancing of economic growth sources (Lardy, 2007). Through strategies such as the expansion of domestic consumption, it notes significant economic growth. For instance, the country has managed to sustain its growing population economically. It occurs through rapid job creation, income distribution improvement, lowered rates of income inequality and a reduction of the outsized energy consumption. Aspects of China’s economy that depict its growth and challenges include; national output, employment Continue reading...

Business report

Financial repression can be seen in many countries. The concept of financial repression was introduced in 1973 by Stanford economists Edward S. Shaw and Ronald I. McKinnon. The term financial repression means a government policy which aims at lowering interest rates and restricting capital movements. The goal of such government policy, which concerns monetary policy, is to reduce the government debt. Such government measurements can be defined as “stealth tax” (Polin 3). The long-term goal of such measurements is to reduce unemployment in the country and to spur the economic growth. It can be said, that such measurements can Continue reading...

Part 2:

 A description of entrepreneurship in three selected countries, including an analysis comparing and contrasting their states of entrepreneurship
An increase in the importance of knowledge as a path way to achieving a competitive advantage in the modern economies is a clear indication that industries are always focused towards more innovations and unrestrained competition in order to achieve high growth rates. The entrepreneurial activity forms the most essential part of any country’s economy in the present global business environment. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEP) conducts a research about the economies of 70 countries worldwide. Out of these countries, this research Continue reading...

The Terracotta Army, which is also called The Army of the First Emperor or The Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, was built during the Qin Dynasty (221-201 BCE) in China. The local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shanxi province, discovered The Terracotta Army in 1974 while digging a well. This immediately caught the attention of historians because it was important historical material for them to study regarding the Qin Dynasty. Today, there are more than 8,000 sculptures discovered in Xi’an. They were in three main pits covering a total area of about 19,120 square meters. The Army Continue reading...

In recent years, China has exhibited rapid economic growth due to massive debt and injection of government subsidies. Leveraging is essential for funding modernization efforts, but when done excessively, it signals an unbalanced economy. Statistics given by Fitch (2013) show a rise in overall credit in China from US$9 trillion to US$23 trillion since 2008. If history is anything to go by, China is headed towards a banking crisis and severe credit crunch since credit is the lifeline for its state-owned companies (Chen 2006, p. 11).This essay reiterates the chances of China experiencing an economic crash Continue reading...

Introduction

Raise the red lantern (1991) is a Chinese film whose main theme is sexual enslavement. The protagonist in the film lives life in a closed system where the long established customs that rule demand no escape. The protagonist in the film is a nineteen year old girl who drops out of college in the event of her father’s death. The girl is condemned into a life of a concubine of a wealthy man, alongside four others, because her mother denied her support after the demise of her father. The movie in itself is an anthropological lesson because it Continue reading...

Abstract

Hong Kong Disneyland has been opened for over a period of ten years .It is beautiful and attractive place to visit. Being so famous it still has many problems till today. Below discussion describes the issues faced by the Hong Kong Disneyland.

ISSUES FACED BY HONG KONG DISNEYLAND ARE AS FOLLOWS:

- With over emphasis on China market, Hong Kong Disneyland has focussed on China market for a long period. With the opening of Shanghai Disneyland this year, Hong Kong Disneyland predicts that they will lose 50 percent of tourist’s attendance.
- Brand image of Hong Kong Disneyland is diluting because it has created too many issues Continue reading...

Immigration in America

Immigration in America began in 16th century with Spanish settlers, later English and French settlers joined in the 17th century. However, despite continuous immigration in American history, 1880 to 1924 proved to be the epochal period. Between the year 1877 and 1900 immigration took a different perspective as the number increased, increasing concern within the native-born white Americans as compared to the Indian people or black people living in America. During that period, approximately 7,348,000 immigrants entered United States. This led to increase in population from 49 million within 1880’s to 76 Million in the year, Continue reading...

Introduction

The equality of rights is one of major principles, constituted by both international and national sources of human rights law. The equality of persons’ rights and opportunities can also be viewed as a major prerequisite of the establishment of democracy and classical liberalism. In broad terms this principle means that all the people should have equal rights, regardless of their nationality, colour of skin, political views, state of health and sexual orientation. At the same time international law recognizes that family plays an essential role in the life of a person and human society as a whole. The right Continue reading...

Ancient Chinese can be said to be one of the main areas where logic initiated, together with Greek and India. This was during the regime of Mohi who was a follower of Confucius. However, they existed under different doctrines. There was also Mo-tzu who made major contributions in the field of logic and linguistics in China. They introduced Hu Shih as a contribution of logic.
Confucius and Mo-tzu had philosophical contribution to linguistic and logical reflections in their cultural tradition of Chinese. Confucius would rectify names as a move in realizing political and moral reforms. Therefore, Hu Shih referred Continue reading...

The art of calligraphy can be traced back in time, when technology did not provide people with the modern conveniences people of the 21st century enjoy. Calligraphy was considered a means of giving things -and life itself- a meaning because “sound couldn’t travel to another place and couldn’t remain, so writings came into being to act as the track of meaning and sound.” (Qian 36) From the first picture-like calligraphy works found about 4,000 years ago (Lu and Aiken 25) to the so-called Modern Calligraphy of the 1980s and 1990s (Zhuzhong and Desheng 109), a lot Continue reading...

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There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the balance of trade deficit in bilateral trade between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. Many American analysts, including Lou Dobbs, argue have increasingly argued that the trade between the USA and China only serves to benefit China more than the American people. There is consensus that there has been significant growth in trade between two countries. China is currently the third largest trading partner of the United States.
China is also the 3rd largest destination for exports from the US. Figures for exports Continue reading...