Essays on Taiwanese

Summary: The Taiwanese government is attempting to regulate society as a uniform existence while the homosexual community is attempting to establish itself as a sub-culture. Taiwanese literature and political movements are both helping, and hindering, the process of creating a homosexual sub-culture. This article reviews how the movement is changing the landscape of the homosexual community for Taiwan culture, however, the article also speaks of blocks to the movement. The movement began in the 90’s, and the repurcussions of the movement have yet to be monitored. There is a growing sense of identity crisis in Taiwan, and the ...

Film Studies Portfolio

Xavier Dolan’s “Laurence Anyways” Film Review

An extremely ambitious project from a very young director, Xavier Dolan, the romantic drama “Laurence Anyways” follows the love story between Fred (Suzanne Clement) and Laurence (Melvin Poupad). Ironically, although they both have masculine names, Fred and Laurence are women. A transgender who had lived as a man, Laurence comes out with the revelation that he has always felt as a woman inside, and continuing his fake male life would kill him. The filmmaker situates this unique love story in the 1990s, a time when transsexuality was still considered an illness, and ...

Reflection Paper

Introduction The documentary, “Sick around the World” by Jon Palfreman centers on the health care systems of five capitalist democracies and compares them with the U.S health care system. In particular, the film analyses the way the United Kingdom, German, Switzerland, Japan, and Taiwan provide health care and draws a comparison with the way the United States provides the same. There are remarkable differences in the health care systems of all the six countries. The present paper reflects on the differences between these countries with regard to the insurance, services, technology, and consumer satisfaction and comments on whether the ...

Inside Apple

Inside Apple Myers, K. K., & Sadaghiani, K. (2010). Millennials in the workplace: A communication perspective on millennials’ organizational relationships and performance. Journal of Business and Psychology, 25(2), 225-238. This resource identifies the characteristics of team members who were born in 1979-1994 as people who are unmotivated, self –centered, disloyal and disrespectful in an organization. In addition, this journal article reviews positive characterizations of this generation as people who are motivated to work in a business environment where they will impact in a huge way, prefer open and frequent communication with their organizational and team leaders and possess good ...

Ang Lee’s Films

The history of Taiwanese cinema has more than a hundred years and reflects a long history of culture, along with Japan and China, the colonization of the island. In general, the film in Taiwan until 1949, mostly had only a form of renting movies imported from the mainland, from Hong Kong and the western countries. But during the 60-80-ties, along with the economic development of Taiwan, he began to blossom "island" film, which the director sought out their way to other continents. Along with the emergence phenomenon of Chinese cinema on the international stage, outstanding representatives of which are ...

Generation gap has been a widely discussed topic because of its significant impact on work, family and social relationships. The issue started being discussed during the post war era when globalization and multiculturalism were taking root in society. In most situations where a generation gap exists, the older generation always holds relatively more conservative opinions, while the younger generation is more accepting of their current worldview, and this evidently introduces conflict between the two generations (). The unique historical background of Taiwan notwithstanding, the country (region) has also had generation gap as one of the most challenging social problems after ...

Every nation has some sort of historical trauma. The creepy and full of horror twentieth century did not miss anyone generously awarding each with a bouquet of mass psychosis caused terrible events. However, among the many big and not very countries most of all has gotten to China: war, revolution, famine, the occupation in the first half of the century and the severity of the second one. Mainland China having suffered under Comrade Mao with his Cultural Revolution, Hong Kong remembers the bloody riots of the 1960s, and Taiwan has gone through a difficult period of "White Terror." This ...

Mayday

Mayday is a Taiwanese rock band that was created in the late 1990s. The name of the band in Chinese is 五月天 (pinyin: Wǔ Yuè Tiān). The band consists of five members: Ashin, a vocalist, Monster and Stone, guitarists, Masa, a bassist, and Guan You, a drummer. The previous name of e band was So Band, they became Mayday only in 1997. The present name originates from Masa’s nickname in the Internet (Baidu.com).

Ashin, the vocalist, whose real name is Chen Ashin Hung, was born on the 6th of December, 1975, in Taipei, Taiwan. Monster, one the guitarists ...

Transforming Taiwanese Economic structure in the 20th Century

Taiwan is the 17th largest global economy, 14th largest exporter and 16th largest importer, and also the third largest economy to be holding foreign exchange reserves, that are more than 180 billion US dollars. In the second half of the 20th century, Taiwan witnessed increased agrarian output because of the land reforms that were initiated, under the Chiang Kai shek’ rule. The 1960s saw a creation of export processing zones with attractive incentives for foreign investors. There was a gradual shift in emphasis from agriculture to technology because of several advantages that Taiwan presented in the international markets, and ...

Introduction

China has long portrayed the image that there is a singular Chinese culture, but in reality, it is a large country with a varied population. While many consider the Taiwanese to be a traditionally “Chinese” people, there is a lot of conflict in the region between the Taiwanese government and the Chinese government. Even more interestingly, there are some specific cultural minorities in Taiwan, like the Hakka people, with their own cultural traditions, beliefs, foods, and even languages. In reality, China and Taiwan are complex social networks made up of varied cultural groups. The Hakka Chinese are one of ...

The Sun Flower Movement was a protest by a coalition of Taiwanese students and civil society organizations. It lasted for 24 days having been held between March 18, 2014 and April 10, 2014. The protest was inspired by unilateral adoption of the Cross-Straight Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA) by the ruling party Kuomintang (KMT) in the absence of a clause-by-clause review. It was christened “sunflower” by the protestors to symbolize hope. Besides, it amounted to an allusion to the Wild Lily Movement of 1990 which marked a milestone in the democratization of Taiwan. During the protest, the protestors occupied the ...

There are various elements that are common to those across the most diverse social and cultural divides. Life, death, and human struggle are all essential aspects of human existence. This is evident in the film “Yi Yi: A One and a Two”. Written and directed by Edward Yang, the film gives an account of the various struggles that a multi-generational family goes through in modern day Taiwan. These struggles indicate the underlying challenges that can be seen to be experienced across both generational and cultural divides. After the events of the Chinese Civil War, one contending side of the ...

Several media houses target their niche audience. Thus, their news is tailored to meet that particular market segment. Taiwan Independence Movement is an issue that is quite emotive in different ways. Therefore, the media houses have different editorial policies while reporting on issues such as this one. This goes beyond the need for reporting objectively. This paper will, therefore, look into how the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and South China Morning Post (SCMP) report differently on Taiwan independence movement. Thus, the paper will focus on the reporters, graphics as well as the sources used. The issue of whether Taiwan ...

Overview and research questions

China has long portrayed the image that there is a singular Chinese culture, but in reality, it is a large country with a varied population. While many consider the Taiwanese to be a traditionally “Chinese” people, there is a lot of conflict in the region between the Taiwanese government and the Chinese government. Even more interestingly, there are some specific cultural minorities in Taiwan, like the Hakka people, with their own cultural traditions, beliefs, foods, and even languages. The purpose of this discussion will be to investigate the current sociocultural status of the Hakka population in Taipei today. The ...

History is the field of science which has always been of a great interest to me as it shows the events and movements which took place in the past, gives explanations and arguments, influences the way of our development and the way we are now. That’s why for my research I have chosen then topic connected with a historical event – Taiwan Independence Movement. I have experience in doing qualitative and quantitative researches, gathering information and analyzing it and that’s why I have decided to proceed with using these strategies in the given research. In order to understand ...

Abstract

This proposal examines the possibility of using Lego Serious Play (LSP) as an aid to enhancing career development training programmes. To this end, the proposal evaluates and examines the means through which the Taiwanese educational system can be enhanced and enriched by this. The paper identifies that the best way of doing this is to utilise a case study to examine two scenarios to identify the importance and criticality of using LSP to promote teaching and learning experience in career development. This will include the examination of a case where career development is taught in Taiwan using traditional generally ...

The Health Promotion Model of Nola Pender is a theory that proposes that health promotion activities of healthy lifestyle and health choices help with the prevention of illness and disease. This model assists nurses in understanding of the detrimental impact associated with irresponsible health choices. The article covered the topic of physical activity as it applies to Pender’s Health Promotion Model developing the parallel between sedentary lifestyle and irresponsible physical activities behaviors correlating the negative health outcomes Pender’s theory discussed (Robbins et al., 2001). The study “Health-Promoting Behaviors in Men age 45 and above” researched and explains ...

A Socio-Linguistic Study

Literature Review A Socio-Linguistic Study

Abstract

The enduring widespread political and public engagements in the Arab world have actually empowered many segments of the public in those regions. The debate on the impact of social media on various aspects of the Arab world as well as globally continues among the Arab policy makers. The incessant strong progress, acceptance and diversity of the usage of social media platforms across the entire Arab world in the recent years, specifically in 2012points to the fact that many well-known movements like the Arab Spring and extensive social media usage are sweeping the Arab world. ...

Impact of Video Games in English Learning

Impact of Video Games in English Learning Technological changes have brought new ideas, software, video games and many other developing applications in computer use. Adults and children are using computers to distract their minds and perform challenging tasks that improves their innovative skills. Children play video games primarily for fun and education. There are different forms of video games that can be found over the internet via YouTube and many other technological sources. Children tend to choose the kind of games meant for their age levels that keep them interested. There are many different kinds of games available. For ...

In your view, why did Lu Hsiu-lien and many others in her generation become advocates of "Taiwan independence"?

Taiwan independence is a politically-motivated movement who primary aim is to form an independent and sovereign Republic of Taiwan from the lands that are currently governed by the Republic of China (ROC) (modern-day Taiwan) and claimed to be owned by the People’s Republic of China (PRC, China). It aims at renaming the Republic of China to the Republic of Taiwan and obtaining the status and recognition of a sovereign state internationally.

This movement is divided between two major coalition organizations: Pan-Green Coalition and Pan-Blue Coalition. While Pan-Green is in favor of the objectives of the movement, Pan-Blue seeks to oppose ...

Introduction

Youths living in North America and other areas of the world that are considered relatively liberated grow up with considerably more gender equality now more than in the past. This is seen through many aspects in the society like opportunities for education, status of the women in the society and the socialization of gender roles. These youths take up courses in institutions of higher learning that were predominantly thought to be a preserve of the men. This is because the society has evolved to perceive women as an equal gender, and one deservedly worthy of equal opportunities as the male ...

Background

Taiwan has a magnificent movie industry. The movie industry in Taiwan is filled with talented actors, singers, dancers, and even personalities who excel in all of these three fields. The movies that will be reviewed for this paper are the movies “Invitation Only” and “Comedy Makes You Cry”. Both movies were filmed in Taiwan and the actors and actresses who filled the roles of the movie characters were either Taiwanese or of Taiwanese origins.

Narrative Strategies

This movie was one of the blockbuster hits about 3 years ago. “Invitation Only” was considered to be a movie under three genres: crime, ...

[Author Name(s), First M. Last, Omit Titles and Degrees] [Institutional Affiliation(s)] [Include any grant/funding information and a complete correspondence address.] Globalization of corporations has affected the geography, people and the economic system. It is not surprising to understand that globalization has developed across borders to progress in trade; however globalization has not been beneficial for the people as the advantages of globalization are savored only by the corporations. The present approach of globalization has made people lose their national identity. The developed nations, for example, United States is considered to provide good living standards, and ...

And Chan-Wook Park

Given the increasing globalization of the film industry, Hollywood directors have begun to pull increasingly from international sources for their creative output. Looking into the small-but-potent international film markets, often directors from other countries are given the opportunity to cross-over into Hollywood. This is certainly the case with Asian cinema; many Asian film directors who have achieved success in Japan and Hong Kong have been given the chance to make films in America in order to provide a rapidly-consuming film market with the variety and quality it desires. In the 1980s and 1990s, two Asian directors in particular crossed over ...

Abstract

This paper is on the topic of how brand image influences customer loyalty and satisfaction in the Taipei Hotel industry. The first section of this paper will discuss the background study on this topic with the comprehensive analysis related to the topic. The second section of this paper will discuss the purpose of this study, rationale and research questions related the topic. The third section of this paper will describe the methodology used to answer these questions and limitations in this study. The final section of this paper is the action plan that will summarize all topics discussed in ...

4.0. Results Using the conceptual framework of this academic investigation looked at successful music companies making their marks in the music business promoting music, singers, musicians, and related products. The methodologies used in this academic investigation were meta-research and one-on-one interview approaching the companies identified for the research as a form of a case study model. 4.1. Meta-research The meta-research as exhibited in the previous sections of this thesis presentation provide the basis for creating intentional and focused questions for the following four one-on-one interviews of successful music industry organizations in the form of case studies. The interview ...

In this paperwork, I am going to respond to the following subject- why Taiwan is considered by many social scientists to be a laboratory for national identity; reflecting upon the social construction and source of national identity in my native country. As depicted through a literature review, more Taiwanese are affirming their individual national identity, whereby, they have started taking vital inventiveness, such as writing their history. According to experts, they claim that modernization could be playing a significant role in the transformation of the Taiwanese. It is important to note that modernization as presented in the model has been playing a ...

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This research paper examines and discusses the economic links and conflicts prevailing between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) – mainland China – and its much smaller island neighbor, Taiwan, which calls itself the Republic of China (ROC). The two countries enjoy an uneasy truce – fundamentally because China does not recognize Taiwan as an independent nation, and has an ongoing ambition to bring Taiwan back as part of one unified China. Taiwan and China are a little over 100 miles apart across the Taiwan Strait, which is part of the South China Sea and connects in the north to the ...

Taiwan has experienced a lot of changes following their colonization by the Japanese and the Chinese. As many other countries that were under colonization, they sought for independence where they would be free from control by other foreign countries. This is what saw to the adaptation of free elections where they took this opportunity to elect their leaders under a democratic constitution. This is despite the claims that Taiwan people are part of the Chinese culture. These claims have been received with heavy critics whereby the Taiwan people have expressed themselves as having not wanting to be associated with the Chinese. ...

Abstract

This paper has evaluated the exogenous factors affecting the Taiwanese economy. The importation of technology and association with regional and international trade organizations have been discussed as the two most important exogenous factors. Taiwan has had a long political battle for sovereignty with China. Since 2002, this country has taken charge of its political and business endeavors. It has become one of Asia’s strongest economies. Among other recommendations, this paper has noted that if Taiwan must boost its economy further, it has to ease its Foreign Direct Investment policies and allow additional investors. In addition, efforts should be geared ...

Research in job satisfaction has been in existence for almost seven decades and most research in it was attempted to establish a link between employee attitude and the work results. Job satisfaction is considered as the key employee attitude which determines many organizational behaviors such as job performance, organizational commitment, employee turnover, absenteeism, etc. (Locke, 1976), and it is a complex issue which is still elusive to the practicing managers (who look forward to managing people effectively) . The concept is available for newer and diverse researches. The concept of job satisfaction is central not only to psychological and managerial discipline; ...

In her book, "My Fight for a New Taiwan: One Woman's Journey from Prison to Power", Lu Hsiu-lien details a long history of Taiwan, one that is primarily dominated by Chinese Empire. She states that much of Taiwan's history was developed in the shadow of its large neighbor to the northwest, China. In her book, she paints a picture of present-day Taiwan as well and maps a course for the future of the small island nation. Taiwan's traditions are rooted in Confucianism, a type of philosophy that can trace its origins to China about three millennia ago, a philosophy promulgated by Confucius which underlies ...

Introduction

Lu Hsiu-Lien depicts her dreadful struggle for democratization in Taiwan in her political autobiography “My Fight for a New Taiwan: One Woman’s Journey from Prison to Power.” The title of the book itself tells that this story is about a political journey of a common woman that she spent in prison and became vice president. She has released a fascinating memoir that tells her political life with humor in her recent book. It is considered as a rare political memoir that is presented with candid and self-aware. “My Fight for a New Taiwan” narrates the Taiwan’s unique coalesce of autochthonic and Chinese culture. ...

‘My fight for a new Taiwan’ is a chronicle by Lu Hsiu-lien on the fight for the human rights, democracy, and equality for the people of Taiwan. A dictatorial government ruled Taiwan for many years. The people were denied their democratic rights and gender inequality was highly practiced in the country. The dictatorial government operating under nationalist party did not allow the Taiwan people to express their grievances. Denial for public expression meant that the regime was not democratic. The government deceived people that Taiwan was a free nation through spread of propaganda in order to keep the citizens calm. This form ...

Centuries ago, the Indian ideology stipulates that women should be under the supervision of men. In ancient India, women are always under the supervision of man. As a young girl, they are under the control and supervision of their father. After marriage, the lady becomes under the control and supervision of her husband. When old, the woman is automatically placed under the control and supervision of her son. However, in Buddhism, women were given equal rights, respect, and freedom as men were. This has not changed up till this moment. Buddhism granted women more respect and acknowledgement and insisted on ...

7 Eleven’s strategy in Taiwan

Introduction

Across the globe, businesses are expanding to new regions and this brings about many challenges of suiting that business to the new market. 7-Eleven, a US based company in 1927 has successfully expanded to almost all the continents and has experienced massive growth in Asia. Since its introduction into Taiwan, the company has successfully established more than 4,700 stores and a huge customer base. The successful integration of a multinational company into a foreign region is pegged on the successful customization of goods and services, operations and management and even business model to the prevailing culture, ...

Abstract

Established in the year 1976, Acer is currently one among the top three most renowned PC brands in the international scene. Over the last four decades of the company’s existence, remarkable changes have taken place. Managing such change has posed quite a challenge for both the management and the other stakeholders – both external and internal. This paper is based on a critical review of change management in Acer; the Taiwan based PC Company that has emerged as one of the legendary organizations as far as strong management is, in the east. The first part of the paper is the introduction, which ...

In the paper, Professor Lynch makes an investigation of the history of the people currently occupying Taiwan since four thousand years ago. Through this historical perspective, an attempt is made to define how the Taiwanese view themselves in light of the claims that China lays on their territory. There is a substantial population of Taiwan who have their roots in the island. These include the Hokkien, the Hakka and the austronesian people. These groups have a distinct identity which is different from that of mainland China, and despite years of successive conquests and colonization by powers ranging from the Dutch ...

Comparison of Health Care System of Taiwan and USA

Health care systems are intended to meet health care needs of the people or populations (Swann, Carmona, Ryan, Raynor, Baris, Dunsdon, Huntley, and Kelly). Health care reforms are required in order to modify the health care systems for making them capable to operate more effectually. There are however a wide variety of health care systems around the world. In some countries, the health care system has been formed but they are not planned, contrary to it in some countries a determined effort has been made by trade unions, governments, religious, charities, and associated bodies in order to deliver organized health care ...

“Secret” is a 2007 Taiwanese film which tells us a dramatic story of love between two young people who are parted by 20 years. This film is an impressive debut of a Taiwanese musician Jay Chou, who moreover composed the soundtrack for it (along with Therdsak Chanpan), and also stared as an actor and a co-writer of the screenplay for it. “Secret” was awarded “Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year”, “Best Visual Effects”, “Best Original Song” (for “Secret” by Chou) at the 44th Golden Horse Awards in 2007. It was also nominated for “Best Asian Film” at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards ...

The Personals

The movie was shot in 1998 by Chen Kou-Fu. The next year the movie was presented at the Cannes Festival. The story described in the movie, in my opinion, is rather banal. There is a woman who is rather busy and does not have time for her personal life. However, she is at that very age when everybody around her has a family. She decided to solve the problem with a partner by simply posting an ad in a newspaper. Soon she gets more than a hundred calls. The “potential” partners are rather strange: beginning with a restaurant manager who adores shoes and ending with a ...

Comparison of Health Care System of Taiwan and USA

Health care systems are intended to meet health care needs of the people or populations (Swann, Carmona, Ryan, Raynor, Baris, Dunsdon, Huntley, and Kelly). Health care reforms are required in order to modify the health care systems for making them capable to operate more effectually. There are however a wide variety of health care systems around the world. In some countries, the health care system has been formed but they are not planned, contrary to it in some countries a determined effort has been made by trade unions, governments, religious, charities, and associated bodies in order to deliver organized health care ...

COMPARE AND CONTRAST TWO FILMS

Both the films what time it is there and pushing hands are very similar in terms of the message they carry across and how they do it. Both films involve people trying to recover from major setbacks in their lives and adapt to a new environment in the process. Both films also provide an inside analysis of just how challenging it can be to fuse one’s cultural beliefs with the cultural beliefs of others in an attempt to coalesce one’s life with that of others in a foreign land. Both films portray strong emotional attachments and a difficulty by the characters ...

Company Report

HTC Corporation is a well-known maker of Smart phones, window smart phones, android smart phones, touch phones, tablets, personal digital assistant phones, and panel computers. HTC also works for the research and development for their own products and sell its manufactured goods under company’s brand name i.e. this paper intends to discuss HTC Corporation, its financial reports and other related aspects. HTC, headquartered in New Taipei, Taiwan, was founded in year 1997 by Cher Wang and Peter Chou. Company built a good market reputation in a short span of time due to its innovative and good quality products. Company always keeps ...

The industry has also embarked in massive airline partnerships in their sale of tickets to enable easier provision of services to over wide distances as they collaborate with various other airlines to cover more travelling distances. This makes it easier for the constantly increasing number of travelers to have their needs catered for. Since the airline’s image had taken a beating due to the culture prevailing in the organization, particularly among pilots, the carrier decided to go in for a revamp of its HR policies, according to experts. As a first step, the airline brought about a change in management. Chen ...

The banking sector in Taiwan has continued to perform well despite the effects of the Asian crisis which rocked the Asian region in 1997 (Chiu 295). This crisis caused violent fluctuation of interest rates, share prices and exchange rates. However, the effect of the crisis was not extensive in Taiwan as compared to other countries like South Korea and the rest of Asia. Taiwan’s strong foundations on economic fundamentals that have a flexible capital market reduced the financial crisis on this country. Furthermore, the conservative financial policies in Taiwan have strengthened the financial system of Taiwan against crisis. In ...

The liberal arts teach a person how to think. The Liberal Studies Program at Villanova University can train me in a wide range of fields that I’m interested in learning about, while being close to the dynamism of Philadelphia. Courses such as the history of travel and tourism provide a fascinating look into diverse areas of human thought and behavior such as politics, anthropology, and art. This multi-disciplinary approach to the world has interested me for a long time now and Villanova offers the opportunity to expand my scope in an academically rigorous, but relatively small and intimate setting. Furthermore the scope ...

Customer Inserts His/Her Name

Customer Inserts Tutor’s Name QUESTION 1 Throughout its history Chinese Airlines Limited (CAL) has been beset with a number of problems that have negatively impacted both its profitability and reputation. The sources of these woes have been diverse in nature ranging from human resource management issues to various political considerations. The airline continues to face a number of threats as well as harboring internal weaknesses that may threaten to derail the company’s future prospects, however the company also possesses significant internal strengths and possible opportunities to avail. These will be described below using various analytical methods.

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Introduction

Insurance investment is a rather heated debate especially given the fact that insurance, at its core, covers risks traversing a vast range of fields and application. Investing in insurance and more specifically; when considering life insurance requires diversification of the investment field. However, in some regions and to some investment agents’, investment in one field that seems to be performing better in terms of returns becomes the most preferred option. This does not come without its challenges and inherent risks. Leadership and administration is another important aspect that is so often neglected by many; yet its importance cannot be overemphasized. ...

I propose to study ways of negotiating in the Chinese culture. This culture is of particular interest due to the confusion and inconsistency often associated with negotiations within this culture. In part, this sense of confusion usually comes about due to the varied approach with which different Chinese negotiators may choose to approach negotiations (Faure 189). This variety in approach is mostly due to the different underlying religious philosophies adopted by negotiators. As opposed to one main religion, the Chinese have adopted three different religions: Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism. The Chinese, as a nation have a way of approaching negotiations as ...

I have this weird feeling since a week ago. I feel so lonely and empty in this big city that I’m living in. This feeling of loneliness seems to flashback memories of a recent journey that changed me in such a way. While waiting for the bus at the stop on the way home, I tried to recall the memories of the day that I started to have this strange feeling that even I could not explain. There was this ordinary night where the chilling December winds seemed to come as usual. Suddenly, I woke up in the middle of the ...

Introduction

Foxconn Technology Group is a Taiwanese company that manufactures and assembles many products of Apple, including iPad and iPhone in China (Hays, n.pag.). The number of people employed by the company is over 0.1 million. However, the company has been in news recently for being alleged of unethical human resource practices and inappropriate treatment of employees. The objective of this paper is to understand the pros and cons of Foxconn issue through article review.

The paper is divided into four sections. The first section deals with analysis and evaluation of arguments in favour of the issue through an identified article. ...

Antithesis – Taiwan’s Ineligibility Due To Historical Antecedents and Attributing Reasons

The PRC remains firm in its assertion that they are the sole legitimate ruling body that can lay claim over Taiwan. Historical antecedents provide the most compelling gist for the PRC’s framework in arguing that it has jurisdiction over the island. Jianming Shen, quoted as saying, “Taiwan has been part of China since ancient times” (2000, p. 1005), resolutely stands by the historical premise the mainlanders have stood by throughout their contest. For several times, rulers from the mainland renamed the island several times – a feat which highly ...

Chinese and Japanese Foreign Policy Interests: The Similarities and Differences

Throughout Asian history, China and Japan have consistently dominated several fields such as military, economics, politics and development. Both nations are separated by the East China Sea and can be considered similar in terms of its history, culture, and position in the Asian and World economy. However, despite these similarities, both nations have not seen eye to eye with regards to several issues, affecting their foreign relations with each other. Despite the fact both countries belong to different political spheres and hold different beliefs over the issue of territory, sovereignty and economy; the People’s Republic of China and ...

How my Race, Ethnicity, Heritage and Gender Impact my Life

Although some people claim that they know themselves better than others do I believe it takes a whole life to reveal one’s personality. Modern world is full of diversity and multicultural factors but if we narrow an idea to expressing ourselves through the origin, race and ethnicity we could understand who we are .

According to the Diversity Wheel which was created by Marilyn Loden and Judy Rosener, I can identify myself as a twenty-one year old male, Asian and Taiwanese, non-disabled, and heterosexual. Those are features of the inner circle of the Diversity Wheel. From a perspective of the outer ring ...

Introduction:

Amy Tan’s book is intriguing and interesting as it offers us a new perspective on issues such as ethnicity and the assimilation of immigrants which is obviously not something to be taken lightly. Immigrants can come from various countries and in the texts discussed below one can observe what it is like for those who live in a foreign country and come to the US to find a land of opportunity. This is obviously not always the case but several times, immigration can be considered to have been a huge success although there have been times when this has been an abject ...

Global issue: Culture study

Cultural Portrait of a New York City street Culture is one of the things that keep own changing, especially with the introduction and growth of globalization. The world has now been reduced to a global village where with the introduction of Internet, people interact simply across several distances with ease. Culture can be viewed from different points each giving a varied view of the place and its occupants. The variations of items and objects range from infrastructure, land, and people, to type of language found in a place. Nevertheless, this paper will focus on a location of the east side Main Street 41st ...

Introduction:

This essay attempts to analyze the relationships of love, hubris and isolation in the novels American Born Chinese and No No Boy where we have contrasting tales and characters which have several different outcomes. The characters analyzed are those of Jim Wang in American Born Chinese and Ichiro Yamada in No No Boy who both have to grapple with different problems yet face the same sort of problems at the end of the day. Both novels are social commentaries which are important to the understanding and intrinsic reflection of the situation faced by Japanese Americans as well as Chinese ...