Essays on Tan

The demographic profile

As it has been indicated by Kumar et al (2014) in the scope of their study, the lion share of the statistical data on demographic profile of epilepsy from both developed and developing countries may be referred as a retrospective one. It means that there is an insignificant number of the studies, which pertain to the selected age group – children in the current realities of the 21st century (Garzon et al 237-245). As it was indicated by Garzon et al (2003), the core limiting factor in this case is the access to the professional health care services in the ...

Introduction

Genting Singapore is an international hospitality company that deals with integrated resort development and gaming (Genting 2017). Specifically, the company builds integrated resorts and runs casinos as its core business. It also consults for the hospitality industry businesses and investments in the area of sales and marketing support. Besides, it offers information technology services such as software development, systems integration and maintenance among others. Its markets of operation include Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, the Bahamas, Australia and the UK. The company that began as Genting International was first listed on the Singapore Securities exchange in 2005. It acquired the Stanley ...

Response

The crustal instability and volcanic activity are the factors playing extremely important role in Southeast Asian realm’s present and future. Being part of the Pacific ring of fire, this realm experiences severe earthquakes and tsunamis rather often. For instance, in 2004 a 1000 km underwater rupture caused a tsunami that led to death of around 230,000 people in the region (Shah). Eventually, it also led to serious destruction and large economic loss. Given that the countries of the realm never were the top of the list developed countries, rather harsh physiographic condition come as an extra obstacle ...

The facts of the case in Sure-Tan, Inc. v. NLRB, 467 U.S. 883 (1984), are as follows: Two small leather processing companies based in Chicago named Sure-Tan Inc. and Surak Leather Company both employed 11 workers and most of them were illegal immigrants. In July 1976, eight of the workers from these two companies have given the authority to Chicago Leather Workers Union to be their collective bargaining representative. The said Union won during the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election sometime in December 10, 1976. However, these two companies filed their respective complaints before the NLRB and raised ...

1. The external environment has a crucial role in shaping an industry and an individual company’s future (Tan 2013). In order to make the business ahead of the competition, a company must be able to adjust its strategies in such a way that it would reflect the environment where it operates. It is important for a company to understand its external environment since it affects the business and its operations. There is no business that is insulted from its external environment. Issues such as political decisions have an impact on a business because for example, it can change ...

Now the most advanced integration Union is the European Union, the main forerunner of which European economic community was created in 1957 by the Task that stands today in the EU during the agenda - formation and strengthening of economic, monetary and political Union of member countries. Integration in the EU affects almost all aspects of relations between member States of the European Union - politics, Economics, social and cultural sphere. The relevance of the study due to the importance and special role of tax harmonization in the framework of deepening European economic integration, the development of the unified ...

The following are the financial ratios for the company, Tyler Technologies Inc.

Profit Ratio Gross profit/ Net sales 93.48 million/194.50 million

The gross profit ratio is 0.4806169666

Liquidity Ratio Current assets/ current liabilities 36.95 million/22.26 million

The liquidity ratio is 1.6599

Debt Ratio Total liabilities/total assets 22.26 million/36.95 million

The debt ratio is 0.6024

Market Ratio Net earnings/number of shares 36.42 million/36.63 million

The market ratio is 0.99426

Analysis of the Ratios Tyler Technologies Inc.is a technology company that deals in technology solutions, which includes hardware and software. The company is listed on the New York Stocks Exchange. From the latest financial statement, the ratios show that the firm is on a growth trend (Pew Tan, Plowman, & Hancock, 2007). The profit ratio and the debt ratio indicate that the firm is doing ...

Adult Vaccination

Vaccination is an exercise that has been practiced for decades and is considered as an efficient way of managing communicable diseases. Adult vaccination has significant impacts on enhancing public health as it reduces health complications or deaths from infectious (Tan, 2015). However, most people do not appreciate the need for adult vaccination, an aspect that has led to low rates of adult immunization. This paper evaluates adult vaccination as a health care policy by discussing why the issue is gaining attention from different decision makers across the globe. The study further reveals on the right approach to utilize on ...

Abstract

In the last century, the knowledge of molecular biology has increased, opening new opportunities for addressing different diseases that have been affecting all populations. Before, genome and proteomic studies were seen as complicated field due to inability to get significance understanding of disease components at the molecular level. However, with the expansion of molecular biology, different techniques and tools have been developed to aid diagnosis and treatment of diseases. In this study, these tools have been investigated to understand how the knowledge on molecular diagnosis helps in detection and treatment of diseases. This study focused on the application of ...

(Institution Name) A website is merely an online space occupied by an organization or person with one purpose of publishing information (Flavián, Guinalíu & Gurrea, 2006). On the contrary, a scholarly database is a registry of all the websites and webpages available under a certain group or genre where one can find the most relevant websites and pages (LaRowe, 2009). A website can be a representation of idea from any individual or organization and is not generally regulated whereas scholarly databases are normally well regulated for being authentic in the information that they provide as well as their ...

MOBILE ORDERING PLATFORMS FOR FOODS AND BEVERAGE SERVICES: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY TO INVESTIGATE WHAT KEY FEATURES BUSINESS MANAGERS LOOK FOR PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION Mobile Ordering Platforms for Foods and Beverage Services: An Exploratory Study to Investigate What Key Features Business Managers Look for Prior to Implementation

Literature Review

The necessity to approach marketing as an integrated part of management and not as a separate function has been acknowledged decades ago, when Peter Drucker illustrated that marketing tells businesses how to adjust on meeting changing consumer needs and creating a clientele (Webster, 2009). Consumer needs are ever – changing, as Drucker observed, and ...

Summary

Tan (2007), establishes a Cognitive Behavior Therapy technique applying a unifying strategy to improve clinical issues of the patient. By the use of informed consent approach, Tan (2007) distinguishes the suitable therapeutic methods utilizing implied integration, a surreptitious method or precise integration, which is an unconcealed approach, which purposely promotes spiritual dynamics in counseling. Tan (20017) supports the effectiveness of the Cognitive Behavior Therapy technique using empirical data, from historical studies of cognitive therapy. Notably, the cognitive therapy has developed to include therapeutic approaches whereby the love of God is exhibited and uncovered through the Holy Spirit. This technique ...

Most businesses face the challenge of establishing functional performance management. The main objective of implementing performance management is to enhance and raise the par of employee performance. The most common component of performance management is performance appraisals. According to Martocchion (2016), performance management is defined as “the process by which individual performance is guided, assessed and rewarded”. On the other hand, performance appraisals are defined as “well-established ways of providing milestones, feedback, guidance and monitoring for staff” (Martocchio, 2016). The essence of having effective performance appraisals is to help establish effective merit pay programs. For companies to have efficient ...

Paper Outline

Introduction Thesis Statement: The use of DNA in a criminal prosecution has helped advance justice for both victims and suspects by, among other things, eliminating the possibility of wrongful conviction due to inaccurate identification. This way, it has also tremendously helped the law enforcement agencies in the criminal justice system in fighting and solving crime through effective investigation of offenses. However, there are also legal -particularly human rights- and ethical challenges regarding DNA application in criminal prosecution (Naughton & Gabe 245).

Sub-Points

-Improved the functionality of the criminal Justice system The use of DNA in a criminal prosecution has enhanced the ...

Introduction

Barcode scanning technology operates based on the symbology principle; which defines the barcode, determines the interpretation as well as the mapping of the encoded data or information (Kato, Tan & Chai, 2010) The encoding enables the scanning gadget to know when a character or digit starts and the moment it stops; in the same way as binary interpretation. Barcodes are usually an array of lines organized in a parallel and alternated (black and white) manner. Barcode scanning technology offers a cheap and simple way of recording information or data in various applications.

Purpose

Initially used in labeling train cars or locomotives, ...

Discrimination is one of the most common themes in literary works and one that exists in the society since time immemorial. A person can get discriminated by his skin color, cultural background, or even gender. In the workplace, there are various types of discrimination. Discrimination can be directly or indirectly done. In a direct discrimination, a group or an individual is treated in a less favorable way. On the other hand, in an indirect discrimination, a practice or standard poses disadvantage on certain individuals or groups. Whichever the case maybe, the law prohibits discrimination based on personal characteristics. In ...

The world is rapidly changing and advancing in terms of science and technology. It has become extremely difficult to escape the presence of technology, either at the individual or organizational level. Some of the key technological changes include the internet, smart phones, and the use of computers. Many people and organization are now finding themselves in a situation where they cannot exist without technology, and the health organizations are not left behind, as they are rapidly adopting health care informatics into their systems. The essay, therefore, focuses on a case where a larger medical center is rapidly introducing computer ...

After re-reading the article, I have realized that my critical analysis of the paper previously was very shallow. There were some very important parts of the article that I never included in the essay. Formerly, I emphasized heavily on the challenges Tan faced as an immigrant leaving out those that her mother faced due to her poor language. Tan’s mother was not very fluent with her language. However, she had to struggle to communicate with Tan and others which turned out to be very hectic. Tan describes her mother’s language as “Broken” yet agrees her mother was ...

Values Clarification and Ethical Legal Case Analysis

Values Clarification Values dictate the way people function both personally and professionally. In nursing practice, having clear values is essential in achieving moral competence (Jormsri et al., 2005). In completing the value clarification exercise, forty-two items were answered. Of these forty-two items, 15 responses were “mostly agree” and another 15 responses were “mostly disagree.” Six responses were “somewhat disagree”, three responses were “somewhat agree”, and the final three responses were “neutral.”

In a cluster that relates to issues raised by advanced technology, I had some agreements and disagreements. Giving extraordinary medical treatments to patients is essential, particularly when the ...

What public- and private-sector resources could be used to respond to the threat?

First of all, it is essential to be aware of the fact that the act of chemical or biological terrorism may range from the food product contamination to the aerosolized anthrax spores’ dissemination. That is why, it is almost impossible to make the forecasts regarding the time of occurrence of particular terroristic act as well as the place and method, used for this purpose. At the same time, it is obvious that the public- and private-sector should not ignore the probability of such forms of terrorism. This statement may be supported by increased rates of the frequency of such ...

With four treatment options, the patient must undergo a thorough consultation with the clinician, covering each restoration type. Each treatment presentation will include the benefits and drawbacks the that particular method, risks and/or impediments associated with placement, complications that can arise after placement and daily maintenance protocols. The presentations must be clear and concise and devoid of scientific terminology that may not be recognized by the patient. To enhance understanding, it is recommended that the presentations utilize models, photographs and/or drawings representing the final product; images of previous cases can be used if they comply with all patient confidentiality ...

Overview of the Industry

Over the last five years, the Singapore taxi industry has seen tremendous changes, most of which have resulted from the development of private app-taxi companies. The introduction of the taxi bookings apps in 2013 was marked by an explosive growth of the demand for the app based taxi services from the main global players that is Uber and Grab car. Over the years, this has continued to affect the traditional taxi operators; according to research, the advent of the taxi app companies has reduced the regular taxi earnings by 20 % (Lee, 2015). This has been the main concerns for ...

Introduction

In the age of globalization and technology, many countries are increasingly confronted with rapid social, economic and political changes. As a result, governments have often turned to their educational system to help prepare their pool of manpower for the challenges they face. Educational policies are then geared towards programs that meet the demands of the times. Since Malaysia gained independence from British rule in 1957, the educational system has gone through several stages of development. From a diverse and fragmented type to a unified national education system, the curriculum is now focused on the means of teaching the child’ ...

Introduction

Antibiotics are a class of drugs that are mostly used to treat infections caused by bacteria. Uncountable bacteria live in various parts the human body. These include the gut, skin, mouth and throats (Gelband et. al, 2015). Some of these bacteria are harmless. However, there are others that are pathogenic (disease causing) and can cause infections. These infections are known as bacterial infections and doctors prescribe antibiotics as mode of treatment. Antibiotics were introduced in 1940 and since then they have been significant to modern medicine. The core role of antibiotics was to treat infections caused by bacteria. However, ...

Risk exposures: The Financial Transaction Risks Table

Features of the method used to measure the interest rate identified Before determining the best method to be used in the measurement of the interest risk, it is essential to assess the source of the risk. The most common sources of interest rate risk are security mismatching for various items in the balance sheet depending on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable. The value assets lead to interest rate risk when there are valuation problems as well as in situations where interest rates are not aligned with the liabilities and assets (Kaufman, 1984). Various methods are applicable ...

Hi, terrorism has been quite prevalent over the years. The disaster warrants different regions to develop preparations in case of terrorist attacks to minimize havoc. The agenda of ending extremism and terrorism is top on most nations’ agenda. However, based on your response, people should not allow disasters to cripple their lives regardless of injuries, causalities, or disabilities acquired. The hazards act as a minor setback in the victims’ lives that should serve as mechanisms that will increase their determination. For that to happen, emergency responses should focus on providing counseling and education to the victims of a crisis ...

Chapter 1

Introduction

XX century was characterized with the significant technological progress, which has improved the life of people. Numerous products and services became available, labor and domestic life became easier and more comfortable. However, waste problem is the other side of the technological progress. The solid, liquid and gas waste are formed, and thus land, natural water and air quality degrade. Therefore, in XXI century the research efforts are dedicated to development of methods for sustainable use of water, gas, and solid resources. Wastewater polluted with dye residuals originate from textile, leather and food industry. These industries produce goods that ...

What is a literature review? What does it do?

According to Oliver (2012), a literature review is a write-up that focuses on similar or related studies that have been carried out in the past that are similar to the current study. Literature review will also include an in depth analysis of previous publications on the same subject as the current study. Literature review is very important in a study as it shows that the researcher understands the topic of the study. By analyzing previous material on similar subjects, the researcher is able to prove they understand the topic of the study. Literature review is also important as it ...

While it is a good practice to display the trigonometric identities in order to become more familiar with them, it would be better practice to work on some basic identities in order to come up with the other identities. For instance, the Pythagorean identity can be transformed into the other identities. This identity can be divided by the square of sin θ in order to obtain cot²θ + 1 = csc²θ. If tan x = sin x/cos x, then as cot x = 1/tan x, then cot x = cos x/sin x. Furthermore, being able to solve trigonometric problems such as trigonometric equations sometimes requires ...

XX century was characterized with the significant technological progress, which has improved the life of people. Numerous products and services became available, labor and domestic life became easier and more comfortable. However, waste problem is the other side of the technological progress. The solid, liquid and gas waste are formed, and thus land, natural water and air quality degrade. Therefore, in XXI century the research efforts are dedicated to development of methods for sustainable use of water, gas, and solid resources. Wastewater polluted with dye residuals originate from textile, leather and food industry. These industries produce goods that are ...

1.0 Tectonic Setting of South China Hong Kong, which is located near the southeastern margin of the Eurasian Continental Plate (ECP), called the Cathaysia Block, in Southeast China, rests on a stable intraplate region of the ECP some 700 km from its nearest plate boundary, an area that underlies Taiwan and trends southward to the Philippines and northeastward to Japan (Pappin, Koo, Free, & Tsang, 2008). Although stable, this continental intraplate region has been associated with earthquakes in the past as it straddles the northeast-trending Lianhuashan Fault Zone. There are two major fault zones, which trends in the regional northeast ...

A1 Quantitative Article

Article #A1: Wu, H., Li, Z., Li, H, & Wu, S. (2016). Quantitative phase imaging of breast cancer cell based on SLIM. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 679(1), 1-5. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/679/1/012003

Background

In this article, Wu et al. (2016) used quantitative process in analyzing data created from observing the cell dynamics, in which they used spatial light interference microscopy or SLIM to come up with the data. In this process, they combined the Zernike’s phase contrast microscopy, as well as, Gabor’s holography. Zernicke discovered it back in 1935 when he was able to observe phase objects that did ...

Summary

Tan, Carol. The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Conflicts In The Making. Culture & Society. In IE Med.

The paper by Tan explores the growth of Syrian refugees as a result of the Syrian Crisis, the host countries of refugees from Syria, the effects of Syrian refugees on the hosting countries as well as the factors hindering the adequate solving of problems presented by the influx of Syrian refugees in those countries. The war crisis in Syria is in its fifth year since it arose thus attracting a lot of attention from international communities .The attention from the human communities is due ...

Customer service as a value driver

Apple Inc. is one of the largest publicly owned corporations in the United States. Apple products are known far and wide for their good quality though critics have tried to point out at the high pricings of Apple products(Apple Inc., 2015). Regardless, Apple still has numerous customers in many parts of the world. One of the reasons for this is their excellent customer service. One of the major value drivers for Apple is customer service. Many times, tech companies concentrate more on the specifications of their products and forget about customer service(Scholar, Johnson, & Singer, 2012). Customer service ...

Delta Airlines Inc. is a household brand not only the United States but also in 64 other countries around the world. The company was founded on May 30, 1924, marking a 91 years reign since it first opened doors as a crop dusting operation, Huff Daland Dusters, in Macon, Georgia. Delta started providing passenger services on June 17, 1929, making it one of the oldest airlines in the world. In 2013, Delta Airlines Inc. was reported to be the world's largest airline based on the number of scheduled passengers. The company was the second largest concerning the revenue passenger ...

According to Mittal, and Vikas (330), a business continuity plan is an outline that an enterprise develops about the core activities to undertake after an emergency or disastrous event happen to the organization. Let us take for instance when a company is faced with fire outbreak, the plan that it would write down to follow after the incident is a business continuity plan. It involves planning for the essential goods or services that the company can continue to offer for the market. It also sets up the departments that need to be operational as the company recovers towards the ...

Alan Moore`s Watchmen may be considered to be one of the most controversial but capturing comic-book series ever made. Quotes from this comic book along with some characters have merged with pop culture forever, thus proving its uniqueness and gripping beauty. Moreover, this exceptional comic book presents reader with extraordinary portrayal of superheroes. Moore completely distorts all superhero clichés instead depicting real people with all their flaws and anxieties and without outstanding superpowers, the exception makes only Dr. Manhattan. Moreover, by manipulating and speculating with turning points in history of the US, like the Vietnam War or ...

One of the problems that Vietnam faced entering its third Five-Year Plan (1981-1985) had to do with producing enough food to feed the nation (Porter). This is why the Vietnamese Communist Party made solving food production problems a major priority at its 1982 meeting. However, the party at the time reaffirmed its commitment to keeping industry and agriculture combined as far as efforts went, because both were considered foundational to growth of the other, and Vietnam remained committed to developing an economy based on industry (Tan). Interestingly, the whole idea of agricultural development serving as an element of socialist ...

In the medical field, there are constant inventions that are intended to improve the quality of care for patients. These interventions are based on qualitative and quantitative research whose results indicate the effectiveness of the practice on different patients. Patients living with medical conditions like Diabetes rely on these practices to make their lives better. The adoption of the interventions is based on how well the medical professions understand it and how it changes the lives of their patients. The following is a detailed look at one of the practices and how I would ensure its adoption in a ...

Introduction

Background information Apple Corporation is a Multinational technology company based in the In the United States. The company designs, produces and sells electrical consumer products around the world. Some of the products of the company are iPhone Smartphone, iPod, Macbook laptops, and consumer software such as the OS X and iOS and operating systems among others. The company was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, as well as Ronald Wayne (Apple Info – Apple, 2016).  Link: http://www.apple.com/about/ Apple Corporation is the globally largest information technology company by revenue and total assets. In the last three years, the company ...

The media exists as a particularly invasive as well as informative source of stereotyping that in an attempt to remain objective allows the subjectivity of others to give way to over-generalized beliefs of other cultures. While many feel it necessary to blame the various media sources that feed the fires of stereotyping the media is meant only as the vessel and nothing else. This belief however has been altered throughout the years as the beliefs and practices of several cultures have been categorized and rudely stuffed into the stereotypes that society has forced upon them. A perfect example of ...

1. Introduction

Background of the Research

Ethiopia is a Sub-Saharan country located in the Horn of Africa. The population of Ethiopia is estimated to be over 100 million inhabitants, making it the most populated landlocked country in Africa, and the second most populated country in Africa after Nigeria. Ethiopia is the only country in the Sub-Saharan Africa which has got a history of having its alphabets and calendar. Paradoxically, Ethiopia which has possessed alphabets for centuries is still one of the most illiterate countries in the world. This is the reason why some writers refer to Ethiopia as one country with alphabet and ...

Abstract

Debt covenants have become one of the major issues that affect the operations of the firm. Many scholars have come up with different ways in which they can leverage this problem. There are many theories of corporate governance that try to solve these problems that face managers of financial institutions. Most of these theories defy the debt covenant perspective and the corporate governance problems in relation to how equity and debt holders affect the director’s ability to act in the interests of the providers of capital. Banks as financial intermediaries have special attributes that increase the standard corporate ...

Amy Tan writes speaks to the ways in which the culture, traditions and the language differ across regions. The narrator in the story shares similar experiences as Tan’s mother was also an immigrant who migrated from China. But there is conflict between the two as the daughter is less receptive to embracing the idea that her mother has for her and her assimilation into a new culture. The truth is that the narrator’s mother represents the typical mother in the society who wishes that her child will get the best of everything that life has to offer. ...

We all express ourselves with the help of the language. No matter what language we choose, the main goals are for people to understand and be understood by the others. We are being born and brought up in certain environments, created by our families. This formulates our behavior, the way e think and the language we use for it. In case when we are using the language that is not our native one, there is always a risk of misunderstanding or a conflict. All in all, it is because the mother tong will always be a factor that influences ...

Introduction

Counseling can help people resolve issues in their lives in various ways. However, not all therapies or techniques of counseling will work for every individual. Therefore, it is essential for counselors to understand client needs in order to determine what technique will result in the most effective outcomes. Individual counseling and group counseling are the most popular and commonly used counseling techniques (Jacobs, Masson, Harvill & Schimmel, 2012). Individual counseling is a one-on-one therapy session in which a personalized approach is utilized in guiding and treating an individual. On the other hand, group counseling happens when a counselor works with ...

Introduction

Practical use of inventory management is among the aspects at the core of the supply chain management success. The management of different inventories such as raw material, finished goods, partner inventories, work—in the process, among others rests at the demand and supply intersection. However, the inventory management perhaps has the long way to go. The relationship between the inventory management and the corporate cash flow generation was understood recently and has currently received a broad interest level (Dekker et al., 2013). Now, firms can use supply chain to improve business performance by using the supply chain to generate ...

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Introduction

Lupus is a chronic autoimmune that can impact any part of the body resulting in a range of clinical symptoms. The affected part by Lupus may include brain, lungs, kidneys, skin, joints, blood vessels and other internal organs (Pisetsky, Gilkeson & St Clair, 1997). Lupus impacts the immune system by interfering with its capability of differentiating between antigens and normal healthy tissues. This incidence results in the misinterpretation by the immune system, and it directs the antibodies against the healthy tissues causing pain, tissue damage, and swelling. It ...

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Summary

Cyber laws are established to ensure safe, fair and responsible use of the internet by all the users whether they are common internet using citizens or law enforcement agencies. These laws have been designed and have been evolving ever since because of the ever expanding canvas of the ethical considerations involved in the use of the internet. The law is confined to logic and debate, and anything that has not been debated on or legislated cannot be made a law and is hence the responsibility of the user as their ethical and moral duty. The common internet ...

Sun Zi wrote one of the oldest existing pieces on military and in The Art of War, he discusses the six types of terrain. If used correctly as a tactic during a war, it goes without saying that people will get a well-deserved victory. The writer offers insights into six terrains and how important they can be to anyone who wants to achieve an upper hand in a war. They include “accessible ground, entangling ground, temporizing ground, narrow passes, precarious heights and positions at a great distance from the enemy” (Tan 50). The six terrains give military men and ...

Abstract

The quality of financial reporting by various companies affects the economy of the country in more ways than one. Apart from the economy of the country, the quality of audit and financial reporting affects the operation of the company as well. Effective disclosure and transparent finical reporting provide a necessary condition to maintain and assure the confidence of the stakeholders. This study seeks to investigate the relationship that exists between the type of corporate governance and the quality of audit among listed companies in Australia's Petroleum and Mining industry. It presents a review of previous and existing literature concerning ...

The design of a new product should always seek to achieve high quality. However, quality is a matter of perception and thus depends on the expectations created by said product. If a company decides to introduce to the market a mobile phone with a lifespan that is not expected to surpass 18 months, the ethical interrogations of this approach are related to how candid the company is towards its target customers. Does the marketing campaign for this mobile phone mention it is not designed to be long lasting? If so, then customers who purchase this phone will have done ...

Ching K’o was a guest in Prince Tan’s house, an assassin who would kill for his host and a noble man who did not renegade on his promises.. He was an expert in martial arts, spiritually disciplined and loyal to the core. Ssu-ma mentions Ching K’o in his book Shiji as an assassin who attempt to kill the Chin king failed. The short story about Ching K’o is reminiscent of Chinese short stories of that era. The principles espoused in the stories and by the characters share no similarity with their European counterparts and the ...

Introduction

For quite some time, the Western world had treated China as a minion. The relations between the West and China were frosty and that was attributable to the fact that western nations imposed reforms that they thought would work in China. However, the situation changed when Mr. Anson Burlingame was appointed head of Chinese delegation to the West. He made a passionate speech to the president, and his efforts were rewarded when he signed the first equal treaty between the West and China. In Mr. Burlingame’s speech, he said that no Empire had developed than that of China. ...

China is a huge country located in Asia with the population over 1 billion people. It occupies a large territory, on which the population consisting 56 ethnic groups lives. As any other country, China has its own history, traditions and unique culture. Culture includes such elements of society’s life as language, food, clothing, religion, morals and norms and etc. Some of these elements will be briefly described and discovered in this essay in order to provide a better understanding of Chinese culture. According to the Chinese culture, there are four main necessities of a daily life: clothing, food, ...