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    understand how a Chinese writer’s English writing, after such a long period, is still so widely appreciated. I remember quite clearly how I was totally shocked while for first time I read the great words by Mr. Ku Hung-Ming. The collection of his articles, named “The Spirit of the Chinese People” is one of his very magnum opuses --a pure attempt to interpret the spirit and show the value of Chinese civilization. The special emphasis was laid on the type of humanity the Chinese civilization has

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    American-Chinese America is a nation consisting of people from different areas with multiple cultures. As a result, lots of Americans have their ancestors in other countries. Even though they are called “Americans”, they have a special identity, that is, hyphenated Americans actually. Chinese-Americans have been one of the large groups of hyphenated Americans since a long time ago. This passage mainly observes the living conditions of Chinese-Americans in America and tries to analyze how the hyphenation

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    I Choose China because I am part Chinese and wanted to understand their culture a lot better. I believe if I learn more about the Chinese culture I will be able to understand their communication and tendencies better. Also to be honest I am just as guilty as anyone in not knowing the differences between Japanese and Chinese culture, so on a side note I also hope to clear up a few misunderstandings. At the very least you will know some information about the Chinese culture solving part of the problem

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    extremely important for most of the Chinese people who came to Canada. In my opinion, it is important to them for three main reasons. First, they need to ensure that their paper histories are original in the eye of Canada’s immigration officers. Second, they only say those things that are necessary so Canadians can understand them. Lastly, they do not want to forget their origins by not assimilating too much into Western culture. Hence, it is important for Chinese immigrants who came to Canada to keep

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    The Chinese began to immigrate overseas after many years of harsh living conditions in China. Some of these contributions were; the Opium wars (1839-42, 1856-60), the Taiping rebellion (1856-64), famine, and a sinking economy. These grave circumstances led to them flocking to faraway lands to seek work. One of the main draws of California for the Chinese was the opportunity for a better life through gold digging and fertile soil. The struggles for these travelers began early with the voyage, journeying

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    The Effects of Changes from 1949 to the Beginning of the Great Leap Forward in 1958 on the Lives of the Chinese People China Under the lead of Mao, China had been released by the old imperial system, and through a civil war, China has turned into a communism state called the new People’s Republic of China. During the time Mao was in power, he introduced a great variety of changes, ranging from political and economic to social. The major and the most effective ones were

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    recent years why have more and more Chinese people opted to buy luxury good overseas? Specifically in USA, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. In the past few years, during the holiday seasonal promotions, many brand-name stores in various countries have been filed with Chinese tourists. This phenomenon has drawn the attention of the Chinese Government, and according to media reports data computing, high-end consumer goods purchased overseas by Chinese visitors in one a year alone amounted

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    attacks. Chinese government supported communism after World War II consequently adopting an autocratic leadership style to cater for the welfare of Chinese citizens. However, the successors of Mao Zedong adopted a market-oriented economic system which sky-rocketed the economic growth of China since 1978. Currently, China has the second largest economy after the USA and boasts of its fastest economic growth rate in the world. Eventually, the living standard of the large portion of the Chinese population

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    at the time of the novel the institution was overseen by American missionary Minnie Vautrin. Hilton finds the college to be a representation of civilization that is constantly put at risk by evil. The novel itself is of the perseverance of the Chinese people and Minnie Vautrin when Nanjing University turns into a refugee camp with over 10,000 refugees. Each of these refugees and Minnie herself would do their best to survive the Japanese atrocities and war crimes, although in

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    In recent years, there are many demonstrations in China. They voice their complaints causing the social instability. The Chinese government is not willing to see this incidents again. The best way to maintain the stability is to concern and try to solve their problems. They will realize the crux of the problem, then they will speed up the reform of the NGOs like give autonomy

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