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    dehumanization to show the need for change is the collection of short stories, The Woman Warrior. In The Woman Warrior, women are blatantly dehumanized. One character calls girls “maggots in the rice” and says that raising geese would make greater sense economically than raising girls (Kingston, 89). The memoir depicts the strong women hating Chinese culture that continues to this day (Stevens, 25). In one of the novel’s stories, the author’s aunt becomes pregnant while her husband is away in America

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    When I was my 15 years, I watched my first Korean dorama. Then I did not know how it would exert an impact on my fate and view of life. This was the world-famous “Boys over flowers”, which became an occasion of my acquaintance with the country of morning freshness. I strongly believe that my life transformed for better and blossomed after watching this Korean dorama was watched by everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. It drew me in this world – the world of Korean drama, Korean pop and Korean

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    The Shang dynastical reign started in the midst of the Bronze Age in china, and was considered one of the more profound rules, that made spectacular contributions to Modern China, and the civilizations housed in the great Chinese empire prior to the modern era. Although, there are no accurate dates, or details on the earlier dynasties that inhabited the lands of China, the Shang is the first to have left behind archaeological evidence with historical context to graph, and prove its existence through

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    communication. It is one of the huge problems in today’s market which company faces on the path of internationalism in the different natural language. For instance, as per the “Ethnologue” website, the Chinese language is one of the most popular languages around the world. Over one billion people are speaking Chinese all around the world. However English is at third as per the chart. The difference in the language between workforce and marketing companies creates a huge

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    of other artists in his extensive use of ornate calligraphy, as well as the sensational meanings and ideas embedded within every one of his creations.1 Despite lacking professional artistic training, Tsang Tsou Choi, a tireless artist, practiced Chinese calligraphy- a

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    include, Chinese Cinderella, Life’s for the Living, Forever in our Hearts, an autobiography written by my great-great-grandfather, the phrase ‘Mind over Matter,’ and Project Semicolon. Chinese Cinderella, Life’s for the Living, and Forever in our Hearts have influenced me to be strong. The autobiography inspires me to work hard and never give up. Having hope is encouraged by ‘Mind over Matter’ and Project Semicolon. One significant autobiography that I have read is Adeline Yen Mah’s Chinese Cinderella

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    Xu Bing’s is a Chinese artist who studied printmaking at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. His style of art is defined as social realist which was greatly influenced by his time at a re-education camp during the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960’s and 70’s. he favored the popular phrase in that time “ Use your pen as a weapon and shoot down reactionary gangs”. Bing’s father was a historian and his mother was an administrator in the library of science. A Book from the Sky is a four volume

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    The Two Kinds By Amy Tan

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    mainstream U.S. society” (Wikipedia 1). Amy Tan the author of “Two Kinds”, and the young character in the story both are a second generation immigrants, who have struggled in their life with parents, about the culture they assimilating and their real culture. In the “Two Kinds” story the author illustrates the struggle between her American cultural identity, and her mother’s Chinese culture, as like the characters in the story. The author shows what is the struggle and the conflict that cultural differences

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    mothers try to pass on their Chinese heritage and teach their American-born daughters to avoid the mistakes the mothers made growing up in China. However, the daughters often see their mothers’ attempts at guidance as attempting to control their lives. The mother and daughter pair of Lindo and Waverly epitomize this relationship, where Lindo tries to integrate Chinese and American cultures into her own life and Waverly tries to both be independent and keep her Chinese heritage. Although Waverly and

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    Lechuan Zhao Professor Ahuja ENGL 1004 Sept 16 2014 The acceleration of globalization has raised issues culture conformity and diversity throughout the world. These topics are argued drastically throughout the world. Apparently, issues relate to cultures will not simply defined by right or wrong because each coins have two sides and every culture have their own advantages and drawbacks. True, many people may claim that globalization has made this world smaller and the distinctions between nations

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