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Medicine from Ancient China

(Traditional Chinese medicine, 2000). But it declined from the end of the Ming Dynasty until 1949, when the Chinese government "b...

Pyramide du Louvre by I.M. Pei

controversial as the actual building. (An adjective often preceding his name is "iconic.") For one thing, the idea that an America...

Mathematics' History and Critical Milestones

that of harmony and resonance in music. The fact that musical pitches correlate directly to numbers, they concluded that this rein...

Marco Polo, Herodotus, and Their Histories

guilty of a second violence. They manned a ship of war, and sailed to Aea, a city of Colchis, on the river Phasis; from whence, af...

Birth and Death Experiences and Individual Impact

to be with his father in the last months of his life, as he would have wished. This would make him think deeply about his own life...

Confucianism and 'Peony Pavilion'

and dies. The natural imagery, which is emphasized in the dream sequences, reflect the Daoist emphasis on the importance of nature...

Life of Empress Wu

the cosmos and it was thought that human life also required such a balance.6 There was no strong indication in Chinese society, as...

U.S. and China Manufacturing

at the way technology is used to control protection in China the country is ahead of the US in most areas, with a greater level of...

Political Questions Pertaining to Asia

Democracy, say Communist opposition, is necessary for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is ...

Southeast Asia and Foreign Policy of China

borders between China and the other nations were subsequently determined, some as recent as the mid-1990s (Gancheng, 2003). The o...

Martial Arts' Overview

such practice that date as far back as 1066-256 B.C. during the Zhou dynasty (Short History of Chinese Martial Arts, 2005). Wit...

Women and Taoism

They developed the idea of Dao (which we know as Tao, meaning "way" or "path") "as the origin lf all creation and the force-unknow...

Money and Banking as Reported in the Wall Street Journal

center for a variety of reasons -- first, the nations stock market is located there. Second, so are exchanges when it comes to tra...

Modern Cinema in China

began in Hong Kong back in 1979, and was like a "coming of age" for the film industry (Li 709). Suddenly, there was a new generat...

Corporate Culture and Management of China and the Effects of the Cultural Revolution

eastern countries such as Japan. However, this was to change when in 1949 the communist era begins. This is a time when therere ...

Identity and Relationships Between Mothers and Daughters in The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

back from their daughters until they felt they were ready to understand. The second two sections of the book are from the daughter...

Chinese Literary Examples The Fox Fairy and The World Inside a Pillow

At the same time, however, the stories which are presented to not necessarily unfold in a clear chronological pattern. Instead va...

The Dragon's Village by Yuan tsung Chen

aunt and uncle reluctantly agree. Chen commits that they did not oppose this plan "too vigorously" because they were "apprehensive...

Cinema Industry of Korea

prison for depicting a Communist official as "a warm human being" (Slide, 1989, p. 229). The Korean film industry has evolved ver...

Yuan Tusng Chen's The Dragon's Village

be restored to its former glory and she wants the internal civil wars to end. It is because of this constant strife that Ling-ling...

Aspects of Confucianism

collection of sayings which give a significant insight into Confucian thought and philosophy. The Book of Changes, for instance, i...

Care at the End of Life and Cultural Variations

(1997) observes: "Involving the family in hospital care, maximizing the family as a resource, and creating an environment where h...

Success of China's Sung Dynasty

scholarly achievement (Ebrey, 1993). The Sung dynasty is often compared to the Tang dynasty which preceded it (618-907) (Ebrey,...

The Fall of the Song Empire

them into thinking That this place is the other one we knew in times of peace. There is, at first blush, some validity to the as...

The Tradition of Chinese Medicine

of traditional Chinese medicine, it is important to also understand that it is not only a collection of ancient remedies and pract...

Political Structure of China

welcomed the variegated input received on every political issue. Indeed, democracy became a well-oiled machine that prospered for...

A 1587 Chinese Emperor Recommendation

something about our vulnerability. It is also hoped that he Emperor will heed my warnings and take my advice on what should be don...

China's Gift Economy and Guanxi

to foreign investors. However, the country is still run by anti-capitalist leaders, and the way in which business is conducted in ...

Assessment of the Observation 'Only the Curious Will Learn'

learning, however. It all begins with a question, and there can be no questioning without curiosity driving its origin. Incite to...

Continuing Power Crisis in California

amount of finger pointing going on in California as to who is responsible for this most recent energy shortage. Nonetheless, few ...