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

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

Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as "mature," rather than developing. As such, their economies are well-established an...

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

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

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...

among the applicable families; however, it was not as welcomed by the rest of the citizenry as clearly evidenced by these five sto...

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

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

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

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...

2002). In addition, dietary practices in Asia are often associated with religious practices and customs (Gifford, 2002). R...

became very disenchanted with what she saw. His policies stifled an entire nation, and Changs family was no different. Chang wit...

this concept was combined with the idea that those with superior status would educate those who were lower in status through examp...

Jolly (2002) also reports that there were an estimated 150 million cellular telephone subscribers in China. There is some disagre...

the west, as such the company already has the product knowledge required to meet many of the market needs. The market is also on...

the introduction of this paper, many of the Asian economies are linked with one another (even in a loose alliance), meaning that w...

(Noesner, 1997). Active listening teaches that numerous steps can be taken when conflict does arise to resolve it in the most exp...

up going over a cliff in his rickshaw. At the bottom of the cliff, however, he finds three camels, apparently having ended up th...

considered to be "xian" or districts, but larger administrative districts were later formed. These were the "jun" or provinces (Qi...

this process on language acquisition and thinking ability over time. For elementary school children, the use of this kind of com...

in the middle of their Moon Cakes (replacing the yolk with secret messages). Patriotic revolutionary, Chu Yuan Chang took on the d...

The first point to be made here would be that the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) is one of the major traditional national holi...

not occur on the same day each year. In contrast, the Western New Year celebration always occurs on December 31-January 1. B...

encounter between the young heroine and the dream-image of a young scholar. In similar scenes throughout the production, the lack...

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

her family were forced to abide by Communist principles even - and especially - when they did not condone them from a personal per...

reciprocate human generosity, and therefore there is a custom of offering food, money, etc. in the name of the deities that is oft...

produced relaxed a great deal. The move toward a "market economy" from one that has been state-run has been slow, however ...

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