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Essays 181 - 210

The Life and Influence of Ban Zhao

a book of precepts to guide the behavior of women" (Condravy). The book had an enormous "impact on the life of women from late-Min...

The U.S. in Asia, 1945-1980

stocking bomb shelters. School children were participating in disaster drills. The focus of this paper will be the invo...

Asian Society Changes

sense of cultural nationalism and this is viewed as an Asian challenge (Subramaniam, 2000). Another trend that has emerged is that...

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...

Comparison of Minfong Ho's Rice Without Rain and The Clay Marble

no more than family consists solely on bloodlines. After Dara hopefully remarks, "I heard a cowbell" (Ho 3) that to her means som...

Martial Arts and Screen Legend Bruce Lee

in Hollywood features he decided to pack up his wife Linda and two young children and move to Hong Kong, where his ambitions would...

Depiction of Asian Americans

(Benshoff and Griffin 132). A voiceover at the beginning of the film explains that because of this law, 1940s Chinatown was exclus...

An Examination of Asian Family and Culture

that makes it quite different from Western societies, is that the family is not considered part of an individual society. Families...

Comparing Two Regional World Civilizations

differences. In respect to the Islamic and Asian societies that sprang up, these occurred largely by 1000 B.C. (Roberts, 1993). ...

Asian Economic Recovery

and recession moved into the nations of ASEAN, Singapore was set to exceed the per capita GDP of Great Britain. When economic exp...

IMF and Malaysia

government set up an asset-management company to deal with the worst cases (The Economist, 2003). That was in May, by August, the ...

Portrayal of Asian Women as Whores in Miss Saigon

babies, which it did not do after World War II. However, even in this, the message is that America saves the day, while Vietnam r...

Economics and Trade Liberalization

Obviously, much of this process will depend on the extent to which trade barriers,...

Growth of Asia Versus Latin American and African Growth

or mismanaged economically, such as was the case in Eastern Europe when it suffered under communist regimes, this process is frust...

Company Strategy Planning

is that of information gathering. There needs to be an understanding of the companys core competencies and the resources that are ...

Asian Market and the Entrance of Mary Kay Cosmetics

had less to spend on cosmetics; potential customers in Japan had more than anyone. Chinas growth was uneven but dramatic, bringin...

Minority Police Officers - Are More of Them Needed?

diversity in the police department in a town with a combined minority rate close to 50 percent continues to plague city officials,...

Eat Drink Man Woman, To Live, and Survival of the Asian Family

This begins to change with the comment, "I have an announcement to make." Whatever follows is guaranteed to prompt anger and trial...

Contemporary Melting Pot and America

the great melting pot that is the United States. They will no longer be seen as outsiders, but an integral part of the society of ...

From Ellis Island to JFK by Nancy Foner, Asians, and Hispanics

from South America and Mexico are not the same. They possess different traditions, religions, social practices and are in essence,...

New York City and Asian American High School Students

Asians account for only 13 percent of the high school student population but they account for a disproportionately large percentag...

Positive and Negative Aspects of Globalization

true that there are still numerous problems, injustices and inequalities that stem largely from the greed and self-interest of the...

Statistics of Decision Making

control is the means by which manufacturers achieve that end. Probability can add a measure of confidence to decision making that...

United Kingdom and How to Meet Asian Housing Needs

is genuine and stills exist and how, despite government polices which focus on nuclear families, there have been some projects whi...

United Kingdom's Asian Community Housing Needs

was and is true in all areas of housing, from social housing and private rented areas to more affluent privately owned up market a...

Asians As They Are Depicted in The Legend of Miss Sasagawara by Hisaye Yamamoto and Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn

the mid-80s, and concentrates on the chaotic Seventies, in which martial law was firmly in place. Perhaps the books most memorabl...

Vietnam Investment

well to take a broad perspective not only on the countrys recent economic development but also the constraints which might affect ...

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

to the twenty-first century reader somewhat of an ordeal to read through the entire volume. The author for example talks about nin...

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Asian Economies

This paper examines current trends in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as they relate to various aspects of the Asian economy. the...

Struggle for Ethnic Identity by Pyong Gap Min

survival. While some remain cloistered within the safety of their native-speaking communities, they never fully assimilate to the...