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Essays 601 - 630

Creation Myths of the Navajo and Chinese

China). This was too much for the earth and it burned and cracked (A Creation Story from China). The rivers became dry and the peo...

Purchasing Parity Theories

can look at the price of butter (or any other good) in the United States and in Europe; * D=US$/?(Euro) * Abiding by this law of o...

Zhang Deyi's Point of View

seem to build wherever they journey. This is a rather objective notion. Clearly, this does seem to be the case today and Deyi noti...

Alternative Medical Approaches

use these techniques only in response to certain ailments, such as back or neck pain (Steiner 20). However, another difference is ...

Overview of Chinese Beliefs

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

Population Control in China

policy," with the goal of leveling out the population at 1.2 billion by the year 2000, and then bringing it down to 700 million ov...

French Company Carrefour and Market in China

two French families in 1959, Carrefour opened its first supermarket in 1960 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie (Carrefour, 2003). Three years...

American Families v. Chinese Families

the woman more "desirable" and therefore more likely to marry and not be a burden on her family any longer (Family Structure, 2003...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Hong Kong's Economic and Social Changes

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

A Comparison of 'Two Kinds' by Amy Tan and 'First Confessions' by Frank O'Connor

structure. "First Confession" recounts the events of a brief period in Jackies life. Therefore, Jackies perspective does not alter...

British National Cinema in the 1980's

identity in relation to the various products of the national and international film and television industries, and the conditions ...

Women in Traditional Japanese and Chinese Cultures

the difficulties of the relationship (Hooker, 1996). Her husband was frequently absent and had numerous illicit affairs "with othe...

The Galileo Project

including book sources by Hale, Cochrane and Biagioli, who have published sources on this subject. Though the author of the cite...

Sexuality and Gender in David Henry Hwang’s Madame Butterfly

roles and how to identify themselves accordingly (Warmoth). Through experience, interaction, and acculturation, they develop perc...

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...

Recommending a Sect of Buddhism

the people of your kingdom should adopt. The Vajrayana "mythologizes the doctrine of emptiness" (Conze, 2003, p. 178). Through t...

"The Last Emperor" - Psychological Elements

"develop a healthy sense of omnipotence which will naturally be frustrated as the child matures" (D. W. Winnicott). Because Pu Yi...

The Chinese Banking System

European Union and United States the banking sector remains weak and fragile. However, compared to some African nations it is deve...

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,...

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...

Chinese Language Learning and Building Language Ability and Intelligence

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

The History of Fortune Cookies

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

Celebrating the New Year in China

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

The Importance of the Chinese New Year

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