Essays Tagged: "Chinese language"

Confucius

Confuciunism is a philosophy vased on the teachings of Confucius, a Chinese philosopher/teacher. Confucius highly stressed ethics. It is thought the reason for this is ...

(1 pages) 134 0 4.0 Jan/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Essay on "Bitter Winds" by Harry Wu

ns and the deeper sense for the language native speakers have. The text would have been filled with Chinese expressions translated word for word to English making the language very mechanical. He woul ... effective than he could. Harry Wu wanted to let the world know about how people were treated in the Chinese prison camps. By letting the world know, he hoped that the people would put an end to it. Ca ...

(5 pages) 57 0 5.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

This article is concerned about how the chinese may learn english verbs properly.

Title:Chinese Interference in Learning English VerbsMother tongue interference is defined as the use of el ... defined as the use of elements from one's native language while learning a second one. Instances of Chinese interference in English learning can be found at the level of pronunciation, morphology, syn ... can be found at the level of pronunciation, morphology, syntax, vocabulary and meaning.English and Chinese verbs, although similar in many aspects, have some subtle but significant differences in sem ...

(12 pages) 78 1 3.2 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

Traversing Through Linguistic and Cultural Barriers: The Joy Luck Club written by Amy Tan

rriers. Despite their daughter's American upbringing, the mothers attempt to keep them submerged in Chinese culture by using language and double talk as weapons. The mothers also depend on story telli ... of communication may not always be completely effective. In addition, the daughters don't know the Chinese language very well so sometimes it makes it hard for them to understand the mixed messages t ...

(4 pages) 58 2 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

To the Japanese Ambassador in relation to recent anti-Japanese riots in Beijing.

gitating the history it selectively uses.I also use my history classes to explain the concern among Chinese about Japan seeking admission into the UN security council. Many of my students are Chinese ... s many of my countrymen were raised to have an anti-German prejudice) and consider it just that the Chinese show the world their opposition to any such move. I explain the fact that China, as a curren ...

(2 pages) 20 0 2.7 Oct/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" and Air Warefare.

ison to modern day air warfare.Biography3. Briefly touching upon the biography of Sun Tzu, he was a Chinese general who gave his military strategies around two and a half thousand years ago. He was al ... strategies around two and a half thousand years ago. He was also known as 'Sun Wu' and 'Sun Zi'. In Chinese language "Sun Tzu" means "Master Sun". Born in fifth century BC, he was a native of the nort ...

(9 pages) 74 0 5.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Woman Warrior

move to a new country. Woman Warrior portrays the life of Maxine Hong Kingston, a second-generation Chinese-American girl. She realizes that she must intertwine Chinese language, culture, and family t ... family traditions with American standards. Kingston struggles most of her life trying to balance a Chinese life at home while going to an American school. She deals with being a soft-spoken woman try ...

(8 pages) 40 0 5.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Yuan Mei Vs Zhang Xeucheng

In a bustling Chinese port town, people run about the crowded streets like lab rats trying to find the prized chee ... works of men. To prove his theory, he took in several female students that later became well known Chinese writers. This was seen by others such as Zhang Xuecheung to be a boastful act. By taking in ...

(5 pages) 1199 0 0.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Ancient China Comparison Essay

t China Comparison Essay Ancient China and Japan have many similarities as well as uniqueness'. The Chinese's writings mention that Japan was in existence at that time of China's earliest empires and ... earliest empires and dynasties. It's a wonder how the Japanese could show signs of existence to the Chinese because Japan is an island, while China was a very isolated country, which only thought that ...

(1 pages) 21 0 3.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Report Writing (Site Selection Of New Factory In China)

, we selected location C as the site of our new factory.5) Recommendation: We need to talk with the Chinese Government about the construction process and other related issues. We should also employ a ...

(1 pages) 2017 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Use the text extract from "The Bonesetter's Daughter" by Amy Tan to talk about your own sense of cross cultural identity.

The extract "The Bonesetter's daughter", written by Tan explores how an American born Chinese girl deals with her cross cultural identity.In the text, Ruth is a girl who is totally influ ... enced by the western culture, but she had a very traditional mother who keeps trying to instill the Chinese tradition in her. Ruth grows up in America, she too does not experience or feel many of the ... ny of the things that her mother have experienced, and she does not feel the need to understand the Chinese culture, maybe even so because she feel that she belongs to the western culture, not the Chi ...

(4 pages) 14 0 4.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Overpopulation in China

veloped countries with ancient culture and high - developed economy. The traditional way of life of Chineses is perfectly combined with advanced achievements in the sphere of technology. Also it is ne ... oblems of China for today is overpopulation. In general, the word "population" is designated in the Chinese language by two hieroglyphs: «zhin » (person) and«kou» (mouth), ther ...

(3 pages) 26 0 2.3 Oct/2007

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

CHINA

g this dirt trail under the blazing summer sun – grandpa and grandma wearing loose traditional Chinese clothing, my mother, brother and I melting in our shorts and t-shirts. We wound our way to t ... eyes and narrow face, that we shared a heritage and culture, and that we admired the liveliness of Chinese folk music and intricacy of Chinese knotting.China stepped into the limelight of my life. It ...

(3 pages) 23 2 4.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Fukuzawa

y school specializing in English as it primary language when conventional Japanese still sought the Chinese language and was considered prestigious. In the walls behind Keio Gikuju, Fukuzawa wa ... during his youth. Fukuzawa strongly believed that Japan's education should be independent of Chinese influence. His reasoning was of this, "I reasoned that Chinese philosophy as the root of edu ...

(5 pages) 1355 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

China aviation oil' failure

ot disclose they annual report of year 20053 language translate Some critical evaluate are basic on Chinese language website, difficult to translate properly into English.Chapter TwoCorporate backgrou ... mlhttp://www.airfinanceconferences.com/conferences/northafrica/stuart_gregory.http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_4450000/newsid_4456000/4456084.stmhttp://www.caosco.com/ch/ch_investor.htmlht ...

(12 pages) 20 0 0.0 May/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Case Study Google in China

on introducing their Internet site to many countries including China. This site was designed in the Chinese language for the convenience of users in this country. When this site was established it was ... nderstand its laws, politics, culture and customs. Two weeks after the issue, Google relaunched its Chinese version without access to its policy-related information. In order for Google to work, they ...

(2 pages) 31 0 0.0 Jun/2011

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

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(15 pages) 3 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Chinese Cinderella

9.11.11English essay: Chinese Cinderella.Adeline, the protagonist of the story "Chinese Cinderella" is about to start her ...

(3 pages) 1 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

One-Child Policy Cannot Improve Chinese Women’s Social Status

One-Child Policy Cannot Improve Chinese Women's Social StatusAs the most populous country in the world, the People's Republic of Chi ... ve achievements in population control but I doubt that One-Child Policy essentially helps improving Chinese women's social status as the government always emphasized. Because in today's China,g ... ined.On one hand, in spite of China's modernization during the past decades, it is still common for Chinese parents to prefer boys than girls, especially in rural areas. Traditionally, female fetuses ...

(2 pages) 2 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies