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The Time for Acupuncture

the skin (Kuhn, 2000). Then, the practitioner may flick, manipulate, or rotate the needles to achieve the desired effect (Kuhn, 20...

Song Dynasty Artistry of Ma Yuan

album leaf (Ma Yflan). The style is "intimate, lyrical and delicate," with an emphasis on "less" rather than "more" (Ma Yflan). Li...

Color Symbolism

Color One author suggests that "It was to be expected that as primitive man developed the weaving art, the introduction of ...

Freedom of Knowledge and the Courage of Learning

a violin that is found among their belongings. The headman condemns it as "a bourgeois toy" and commands that it be burnt (Sijie ...

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...

UK, Chinese Small Business and Immigration Controls

centres worldwide. Notably, Chinese communities demonstrate a high degree of internal autonomy, often the results of the immigrat...

China's Modernity and the 'Crucible' of Shanghai

other areas of Shanghai are marked Chinese" (Goodman, 2004). Researchers have discovered that studying Shanghai in particular "sh...

Case Study of China's STS Manufacturing

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

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...

Red Azalea and Dragon's Village

had on the rural peasants, and his social reforms introduced the hitherto unknown concept of womens rights. The propaganda of the ...

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...

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...

Overview of Chinese Beliefs

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

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...

Aspects of Confucianism

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

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,...

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...

China Changes in The Bridegroom Stories by Ha Jin

and the job of teaching the children fell to the grandparents" (Social Revolution and Students), which forced people to become mor...

Landscape's Symbolic Uses in Chinese Movies Red Sorghum, The Blue Kite, and Yellow Earth

meant to symbolize the conditions of rural poverty in China and its openness and vastness is typical of Chinese art works which eq...

Immigrant Experiences and Angel Island

Before actually describing the art and poetry that came out of detainees from Angel Island, a look at the locations history would ...

Chinese Culture and Parenting Approaches

2002). Furthermore, the idea of mien (face) is very important in the Chinese culture and very directly related to respect and t...

China Politics and Business Climate

finally being admitted to the organization), the country has begun several reforms, including relaxation of its stance against for...

Chinese Calligraphy Art Form

and is known as the curly script for the form it adopts after each stroke (Calligraphy). Emperor Qin Shi Huang modified ancient z...

Family by Ba Jin

what life is like for the members of this family and their servants; by extension, this is what life is like for similar families ...

Chinese Culture and Health Beliefs

is the concept of Qi, which refers to the idea that there is an energy that flows from the surface of the body to the internal org...

Successful Business Startup

In seven pages this paper advises Mr. Wang how to successfully start up a Chinese restaurant in terms of necessary research that m...

China of the 20th Century and the Connection Between Property and the Individual

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

Three Daughters of China by June Chang

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

Fictional Reflections of Contemporary China

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

Chinese Americans and Discrimination

that time, Chinese workers were brought in to help with the U.S. war effort (OConnor, 2004). Those that werent hired for plants or...