The Deviation values of Chinese CultureDue to Influence American CultureIn the movie Saving Face | This working paper is presented as the duties in American Multiculturalism studies class | Lecturer : Sukarni Suryaningsih, S.S, M.Hum. | | Arranged by:Uli Zulfa ENGLISH DEPARTMENT DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY 2012 INTRODUCTION A. Background In this paper we intend to raise the issue of foreign cultural influences that lead to the deviation of traditional cultural values. The issue regarding the irregularities by the younger generation against the older generation who still uphold the values of Chinese culture, but gradually the values of Chinese culture is influenced by American culture, which eventually broke the strong tradition ingrained in the Chinese nation. Our other goal is to satisfy a condition of the semester assessment and to add our insight as the writers and the readers specially.
Then what is a stereotype? Stereotype is an exaggerated belief image or distorted truth about people - a generalization about a group of people where people use a very simple patter for judging an entire group of people. When this happens, stereotype leads to many negative effects to the society such as prejudice and discrimination. In this essay, however, two characters from Hana’s Suitcase and The Paper Bag Princess are demonstrated, and explain how the author deals with the subject of stereotype issue in each book, the similarities and differences: Hana from the Hana’s Suitcase is stereotyped on her race and Princess Elizabeth from The Paper Bag Princess is stereotyped on her sex. First of all, in Hana’s Suitcase, Hana is being stereotyped because of her religious, cultural and ethnical background.
“So much of American society has become sloppy and laissez faire about the mechanics of writing” (Naomi Baron 88). Baron is making a bold statement by saying that, but she is a linguistics professor at American University and has seen a bad impact on student writing. Another statement made was “it reinforces simplistic writing that may be acceptable for conversation but is not so good for critical thinking or analysis” (Cullington 89). Both of these points are very true and definitely affect what the final outcome will be, weather it makes writing worse, or has no affect at
Though this proposition is correct, I argue that the decentralization of the Chinese system of governance was an integral reason for its inability to cope with the challenges posed by modern nation-states. This decentralization is characterized by many factors including internal social unrest, lack of strong leadership, corruption, and traditional ideals. The already decentralized, corrupt state was thus easily exploited by modern imperialist powers due to their superior military technology and organization. Eventually, China’s decline and successive defeats led to the fall of the last Chinese empirical dynasty. To begin, it is necessary to have a strong understanding of China’s background as an empire and what led to its decline during this period.
These two contradictory business negotiations and cultural differences between countries and thus caused inconvenience to bring the negotiation process was affecting each other. Therefore, this progress report is going to discuss the differences between Japan and American, and try to give some suggested recommendations aimed to solve the problems in commercial activates. 2. Differences between Japan and American 2.1 national culture difference As is known, Japan is an island country, ancient time was influenced by Chinese Confucian thought, formed a national unique isolation from outside
Also, increased corruption and nepotism, as well as strict regulations on newspapers and other publications particularly angered the students. Thus, the students argued that the Communist Party was not focusing enough on political and economic reforms. The students demanded democracy while carrying signs that read, "Oppose privileges" and "Media must tell the truth". The way Chinese Government reacted Firstly, the Chinese government general secretary of the CPC Zhao Ziyang try to use a peaceful stance of reconciliation towards the protesting students and Chinese people but it prove abortive. Following the resilience from the protesters, the then Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping and other party elders resolved in using force against the protesters.
How Did Communism Affect Different Social Classes in China? Ever since I heard the word “communism”, I wanted to know its meaning. I keep hearing it from here and there but I never actually knew what does it mean until we started talking about china and its communist party. It interested me so much, specifically in China; because in my opinion, it is a controversial issue, because of the impacts on the society that it has left and the huge inequality it created in the society. How does a country apply communist as major policy when most of the world say that it is not even a reality, but a dream?
The same could be said if I was looking for an education in America and eventually decided to stay instead of returning to China because of the lack of opportunity for growth. (REG, chapter four, p. 103) The majority of all new immigrants are the result of them wanting to unite with their spouses or family (REG, chapter four, p.101). When I look at myself as a Chinese immigrant who is planning to migrate to America only for reasons of unification with a spouse or family, the process may seem
"I take umbrage at Amy Tan's confused rendition of Mandarin not only because the true beauty of the language is obscured but because by doing so the Chinese culture is misrepresented." He argues that Tan uses "phony" and "stereotypically wooden and metaphorical" Chinese dialogue, a one-sided over-emphasis on Chinese superstitious practices, and culturally implausible plots (339). Sau-Ling Cynthia Wong, an associate professor of Asian-American studies at the University of Berkeley, corroborates Tseo's challenge of Tan's cultural accuracy. Wong points out errors such as Tan's misuse of the term "tang jie" or "sugar sister" in The Hundred Secret Senses, Tan's third novel. Not only has Tan confused the word "tang" with its Chinese homophone--which does not mean "sugar"--but she has ascribed a metaphorical use, meaning a friend as close as a sister, to a term which only refers to a blood relative in the Chinese kinship system (180-82).
China’s response to this was to implement their prohibition against import of this drug by destroying a lot of opium on the ships arriving at the Port of Canton. Their anger and actions towards the Europeans caused the first Opium War. Frustrated, the British brought in their gunboats to open up the trade doors of China again (Macartney). China lost the war and was forced to sign the unequal Treaty of Nanjing, which included many conditions, like opening up several treaty ports, giving away Hong Kong, and giving Britain “favored nation status”. This all weakened the country even more.