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    Chinese Mothers

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    Why Chinese Mothers are superior Every parent wants to be proud of their children‚ to see them succeed in school‚ music‚ sports or whatever path they may choose. The professor and the author Amy Chua wrote the essay “Why Chinese mothers are superior”‚ where she tries to compare western parents to Chinese mothers and their different methods of raising children. Plenty of the people reading this essay may get the wrong idea and misunderstand‚ when Amy Chua tries to present Western parents as bad

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    Chinese Calligraphy

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    The art of tradition ---- Chinese Calligraphy Calligraphy has its own way to show the beauty through Chinese Characters‚ not only the long history and different types of it‚ but also way to write it is very attractive. There’s no denying that Chinese Calligraphy is one the most interesting art forms‚ and it’s known by many different people all over the world. The history of Chinese Calligraphy is pretty long‚ it was created nearly 5‚600 years ago‚ but it was eventually valued to be

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    Chinese Cuisine

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    CHINA (Chinese Cuisine Lecture) by Bernadette Olivares December 10‚ 2012 CHINA Population:  Ethnic groups:  Han Chinese 91.5%‚ Zhuang‚ Manchu‚ Hui‚ Miao‚ Uyghur‚ Tujia‚ Yi‚ Mongol‚ Tibetan‚ Buyi‚ Dong‚ Yao‚ Korean‚ and other nationalities 8.5% (2000 census) Religions:  Daoist (Taoist)‚ Buddhist‚ Christian 3%-4%‚ Muslim 1%-2% note: officially atheist (2002 est.) Languages:  Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua‚ based on the Beijing dialect)‚ Yue (Cantonese)‚ Wu (Shanghainese)‚ Minbei

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    Chinese Dynasties

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    Chinese Dynasties The Xia Dynasty‚ 2070-1600 BC‚ was an important dynasty for the Chinese civilization and their history. It brought an end to the Primitive Society and brought up a new trend‚ the slave society. Towards the end of the Xia Dynasty‚ social conflicts grew and they were forced to go to war. The people were tired of dealing with all of with all the things they were forced to do for their leader so they fled in large numbers and were soon ruled by the Shang Dynasty. The Shang Dynasty

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    Chinese Pottery

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    Chinese Pottery China has one of the world’s oldest continuous cilvilizations-despite invasions and occasional foreign rule. A country as vast as China with so long-lasting a civilization has a complex social and visual history‚ within which pottery and porcelain play a major role. 尽管有着侵略者和偶尔的别国制约,中国依然有着世界上最古老的文明传承。中国这样的庞大的并且有着复杂的社会和可考证的历史的漫长文明的国家,其中其制陶业和制瓷业有着重要的地位。 The function and status of ceramics in China varied from dynasty to dynasty‚ so they may be utilitarian‚ burial‚ trade‚ collectors’

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    Chinese Festival

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    Spring Festival Chinese New Year holds the most significant position among all Chinese festivals and holidays. The Chinese New Year is accompanied by a belief in good future. Chinese New Year is also called Spring Festival (1). Putting the spring festival scrolls up‚ hanging the lanterns‚ having reunion meals‚ having dumplings‚ sitting up late and waiting for the ring of the New Year are all Spring Festival’s customs. (2) Spring Festival is the day for family reunions

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    Chinese Astrology

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    Chinese Zodiac The Shēngxiào (Chinese: 生肖)‚ better known in English as the Chinese Zodiac‚ is a scheme that relates each year to an animal and its reputed attributes‚ according to a 12-year mathematical cycle. It has wide currency in several East Asian countries such as China and Korea and Japan. Identifying this scheme using the term "zodiac" reflects several similarities to the Western zodiac: both have time cycles divided into 12 parts‚ each labels at least the majority of those parts with

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    Chinese Cinderella

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    FROM CHINESE CINDERELLA Adeline Yen Mah’s ‘Chinese Cinderella’ is the story of pain‚ rejection and triumph. Mental pain‚ contempt and cruelty were the harsh realities of her life. But the will to succeed and win recognition proved to be powerful motivating factors. The subtext is based in the years 1940-1950 and on memoirs of Adeline’s childhood. This extract is based on one of the few occasions when she went home. The title has a dreamy fairy tale like tone. It is used in an ironic manner and appropriately

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    Chinese Program

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    in Wanping. To find this man‚ they ordered the Chinese government to let them into the city‚ but the government denied them entry. Today‚ the Japanese‚ infuriated‚ struck the city with full force‚ quickly taking it as their own. For more on this‚ we go to our field correspondent in Wanping‚ Chrysanthemum McButterscotchington. C Mac‚ can you hear me? C Mac: Loud and clear‚ Jon. It is certainly a brutal scene here in Wanping. I’m here with Chinese citizen Wang Xiaowen. Wang‚ how did the Japanese

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    Chinese Americans

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    Chris Choo-Jones Hist Paper 4/13/2016 Chinese Americans Chinese americans are defined as americans who have full or partial chinese ancestry. They are one group of overseas chineses‚ and are also a subgroup of east asian americans‚ which is a subgroup of asian americans. Many chinese amercans are immigrans with their descendants from china (particularly souther chinese)‚ hong kong‚ macau‚ and taiwan. However‚ both the governemtns of the republic of chin‚ and the united states refer to taiwanese

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