To inform. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of an aspect of Chinese culture‚ which is is traditional Chinese medicine. Thesis: Traditional Chinese medicine is found in nearly all countries today‚ which I believe would be the result of intercultural communication. INTRODUCTION I. Hello! For my presentation‚ I am going to talk about a certain aspect of Chinese culture‚ which is traditional Chinese medicine. A. TCM‚ for short‚ is a practice still used in modern
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Evolution of Chinese Calligraphy China is known for its beauty and intellectual prestige but the one thing that mostly stands out when speaking of Chinese art is the form of calligraphy. It is known to be one of the earliest forms of writing that can be translated‚ which began thousands of years ago and is still used today. Chinese calligraphy was invented and developed by the ancient Chinese who used the innovation as a method of written communication. Throughout the years‚ the Chinese calligraphy
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Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday celebrated among Chinese people. It is often referred to as the spring festival because it signals the beginning of spring. It is a time when families and friends get together to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. It originally lasted for 15 days‚ but now only lasts for 5 to 7 days. The exact origin of this Chinese New Year holiday is too old to be traced‚ but many explanations still exist. One idea is that the holiday originated when a beast named
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A Traditional Chinese Wedding In every culture‚ weddings are important. China is a very large country with 56 nationalities. Different nationalities have different marriage customs‚ but whatever the nationality is‚ the wedding ceremony is usually very complicated. Chinese traditional weddings usually have 6 steps for people to complete. First step is making an offer of marriage. If a man likes a woman‚ he should go to the woman’s home to ask her parents to agree with them to become couple
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Diversity in the Chinese Work Place In terms of race‚ there is very little diversity in Chinese businesses. China currently has the worlds’ largest population at 1.2 billion people which could be a reason of the lack of racial diversity in business. Even though there is a lack of racial diversity that does not mean that there is no diversity in Chinese businesses. Diversity is not limited to just race or ethnic background‚ which is what most people think diversity is. Diversity also includes
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the Chinese and Irish‚ who both through the process of racial formation‚ have found a social standing we see in present society. Chinese Americans began to face widespread discrimination and racialization from the moment they set foot on “Golden Mountains” They migrated to America seeking sanctuary from harsh conditions in China caused by the Opium War‚ the Taiping Rebellion‚ and the rising taxes imposed by the Qing government. (expand push and pull factors a bit more) The increase of Chinese immigrants
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Chinese Immigration into America Surprisingly‚ Asian Americans have been in America for over 150 years. They are as diverse as the immigrants from Europe‚ ranging from China‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ Cambodia‚ Korea‚ Philippines‚ India‚ Vietnam‚ and Laos. (Takaki‚ page 8) When many people think of American Immigrants‚ Asians are on the last of their lists. In The Uprooted‚ Harvard historian‚ Oscar Handlin‚ prize winning book with the subtitle "the Epic Story of the Great Migrations that Made the
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between Chinese and American‚ how they were being treated unequally when their first arrival‚ what kind of the discrimination law they have suffers‚ and how their next generation‚ the native-born view’s the previous generation. Nowadays‚ many of these about Chinese American experiences and stories have put into a film to show people. In the class‚ we have watched four films‚ “Hollywood Chinese‚” “The Joy Luck Club‚” and “The Gua Sha Treatment‚” these focusing on the interpretation of Chinese American
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Michael Smith Mr. Politelli Eastern Civ Honors 18 November 2012 Chinese Century of Humiliation The Chinese held the Middle Kingdom mentality for thousands of years‚ demonstrating their belief of the superiority of the Chinese and their Emperor. The Century of Humiliation‚ lasting from the first Opium War in 1839 until the 1940’s and the rise of the Communist Party‚ forced Western ideas into China and caused doubts of and the eventual fall of the Middle Kingdom. Many factors of the Century
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rebellion emphasized how weak and overwhelmed China was and therefore not able to sustain itself. Many Qing officials acknowledged the fact that China was in need of refurbishment and decided to act upon it by attempting to sync western knowledge into Chinese education. This process was named “The Self-Strengthening Movement”‚ or China’s feeble attempt to modernize itself which was founded by two specific scholars named Li HongZhang and Zuo Zongtang. As the movement grew‚ scholars began to develop modern
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