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    Adriana Nunez Ms. Chin U.S History‚ Period 3 30 October 2015 The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Modern society is determined by the past‚ knowing the past makes it easier to understand the present‚ and learning from previous mistakes shall determine future actions. The American gold rush of 1849 produced increased employment opportunities in the Western United States but coincided with a period of poverty in China. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first piece of legislation act excluding

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    ENG-108 11.11. 2011 Bumblebee! What are you doing in China? In recent years‚ the number of Chinese movies has been rocketing dramatically. Movies have really changed Chinese lives because watching movies has become ordinary entertainment in China. Since the founding of new China‚ Hollywood has occupied almost the entire Chinese movie market. Contrasted with American movies‚ the improvement of Chinese movies is much slower. At the time when movies first came into China from western countries‚ there

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    American Born Chinese was a book that I would have initially missed reading because it didn’t appeal to me then. However‚ it wasn’t until the three narratives intertwined at the end that I realized that this was a great read. Jin‚ Danny‚ and the Monkey King all have one thing in common; they try to become something they are not‚ and they lose their sense of identity until the realization of the truth that we cannot fight who we really are. Jin comes to America and desperately tries to fit in with

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    Cultural Assessment of Elderly Chinese Americans NUR/542 Cultural Assessment of Elderly Chinese Americans Chinese Americans make up the largest subgroup of Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs)‚ one of the fastest growing ethnic groups‚ currently representing 4% of the total U.S. population [4] (Parikh‚ Fahs‚ Shelley‚ & Yemeni‚ 2009‚ p. 7). This cultural assessment will describe elderly Chinese Americans in Flushing‚ New York‚ their ethnic and cultural health practices‚ religious belief systems

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    How vital were the Chinese laborers in opening up the West for America through the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad? Elizabeth Chen 8290673 Word Count: 1887 How vital were the Chinese laborers in opening up the West for America through the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad? A. Plan of Investigation This investigation evaluates the importance of Chinese immigrants who labored to complete the transcontinental railroad‚ and how their role opened the settlement of the

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    Americans have changed Chinese Food The Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer Lee demonstrates clearly what Chinese food has become around the world. From the history of fortune cookies and the real meaning behind them‚ to the real history of what General Tso’s chicken really is. Certain areas of this novel may change the way certain ordinary people view Chinese food. Then novel states “There are some forty thousand Chinese restaurants in the United States” (Jennifer Lee). This crazy number is

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    history of Asian American was being defined and written every day they were in America‚ waiting to be deported because of the complexion of their skin. Striving

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    Hong Kingston uses ghosts to represent a battle between American and Chinese cultures. The two cultures have different views of what a ghost is. The Chinese believe the ghost spirits may be of people dead or alive. Chinese culture recognizes foreigners and unfamiliar people as ghosts because‚ like American ghosts‚ they are mysterious creatures of the unknown. Americans view ghosts as spirits of the dead that either help or haunt people. American ghosts may or may not be real. There spirits are there

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    In many of the readings we have explored in class about Chinese culture have many similarities and differences with my experience of American culture. For example‚ the way businesses are ran‚ are different. There is no such thing as suing in China. Also people’s jobs are set in stone so China doesn’t have as hard working citizens. In both cultures I think the mixing of age groups is similar. Something I think is really different‚ is how people in China seem to receive an equal pay as their associates

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    The Differences of education between China and America I want to describe the major differences between Chinese and American education. It includes four aspects. Introduce “Harvard girl” 刘亦婷 1 Goals of education First of all‚ Chinese support all-rounder education.  The education’s goal is for making their living‚ for honor. They think that their children who were in very young can not lose in starting line. Hence‚ when children should be spoiled‚ children would have been forced to learn piano

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