Western Influence on Chinese Music China has long been the cultural hub of Asia‚ and has had the longest amount of contact of any Asian country with other Western countries. Ever since the Silk Road was established‚ China has been trading with other Western countries and exchanging aspects of their cultures with one another. One of these aspects is music. But how exactly has Western music influenced Chinese music? In order to understand this‚ we must look at the history of Western encounters
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“Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”‚ gives us an inside look at the norm for raising children in the typical Chinese home. Demanding absolute perfection in all tasks attempted and constant scrutiny for anything less‚ essentially imprisoning their children and humiliating them to the point they will do anything to gain approval. Hanna Rosin‚ author of "Mother Inferior"‚ on the other hand‚ takes the "Western" approach to parenting. She believes childhood is a time for experimenting and learning though personal
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Compare and contrast the western idea of medical treatment with Ch’i and Chinese healing. Western medical treatment is tremendously different from Chinese medical treatment isn several ways. First of all‚ the Chinese use inductive and synthetic methods‚ while western medicine uses reductive and analytical methods. This can be seen in how the Chinese understand and learn medicine. Instead of solving everything with evidence and scientifical reason like western doctors‚ the Chinese use experience and cures
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3-13-13 Essay: C/C the ways in which Japan and China Responded to western imperialism in The 19th century China and Japan both had different reactions to western imperialism. Japan and China shared the fear of foreign influence‚ China continued to resist foreign influence and ultimately‚ after losing the Opium War‚ and was taken over by Western powers while Japan allowed foreign influence and used it to their own advantage. China clung to its xenophobia and ultimately lost its independence
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1. “What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you’re good at it.” I totally agree with Chua not because I’m an Asian. Children should learn their lessons about accepting the challenges‚ endurance‚ and failure. For example‚ nothing is fun when children take a piano class‚ and quit it after one month because they are tired of practicing. Then they choose another class and give up if they have trouble. Finally‚ they don’t gain any success at all. The fact that children make the funny
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with a broken transportation barrier‚ we still can feel a different culture between the Chinese and the west. There are three main differences between the Chinese and Western culture; personality development‚ diet‚ and religion. First‚ the Chinese concern about a big family‚ but the west puts emphasis on self-development. Actually‚ all are not thieves that dogs bark at‚ we believe not all the Chinese and the west are the only type that I mentioned‚ but I think it is general characteristic
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Manners and etiquette .Importance of Good Manners “With Americans‚ anything goes.” It seems that Americans are quite casual and don’t care much about their behaviors. Most Americans attitudes about good manners relate to showing respect and consideration for others. They believe that all people are entitled to equal opportunity and respect. So no one is privileged and no one is worthless. A person who acts in a humble and timid way will make his/her friends feel quite uncomfortable. On the other
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September 15‚ 2013 Manners Johnny use to open the door for Alice and it was more than okay‚ it was expected. Now if Johnny tries to open the door‚ one of two things can happen. Either Alice will be offended because she is equal and perfectly capable of opening the door on her own. Or‚ Alice assumes that he is trying to make a move on her and sums him up as a pervert. This situation brings up the questions: What has our culture done to the art of manners? And how are manners viewed in our society
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as people‚" what does King Arthur reflect? What traits does he show that Western society values? King Arthur reflects the good. He reflects what the people want in their culture‚ a paragon‚ or doer of good things. I think that is what Western society wants. Something to look up to and strive towards. 5. What was the "Round Table"? Why is it important to the legend of King Arthur? What did it symbolize? The “Round Table” symbolized the unity in people. The vision that we could form together as
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Individual and universal manners Does your country have individual manners? Or do they have universal manners? I think there are individual good manners‚ and there are also universal good manners. For example‚ lots of countries say please and thank you‚ and also shake hands when they greet someone. In America‚ for table manners‚ they don’t slurp on the table and it is because it sounds bad. They also do not put their elbows on the table. Also‚ they shouldn’t put phones or other distracting
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