Chinese Immigrants in Flushing‚ Queens I would like to research Chinese immigrants living in my home-town of Flushing‚ New York. The reason why I’ve chosen to research this particular culture is because I have been a part of it for as long as I can remember‚ and I wish to gain further knowledge from my studies. Some concepts that I would like to discuss are‚ acculturation of Chinese immigrants in to American culture‚ reasons for immigrating‚ how Chinese immigrants choose to identify themselves
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Discuss ‘the Chinese room’ argument. In 1980‚ John Searle began a widespread dispute with his paper‚ ‘Minds‚ Brains‚ and Programmes’ (Searle‚ 1980). The paper referred to a thought experiment which argued against the possibility that computers can ever have artificial intelligence (AI); in essence a condemnation that machines will ever be able to think. Searle’s argument was based on two key claims. That; “brains cause minds and syntax doesn’t suffice for semantics” (Searle‚ 1980‚ p.417)
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In American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang‚ the main theme would have to be identity. Despite the graphic novel consisting of three separate storylines‚ the main characters in the book all share the same issue – being uncomfortable with whom they are and connected to. If one were to simplify and boil the message of the book down to one word‚ it would be self-acceptance. The morals of identity and self-acceptance are what American Born Chinese is about. Yang’s novel serves as a reminder that we must
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American Born Chinese is a graphic novel that follows the stories of three seemingly unrelated characters; Jin Wang‚ Danny‚ and the Monkey King. Jin Wang is a Chinese-American boy who moves from a Chinese community to a place where he is one of two Asian students in his class. He desperately wants to fit in and be an all-American boy like his classmates. When a boy from Taiwan named Wei-Chen moves to his class‚ Jin Wang instantly dislikes him. He does not want to be Wei-Chen’s friend. However‚ the
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the best fit and qualified groups to maximize profit in which led to a “competition” of employment in the states. In an effort to avoid competition‚ many Chinese immigrants-of the first period‚ migrated to western regions of the United States: California and states west of the Rocky Mountains. In many western regions‚ “The bulk of the of Chinese immigrants …became a source of cheap labor to work the railroads‚ mines‚ fisheries‚ farms‚ orchards‚ canneries‚ garment industries‚ manufacturing of cigars
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My Favorite Chinese Festival The Mid-autumn is my favorite Chinese festival. It always falls on the 15th day of August‚ but this year is on 29th September. “This wonderful tale is a depiction of a Chinese family coming together and preparing to celebrate the moon with a nighttime picnic that embraces their Chinese customs with glowing lanterns and includes traditional dishes‚ such as the moon cakes‚ pomelos‚ and tea.”(LIN 94) A few days before the festival‚ everyone in the family will help to
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The image of the flowering plum has been played a popular role throughout Chinese paintings and poetry. What was the significance of the flowering plum motif during the Southern Song Dynasty (960-1279)? The period of the Song dynasty (960-1279) was particularly noted for its artistic achievements. Although landscape paintings of the Northern Song (960-1127) was predominant during this period‚ flower painting became equally as important during the Southern Song (1127-1279) where artists tended
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1.1 Chinese Traditional Food Culture Food is closely related to culture. Different nations create different food Cultures. So the food Culture has strong national characteristics and diversified idiosyncrasy. The global foods can be divided into two major systems of eastern foods and western foods. Among the eastern foods‚ Chinese food is one of the most representatives‚ of which the food way‚ the food culture‚ the development history‚ and the relative national conditions and customs
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expect of Chinatown‚ as I’m not from the area and I only really had a general idea of the community. I knew that Chinatown was a representation of Chinese culture‚ but I was surprised to see how representative it was of many other Asian cultures‚ such as Japanese and Korean. Even in preliminary research that I did‚ I only saw representations of Chinese culture. I was surprised to see Shinto Iconography and popular icons in Japanese culture‚ such as Jibanyan and Komasan from the ever popular Yo-kai
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Early Chinese religion belongs to the mythical and prehistoric period. Tradition speaks of the origins of Chinese culture lying in the 3rd millennium BCE with the Hsia dynasty. As of yet no historical evidence has been found for such a dynasty; all references to it are mythical. It is only with the Shang dynasty‚ which is traditionally dated from 1766 to 1122 BCE‚ that we find evidence of a developing culture and religious practices. The religion of the Shang was principally characterised by the
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