rift in the ways that China and Russia established their agricultural systems after their revolutions occurred. Collectivization was the way to go in Russia. A majority of Russia’s farmland was in collectives. For the families that lived on these collectives‚ they had to split all money made equally‚ after most of the income was taken through taxes. This gave the people no incentive to work hard because everyone made the same amount no matter what who worked hardest. However‚ China had communes instead
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experience” as I am exposed to a completely foreign culture and challenged to adapt myself to it but the learning process of this new culture has greatly excited me. At the beginning‚ I inevitably experienced a certain amount of cultural shock‚ given the vast difference between Vietnamese culture and American culture. Cultural shock is a state of anxiety that results from cross-cultural misunderstanding. One incident that gave rise to my cultural shock happened when people I hardly know acted too friendly
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Yale University‚ School of Architecture Critical Architecture: Between Culture and Form Author(s): K. Michael Hays Source: Perspecta‚ Vol. 21 (1984)‚ pp. 14-29 Published by: The MIT Press on behalf of Perspecta. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1567078 . Accessed: 07/04/2013 21:18 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that
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Communication and the Conflicts between Chinese Culture and Western Culture Abstract There are many matters of cultural conflicts in intercultural communication of Chinese culture and western culture‚ and it seriously affects the course of communication. So‚ it is necessary for us to find the in-depth reason and make some plans on how to improve the ability of intercultural communication. This is the right way to avoid the cultural conflicts. There are several culture conflicts: the conflicts on privacy
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References: 1. Frieden‚ T. (1999‚ November 10). Government files brief seeking to preserve Miranda warnings. CNN. Retrieved Saturday May 1‚ 2004 from the World Wide Web: http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/miranda.warnings.01/ 2. Ivers‚ G. (2002). American Constitutional Law: Power and Politics. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 3. Miranda v. Arizona: Certiorari to The Supreme Court of Arizona. (1966). United States Supreme Court. Retrieved April 23
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have a good education owing to the problems in terms of discrimination‚ hunger and contagion. Having an education may change according to cultures‚ even inside a particular country. When it is compared and contrasted between my country and the U.S.‚ there are not only several differences‚ but also some uniformity in the class. The first educational contrast between these two countries is the behavior of students in the class. In my country‚ from elementary to high school students always stand up when
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traditional idea. However‚ I believe that this is not the case‚ because the mass media and western ideas have a strong impact on today’s China. Young Chinese women have often said like a habit‚ “I want to be skinny.” Why do Chinese do they desperately wish to be slim or prefer to be thinner? There are many popular and famous celebrities who are typically skinny in China. The mass media pervades the everyday lives of people living in Chinese society. It plays an important role in influencing their attitudes
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Hieu Luu ESL 100 The Comparison of freedoms between The US and Vietnam Nowadays‚ people from over the world are fighting for their own freedom. However‚ there still a lot of differences about freedom between countries. In Fact‚ some countries have more freedom than the other countries. [The three most important freedoms are freedom of speech‚ freedom to control your life and freedom to vote. There are subtle differences between The US & VietNam that warrant a comparison of freedoms]
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Comparing between Thai culture and other culture Both Thailand and China are Asian countries with great long history‚ and therefore they share very similar cultures - concerns for family relations‚ attention to its social hierarchy - which may have contributed by their geographic‚ demographic and psychographic backgrounds. This essay will discuss the similarities and differences between the taboos and custom in these two countries in terms of linguistics‚ religion‚ social interaction and identity
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like they were misunderstood and their issues are not as important as others. In The Trouble Between US ‚ Wini Breines expresses this idea by saying their goals “included a color-blind democracy and‚ for white women who became feminists‚ a universal sisterhood. But it didn’t happen that way between white and black women. White feminists discovered that their idealism was flawed‚ that there was trouble between
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