Assignment 2: Ancient Chinese Contributions Ancient China was vastly innovated and superior with its innovations and contributions that are still being used throughout the world today. Ancient Chinese inventions such as silk‚ paper‚ gun powder‚ printing‚ tea‚ wheel barrow‚ porcelain‚ toilet paper and the compass have been vital to not only the Chinese culture‚ but also to world civilization. Without a doubt‚ I believe paper‚ printing‚ gun powder and the compass are the most useful inventions/contributions
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Ancient China was one of the most complex civilizations of the early world. The ancient Chinese culture came up with many inventions to help cities and kingdoms thrive. Many of these inventions are still used today such as the compass‚ paper‚ and silk. These inventions not only helped ancient Chinese life‚ but ours as well. Even though they seem like a simple project‚ these inventions changed history. The first of these many inventions was silk. Silk was first crafted in 3000 BC. Silk was considered
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The Racism of Chinese Immigration in Canada Nowadays‚ Chinese immigrants are all over the world‚ and they work across various industries to serve the country and the public. However‚ not many can imagine how difficult of a condition the Chinese immigrants were forced to live in in the late 19th century. The racism summarized in the television broadcast “Chinese immigration: Not welcome anymore” causes me to think deeply about humanity‚ especially why the Chinese immigrants were treated with inequality
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the world. Chinese Canadian‚ as the third largest immigration group in Canada‚ are referred as “largest visible minority”‚ due to its population‚ which is estimated almost 1.5 million people. [1][2] Tracing back to‚ the first Chinese came to Canada were for the construction of fortress and 40-tone schooner in 1788. Afterward‚ there was a wave of Chinese immigration because of the Gold rush and recruitment of railway construction in Canada. When the construction completed soon‚ Chinese were unwelcomed
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worse if it weren’t for the ancient Chinese inventions. In fact America itself would most likely not be an independent country if it weren’t for the Chinese. The most important Chinese invention that has affected everyone was the invention of paper. Paper was not well adapted by the West‚ in fact it took years‚ and years for the west to understand how to make and use paper. Paper helped us record history‚ to learn to read and write and so much more. The Chinese were very resourceful and used everything
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SECTION: USA; Pg. 03 HEADLINE: The Pinta‚ Santa Maria‚ and a Chinese junk? BYLINE: By Amanda Paulson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor A new book claims the Chinese discovered America in 1421‚ but historians refute thesis. To the Norsemen‚ the Japanese‚ and the Carthaginians; to the Irish‚ the Africans‚ and a long list of others who‚ it is claimed‚ crossed the oceans to America long before 1492‚ add one more: the Chinese. They toured up and down both coasts of the Americas‚ established
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Family and Relationships: ‘To her we are not separate people. Over here‚ we have become a single unit known as all of you’. (page 28) This quote relates to the theme of family and relationships. The profound barrier between Niang’s biological children and step-children is portrayed through the different treatment of the two groups‚ with Niang’s ‘real’ children favoured immensely. ‘In no time at all big sister went over to the other side. I knew Niang loathed me and despised my aunt
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Chinese music Instruments In this research paper I will introduce four Chinese music instruments: Chinese drum‚ Guzheng‚ Qin and Chinese lute. Chinese drum is still very popular in china for the old generation‚ and they use drum as an exercise for body training. GuZheng is a Chinese traditional instrument; furthermore‚ I remember when I was in the secondary‚ one of my classmate played GuZheng very well. In every public holiday‚ she will show GuZheng; moreover‚ it’s really specially. The third
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want to tell us about how he was at Tiananmen Square in 1989? My dad just happened to be apart of one of the most important moments in Chinese history. Yet‚ he was acting like it was just something he decided to do because he was bored. “Dora‚ could you pass me a napkin?” All I ever knew about the incident came from maybe a paragraph in my middle school history textbook. I can still remember the half page of text‚ that explained‚ in so many non descriptive words‚ how there was
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decorations special for the New Year. A clean house to welcome the New Year Before the New Year comes‚ it is one of the Chinese New Year customs to clean the house from top to bottom to get rid off all the bad luck gathered in the previous year. And after the New Year comes‚ you cannot sweep during the first days otherwise all the new luck will sweep away! So one of your Chinese New Year activities will be to... clean your room! Wouldn’t want all that accumulated bad luck for another year would
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