"Persimmons by yiyun li" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 42 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    leadership styles is used. The case study of Lenovo and Yang Yuanqing is then used to show how leadership styles are changing as China becomes host to more global capitalists. Finally the traits of successful entrepreneurs are discussed and the cases of Li Ka-Shing and Steve Jobs have been used to show the consistency amongst entrepreneurs of Asian and Western cultures. Culture is acquired knowledge that people use to interpret experience and generate social behaviour. This knowledge forms values

    Premium Geert Hofstede Culture Sociology

    • 2151 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Love Hurts

    • 2110 Words
    • 9 Pages

    Love Hurts The air stream was strong‚ and the wind whistled through open windows; it was the dead of night and the street looked as lifeless and forlorn as ever. The cobbles still remained unscathed‚ as if nobody had wanted to pace onto that territory. The dense gardens of boarded up houses lay untouched‚ whilst houses which were occupied had the same warmth glow that homes have‚ like the homes where families live in and play in their gardens for the duration of summer. Although this convivial

    Premium Blood Tears Bloodstain pattern analysis

    • 2110 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Mao's Last Dancer

    • 472 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Last Dancer’‚ composed by Li Cunxin‚ as it has several themes that convey the idea of a journey. It is physical in the way Li Cunxin had to work hard to be a professional ballet dancer and it is also mental as it is a road to self-discovery. The autobiography is also extremely inspirational and inscribed in first person‚ therefore this allows the reader to see the personal journey of Li. I believe this text also relates to Shakespeare’s play ‘The Tempest’ in the way Li has to act like a slave to

    Premium Ballet The Tempest Dance

    • 472 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    chief ethical principle of Confucianism is “li”. Confucius asserted that by living according to this principle‚ one lives in the way of an ultimate man‚ or a true gentleman (McDowell‚ 1983). The philosophy surrounding this principle emphasizes personal and governmental morality‚ correctness of social relationships‚ justice‚ and sincerity (Mc Dowell‚ 1983). Li is what Confucius thought to be the ultimate standard of religious‚ moral‚ and social conduct. Li represents the rituals and a rule of respectability

    Premium Confucianism Ethics Mencius

    • 573 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Adventure English

    • 771 Words
    • 4 Pages

    greet them since she is the program leader for Adventure English.  How did Robin Phillips present gifts to and accept gifts from members of the Taiwan group? In what ways was this different from the Chinese approach? Why do you think Superintendent Li may have felt

    Premium Chinese culture Face Social psychology

    • 771 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology APPLICATION OF RECYCLED BALLAST FOR GEOTECHNICAL IMPROVEMENT OF RAIL TRACKS by Yao Yao LI Supervisor: Dr. Behzad Fatahi 25th June 2010 Abstract Traditional railway foundations or substructure have become increasingly overloaded in recent years due to the introduction of faster and heavier trains. The increasing axle loads increase the track maintenance frequency caused by differential track settlement

    Premium Rail tracks Rail transport

    • 13680 Words
    • 55 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Solvothermal Synthesis Method I Using EG Material Composition Ref. Code Compound Name Chemical Formula Score Scale Factor SemiQuant [%] 01-074-3235 Trilithium diiron(III) tris(phosphate(V)) Li3 Fe2 ( P O4 )3 33 0.28 78 01-074-4652 Lithium iron phosphate(V) Li Fe ( P O4 ) 32 0.078 10 01-080-1371

    Premium Chemistry Electron Atom

    • 978 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Cited: /b><br><li>Alvare‚ Helen‚ Wilson‚ Marle‚ Wolf‚ Naomi. "Abortion: Whose Values? Whose Rights?" Tikkun January-February 1997: pp54-60<br><li>Clark‚ Thomas. "Thou Shalt Not Play God" The Humanist July-August 1995: p3<br><li>Hunt‚ George W.. "Of Many Things" America 31 January 1998: p2<br><li>Lavelle‚ Marianne. "When Abortion Comes Late In Pregnancy‚ Though Rare‚ Most Aren ’t For Medical Reasons" U.S. News and World Reports 19 January 1998: p31-32<br><li>Lefevere‚ Patricia. "Ex-abortion

    Free Abortion

    • 1822 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Confucianism and Taoism are two of the most influential philosophies in Chinese culture. Upon inspecting the story of the daughter-in-law who lived in her husband’s household and through self-cultivation became filial to her admonishing mother-in-law‚ we see how similar the objectives of both Taoism and Confucianism are but and the difference on their perspective of the story. In analyzing the importance of harmony‚ filial piety‚ and being wu-wei in this story‚ this essay will argue that the two

    Premium Confucianism Chinese philosophy Taoism

    • 1799 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    18th IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service IEEE IWQoS 2010  16-18 June 2010 Tsinghua University‚ Beijing‚ China Conference Information IWQoS 2010 Sessions Authors Search Welcome Welcome to the IEEE IWQoS 2010 on CD-ROM. This disc is designed so that you may locate papers by session or author‚ as well as with full text search. Papers originated as electronic files and were converted to Adobe Acrobat PDF file format for cross-platiform access. Even though the

    Premium Wireless sensor network Sensor

    • 5603 Words
    • 41 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
Page 1 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 50