Chinese Traditions Values for one society may seem strange to another society‚ but nonetheless‚ they are important to that society. For instance‚ the painful and debilitating Chinese tradition of foot binding‚ as bizarre as it may seem to our culture‚ to the Chinese people‚ it was the esoteric essence of pure beauty and signified status within the family structure‚ allowing young women with lotus feet better opportunities for marriage with well-to-do families. Traditional Chinese courtyard life
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Hershberger PSY-230 April 15‚ 2013 The Chinese Culture Chinese people have had the world’s most successful continuous culture for the past four millennia‚ and culture and traditions remain prominent wherever they live. Even in the twenty-first century‚ Chinese people living in China‚ Taiwan and the United States of America still value their culture and traditions. And people from Chinese culture living in Australia and the United Kingdom follow Chinese culture and traditions in relation to their
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Francisca del Pino Li Wei RCC Shufa 10/15/12 Chinese Writing System is a Pictographic-based language When looking at Chinese characters like these: “吗‚ 日‚ 林‚ 认‚ 再‚ 男”‚ it is possible to recognize different shapes and forms that cannot be seen in a typical western alphabet. The characters look like images that represent diverse objects. Does this mean that Chinese is a pictographic-based language? People that have not studied Chinese before‚ make the common mistake of believing that it is. They
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Characters are used as components in other characters. Most Chinese characters contain two components‚ one indicating meaning and the other indicating sound. There are around two hundred Chinese characters that are used as the meaning part of the component. These two hundred characters used are called radicals. Radicals are important because they are used to organize Chinese characters in many of the Chinese dictionaries. To look up a Chinese word in the dictionary‚ the easiest way is to know the radical
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the foremost factors that Chinese businessmen take into account. Other factors include preparation for Chinese business meetings‚ knowledge of the Chinese Lijie‚ such as non-verbal communication and social relationships. Also‚ the Chinese banquet consisting table etiquette together with drinking and toasting. There will also be gift-giving‚ such as what should be considered to give and what should be avoided. Last but not least‚ different ways to negotiate with the Chinese for the best solution should
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Summary of “Mother Tongue” In the book‚ “Mother Tongue”‚ Amy Tan asserts that language is a tool of communication. Tan herself speak two kinds of English‚ standard English and broken English. She realizes that she always speak in perfect English‚ the standard English‚ when she gives a speech‚ when she is giving a speech which her mother attends. However‚ when she talks to her mother‚ she changes her language into a limited English‚ broken English‚ without any transfer. This is because the language
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Chinese culture 1. Chinese Tea Culture China is the homeland of tea. It is believed that China has tea-shrubs as early as five to six thousand years ago‚ and human cultivation of teaplants dates back two thousand years. Tea from China‚ along with her silk and porcelain‚ began to be known the world over more than a thousand years ago and has since always been an important Chinese export. At present more than forty countries in the world grow tea with Asian countries producing 90% of the world’s
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Rhetorical Analysis of “Mother Tongue” written by Amy Tan “So easy to read”(p.4). Amy Tan ends her essay‚ “Mother Tongue” with this short and even grammatically wrong sentence. She tells us this mother’s brief review is a proof of success of her writing. Why does she think that easiness is an essence of her writing? She suggests answers to this question by her essay. In her essay‚ Amy Tan effectively convinces her readers that “broken English” is not an inferior language‚ but just
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economic growth? Macroeconomists think of Trade-Imbalance as a difference between Savings and Investments‚ and find answers to their questions by making assumptions. Why should a country run a trade surplus according to this theory? Running a TB surplus today means a less consumption today in order to consume more tomorrow. Why should a country run a TB surplus? Consumption smoothing is a determinant assumption. If you expect to produce different levels of output over time‚ period 1 less than
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Edexcel GCE Chinese Advanced Subsidiary Unit 1: Spoken Expression and Response in Chinese (Invigilator Version) Paper Reference Summer 2011 6CN01 You do not need any other materials. Turn over P38799A ©2011 Edexcel Limited. 1/1/1/ *p38799A* Instructions to the Invigilator • • • • • • Candidates must be allowed 15 minutes’ preparation time. • Any notes made during the preparation time must be kept by the centre until the release of results. The
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