Chinese Observations

Within the graphic novel American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang, the reader is demonstrated with three essential protagonists throughout the book, known as Jin Wang, Danny, and the Monkey King. Though, these individuals are not associated with each other throughout the graphic novel and their surroundings impact them in different ways; they all possesses one imperative objective, which is to identify their true identity as an individual. For example, the Monkey King searches for his identity amongst the other deities. As seen here, “You may announce that I am the Monkey King of Flower Fruit Mountain! Yes, Yes. I apologize profusely sir, but I cannot let you in, you have no shoes” and “I demand to be let into this dinner party!... Look. You may be a king-

In the Classical Period, though miles apart, both Imperial Rome and Han China had parallels and differences in methods of political control. The two civilizations both used the aspects of religion and belief systems to attain political influence over their subjects, but had differing methods to reach this goal. Standardization and cultural unity was a key factor in both civilizations regarding political control, as was expansion and growth of trade.

Vien Kieu Multiculturalism in the United States In “The Chinese in All of Us,” Richard Rodriguez describes multiculturalism in America in the 1950’s and how people of different cultures reacted to it. Rodriguez was born of Mexican descent from immigrants who moved to California in an attempt to find a better life. Being raised in America, Rodriguez was exposed and influenced by the various amounts of cultures surrounding him; he explored and developed as a person with a culture that went beyond his Mexican roots. Due to his embrace of multiculturalism, critics and people in general mocked and defamed him by saying to him “you have lost your culture” (Rodriguez 729). In “The Chinese in All of Us,” Rodriguez makes claims about the definition of culture and about how people reject multiculturalism in order to preserve their own culture.

The Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, collected and put into text by Chinese scholar Pu Songling, is a collection of tales of mostly alchemic, supernatural, and paranormal nature. One of the common threads that runs through the collection is that of the sexual encounters and sexual relations between people,

There are so many similarities between the population law in China and Among the Hidden.

NW China would be my choice because of it’s natural resources, high population, and stable climate. Because NW China is the self proclaimed “rice bowl” producing tea, rice, and other crops there would always be jobs and food to feed the public. I would live near Hong Kong. I have a personal preference of more populated areas, as I have lived in one for most of my life. I wouldn’t do well in the western side of China where it is more desolate. In addition to that the climate of NW China is very similar to Iowa’s climate, and they are close to each other when speaking of latitude. Des Moines sits at 93º 36' W, and Hong Kong at 114.1095° E. Since the climate is similar, I would know what to expect and prepare for in all of the seasons. In conclusion

advantage over others when it comes to mathematics because their brains can process numbers more rapidly in their native language. The Cantonese number system allows them to say up to ten letters in two seconds and their counting is also more intuitive with numbers greater than ten “ten five” rather than fifteen. This means that children understand numbers more quickly and can better grasp how they interact with each other (Gladwell, 2008, p. 228-229).

The Chinese empire is by far the empire that impacted the world the most, and it was all because of their amazing innovations.The world’s oldest canal is the Grand Canal. At 1,795 kilometers (1,114 miles), it has 24 locks and 60 bridges, and claim to the third century, BCE during the Qin dynasty with the first emperor, Shi Huangdi. The Grand Canal, connected China, which greatly improved not only defense but administration of China. It was the first Qin emperor in 221 BCE who standardized writing in China. Before this, each area had it’s own particular writing system, but with the help of connections made by the Grand Canal. It connected the empire. In China each area had it’s own specific written language system. The Qin dynasty writing became

Xiang Yi Date: 30 March 2017 Domain: MSD Activity: Balance a ball on top of the bat Observation: Xiang Yi takes the bat and the ball from Ethen. She holds in one hand and starts to walk to the other end. When the ball rolls on the bat she quickly holds the bat with both hands and walks slowly to the other end. She passes the ball and bat to her friend standing at the other end.

China has about five thousand years history which is a very long period of time. Also, the Chinese civilization was growing with these periods of time and it will continues greater than ever. Many wars and unhappinesses were happening during this period. Although, the time

Overall, both “American Visa” and “American born Chinese” have span the cultural chasm between China and America; at the same time, show how women and men have different views of being Chinese in America. From the “American Visa,” it declares a woman’s life in New York is better in China because she is no longer only belong to men, but mostly belong to herself, she can do whatever she wants. Meanwhile, she clearly understands her gender and identity and proud of them. However, through “American born Chinese.” It illustrates how natives born did not like being treated as a” Chinese.” Their lack of self-acceptance was changeling themselves. Each one of the character is not willing to accept themselves. Jin wants to be American, Monkey King wants

Over the past summer, I traveled alongside my peers to experience the culture and language we have dedicated ourselves to learning--Chinese. Over the twelve days that we spent traveling through four different cities, we documented our time through photographs, videos, and memories that will remain with us for the rest

Le Xin Domain: Dow and Social Activity: Colour Changing experiment 16 February 2017 Observation: Le Xin fills half of her cup with water and sits on the chair. She looks at the food colouring and says, “I want green”. Gladys and Rieyann said, “Okay you take green”. She smiles at then and takes the eye dropper. She squeezes the eye dropper and releases to suck the green food colouring and squeezes the liquid out into the water. She squeezes slowly the colouring and watches the colour change in the water. She says, “Wow, so nice. My water change to green”. Rieyann said, “Wow, Look how the colour changes” Le Xin smiles. The teacher asks her to place the flower in the water. She said, “Later my flower will change to green!” The teacher

Paper Once language begins to develop, though, humans wrote on anything that would stand still long enough. Clay tablets, bamboo, papyrus and stone were only a few of the early writing surfaces. Things changed once the Chinese, specifically a man named Cai Lun, invented the prototype for modern paper. Before Cai’s breakthrough, the Chinese wrote on thin strips of bamboo and lengths of silk, but in AD 105, he created a mixture of wood fibers and water and pressed it onto a woven cloth. The weave in the cloth allowed the moisture in the pulpy mixture to seep out, resulting in rough paper. (Josh Clark)

| Ancient Chinese Contributions | Humanities 111/Professor Michael Curran | by | Rayshawn J. | 11/22/2011 | Ancient Chinese inventions have had a huge impact on the modern world as we know it. Numerous technological and cultural advancements have spawned off from the inventions derived from Ancient China, which spans over thousands of years ago. A lot of the inventions really attest to how more advanced Ancient China was in science and technology. In the world today, they still symbolize excellence to many of the Chinese people of modern day just as much as they did then. People all over the globe have found many of the inventions to be quite useful, fulfilling several purposes and aiding a number of causes. Although