Differences Between Chinese And Chinese American

Another challenge pointed out by most of the respondents is Chinese cuisine/food and dinning practice as one aspects of culture that tend to provide diverse perception and misinterpretations to both Chinese and Africans as the Chinese cuisines and way of dining is mostly interpreted by for instance most Chinese that Africans don’t like Chinese food, whiles the African on the other side wrongly classifies Chinese as a “groups of people that eat almost everything”.

Believe it or not, but American and Chinese culture do have something’s in common. They see eye-to-eye on some aspects. Like providing for their children “Parents work together for the well-being of their children” [Example from Article]. It is true that parents do the best they can to work towards a better financial life for their kids. That’s why many Chinese parents come over to the states, so that they can provide a better life, and a better education. They would also go to great lengths for their children no matter what the cause “Parents will risk their life for their children” [Example from Article]. Any parent would risk their life for their children no matter what ethnicity, or cultural aspect! There is no bond like a parent and their child.

Initially, I disagreed with Chang’s statement and felt that his opinion did not give people the option self-identify as Asian American and that they had to go through some sort of ritual in order to lay claim to that title. However, as I read on, I began to understand the power of this word and the role it has in Asian American identity. For one, this term liberated Asian Americans from the racist term Oriental placed upon them by their white oppressors and allowed them to select their own identifier. On the other hand, Chang explained that the term could actually erase identities such as gender, sexual orientation, and

Every time I come home from college, my family and I would go out to yumcha or, as directly translated from Cantonese, to “drink tea. However, drinking tea is only one component of yumcha. To yumcha is to converse with company over a meal of many small dishes and hot tea. Going yumcha is social activity brought to the United States by the people from the Guangdong region of China, also known as Cantonese people. When they immigrated to the United States, yumcha became an important tradition because it also enabled Cantonese parents to socialize their children into the Chinese culture through the language and social practices involved in the meal and the ritual and meaning surrounding the tea. However, to Chinese-Americans such as myself, going yumcha with native Chinese people also emphasized my American identity due to my food choices. Yet when I go yumcha with non-Chinese people, I become distinctly aware of my Chinese identity when they fail the language or rituals of this tradition. The only time when I do not feel alienated during yumcha is when I go with my other

The terms Asian American, Asian Pacific American, and Asian Pacific Islander are all used to describe residents of the United States. Who themselves are from or their ancestors were from the Asian Pacific region of the world. “Although the term Asian American may bring to mind someone of Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Filipino, or Asian Indian descent, the U.S. Census Bureau

In the early twentieth century, Asian Americans in the United States faced to lots of obstacles. Since they lived in a “different shore”, they were treated as unassimilable people, and therefore, they experienced many unequal and discriminative treatments. Both Asian Americans lived in Hawaii and the mainland lived in unbearable life under racial discrimination. However, due to geographical and ethnic differences, Asian Americans in the mainland had more difficult time, since majority of the United States’ population were white people. Asian Americans in the mainland had an intense competition with white working class. In other words,

Gene Luen Yang in his book called “American Born Chinese" he illuminates the book in three parts, which is three characters, three stories but one goal. It is a critically acclaimed graphic novel. It possesses strong themes of racial stereotypes, particularly American stereotypes of the Chinese and other East Asian ethnicities. The American Born Chinese also undergoes phases of identity crises that are coupled with some mental or physical transformation. Even though this book is mainly about Jin, the book actually starts with the story of the Monkey King. The book then switches to Jin's story in the second chapter and, for the third chapter, switches to the story of Danny (Jin's alter-ego). Only after Jin's and Danny's stories do we return

I am a first generation Chinese American and to go to college. My parents immigrated here from Vietnam for my brother and I, they both came here working low wage jobs with very little school education. Back in Vietnam, when education wasn’t accessible to everyone, my dad dropped out of school in fifth grade and my mom dropped out in ninth to work for the family. Because they weren’t able to achieve the American dream for themselves, they decided to give my brother and I the best chance to have it for ourselves.

     Another way that Chinese Americans preserve their identities is through their weddings. The traditional Chinese wedding procedures are known as the “Three Letters and Six Etiquettes.” Chinese American weddings in America do not really follow all of the old traditions, but there are still aspects that are preserved. Large engagement parties are still held, at which the traditional roast pig is served. Also, at many Chinese American weddings, the traditional tea ceremony is still performed. This is where the bride and groom offer cups of sweet tea to their families, and are offered envelopes with money or jewelry in them in

After conducting my interview, I found out the family dynamic issue between first generation Asian American and second generation Asian American is actually significant in different aspects.

After spending a year studying the Asian American (AA) identity, I still find it hard to write about how I perceive the AA identity. In its basic sense, the Asian American identity includes all those with Asian ethnicity who identify themselves as Americans. Beneath the surface, there is the idea of straddling two different world, and crossing between my Asian culture and American society on a daily basis. It involves molding my Chinese traditions to fit into the mold of white societal expectations in order to be accepted in school. It involves yelling at my mom when her language barrier doesn’t allow me to talk to her like a “white parent”. It involves walking with my grandparents to the supermarket

different people who strive to be someone else. The first part of the book is about a divine

My hesitance to be labeled as such is partly due to the fact that my family is not ethnically Vietnamese. Despite growing up in Vietnam, my parents are of Chinese descent and are eloquent in Cantonese and Mandarin. This fact allows them to identify as Chinese-Vietnamese. For me, however, the circumstances are different. Even though I come from a Vietnamese-speaking family, and the culture is so deeply infused into my everyday life, I do not feel as if I

The United States and China aspire to command the world economy, but their lifestyle and standpoints look like east and west. When comparing the U.S. and China in Hofstede 6 dimensions model, there were four main dimensions that are strikingly distinctive. These dimensions include individualism, power distance, long-term orientation, and indulgence. Recognizing cultural differences is the first step towards understanding each other. The difference between the United States and China are pronounced, and they merit rigorous examination.

This year is my forth year that I has been studying in the United State. I’m already used to the U.S. culture and the U.S. living style. So in general, I didn’t experience any culture shock after I got here. If I had any culture shock, it’s probably three years ago. I couldn’t remember any of them. However I do have some thoughts about the differences between the U.S. and China after four years of studying in the United States.