Export of Chinese High-Speed Train

China remains a current world super power that has been around for thousands of years. It was one of the first civilizations ever created and it has evolved into an enormous country. China is a large territory, but only 10% of the land can be farmed on. This continues to be a tremendous problem, especially with the large population that mostly lives in rural areas. In the past China was seen as a fragile nation that was still stuck in the past, although after the Four Humiliations this began to change. The Four Humiliations were a group of events that forced China to modernize due to the losses it faced. After the last of the four humiliations and the fall of the dynasty era during 1911, China began to catch up to the westernized world by modernizing their government, military, and education. The Chinese

A new era has arose in china. Well dynasty. The Han Dynasty was a short dynasty.

The Transcontinental Railroad was a significant event in American History. This railroad was the work of two railroad companies, the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific, which built their lines as fast as they could until they met in Utah in 1869. Once this complex building project was completed, the United States was now connected from coast to coast by railroad tracks and led to an era of westward expansion. What few people realize is that this turning point in American history could not have happened if it were not for the immigrant groups who helped to build this remarkable railroad. Irish

The Qing dynasty (1916-1912) is the last imperial dynasty of China, it was consider as the most powerful country during the “golden age” ruled by Kang Xi and Qian Long, and it has over 400 million population and has the 1st ranked GDP in the world at the moment. The Qing has the supreme power at the time and has the significant influence in East Asian. However, the collapse of the Qing Dynasty made a humiliate history of China. The Qing dynasty doesn't fall suddenly, and the collapse of Qing is not just simply because domestic revolution and alien invasion. The failure of the Qing government is worthy to study, we need to take a deep step and explore the root cause of the collapse of Qing.

Kaye Hong grown up in San Francisco and attended university of Washington. At the begging of his essay, he was not sure where he should lie his future in because he sees his future clearly in both China and America. Through half of his essay, we can tell that he is also considered China as a weak and low quality county by saying, “I shall deplore China’s lower standard of living, that the chaos of China’s government offers me no promise of economic security” (62). Although he had thought of go back to China, the bad living condition and insecure economy has immediately stopped his thinking. To put it differently, Hong is also lack of knowledge of China, and they way he looks at China’s future was incorrect. Indeed, at that time China’s economy and condition were not as good as today. But due to his enormous population, it is possible for its citizens to make it strong and rich, which this is also what the Stanford students are trying to express. However, Hong is very pessimistic with China’s

The Chinese Empire is a land of innovation, mystery, culture, and art. From mysterious trade partners to military expansionists, the Chinese people have faced a constant evolution of change over their vast history. China’s innovative and advanced mindset has made the West wonder in awe for centuries, and it is difficult to realize that, unlike the West, the East has been the center of technological and industrial advancements for centuries until their eventual decline. Due to China’s vibrant and long past, many have debated which time period was China’s strongest age, and it is difficult to answer this question without clear and precise evidence. Although many Dynasties have been both influential

He laments the fact that, while Western citizens have easy access to knowledge on mathematics, mechanics, and natural sciences, Chinese citizens would be quite lucky to ever learn about them. He recognizes the first obstacle to getting this knowledge into the hands of the common man is translation, as books on these subjects simply were not readily available in Chinese. To that end, he proposes the creation of “official translation bureaus” in Guangzhou and Shanghai, the two cities where trade with the British was allowed. In these bureaus, people under 15 would be chosen to study how to read and write in Western languages, as well as math, from Western teachers, while Chinese scholars would also teach them traditional Chinese subjects like history and classic literature. While the document still regards Western nations as “barbarians,” Feng Guifen still acknowledges that China must observe and learn from their fellow nations, and that their integrity can be preserved if Confucian teachings are kept at the core of everything they do. Further, Feng also points out that the Chinese’ lack of understanding of Western language and culture is shameful, compared to how knowledgeable Westerners were of Chinese culture. These translation bureaus would eliminate the need for translators to help them understand what was going on, and be the first step

After all, Hawaii transformed into America which had greatly sealed power that recovered their crisis. From their prior knowledge in proceeding trade commerce with foreign, China is one the best nations that had rich natural resources and they want fulfill their satisfactions from U.S industries. An expansionist, Reverend Josiah Strong addressed people to recognize that, ” We all know that China is one of the greatest markets of the world, with a population of 400,000,000 that must be fed and clothed.” (Document 15). Great productions from both countries are indispensable in trading from their needs. The United States must step over their boundaries in the Philippines which is their neighbor in gaining access to their country. Serving the Philippines is the importance of supporting their desires to reach their destination. American had endure hardships by fighting for Cuba’s independence over Spain, when their victories came into reality Spain had given Guam, the Philippines Islands, and Puerto Rico to the America’s hands. Americans need to settle the Philippines in supporting them to facilitating China’s market as a “stepping stone” that will provide coal stations, naval bases, cable relay stations, and others that would keep the China’s door open (Israel). The Open Door Policy allowed the United States to have access trade and developments which they will gain prosperity. Goods that are being exports and imports

The author points out that for a long period of time during premodern China, the country remained close-minded and had insufficient curiosity about life beyond its borders. Such attitude resulted in China experiencing the “century of humiliation”, the drastic decline of culture and political power that ultimately led to the end of Imperial China. At the same time, scientific revolutions had taken place in many western countries and brought them onto the world stage as leading nations. Throughout these years, China has learned the hard way the importance of opening to new ideas and being at the forefront of scientific research. The country had regained its geopolitical power after opening to the world in the 1980s. It has developed a “near-religious reverence” for science and technology, pouring resources after resources into scientific research and development. With this history in mind, it should be no surprising that China participates actively in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. In addition to the radio dish already built, China also hopes to set up another observatory in a tall mountain that allows for clearer signals and the elimination of winds and

Despite the fact that there are multiple successful paragraphs in today’s reading, the one that stands out the most starts on page 364 and continues on page 365. The previous paragraph compares China’s industrial boom to the Western booms in Europe and America. Hessler explains how there are great contrasts in both China’s and the western industrial evolution; Europe and America’s industrial change focused on “radical changes in thinking” due to the lack of labor hence the need for efficiency. However, with China’s working population (72 percent of 1.3 billion citizens), China’s boom is, in Hessler’s opinion, wasting human resources even though there are some “triumphant” stories like Master Luo’s (who is just making bra rings despite his success.) Master Luo’s story in this paragraph creates pathos that grabs my attention and sympathy as my parents have similar stories. Furthermore, the paragraph contributed criticisms of China amid the growing industrial change. Perhaps it was the pathos that grab my attention or maybe the honest criticisms of China that made me realize China is not as grandiose as many say it is, but this paragraph stands out most

Ho-fung Hung’s work attempts to reconcile the widespread expectation that China’s rise would lead to a fundamental change in the global status quo with the observed fact that China has become increasingly connected to and one with the global status quo. To do this, he must first examine China’s rise and prove that it upholds the global status quo, and further must look into the origins of China’s rise, going back to the 13th century, to understand why this rise seemingly changed so little about the global world order.

Adler, Joseph A. "Confucianism in China Today." 14 Apr. 2011. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. .

The differences between the Chinese education and the American education are more obvious in people’s mind, not only to the international students, but also to the native students and some people who study on this. As more and more Chinese students come to America to have better education, we should think about why the American education system is better and how could we change our system to have a new education system in China. These differences have some deeply reason, like the American is the nation which loves freedom. It took long time to make such a big difference between the two education systems, and we need longer time to change it. An undeniable

1900s China saw a century of fluctuating development and progress, which is recognised through various political, economic and social changes. The early division of the period encountered some change for the country yet this was not as significant as the latter change in which China’s political landscape metamorphosed into one of total contrast to the former. Foreign intervention was of course a reason and usually the root cause for the changes that occurred, particularly in the first half of the century until 1962 whereby there were still some minor influences by the foreigners but other factors seemed to have caused these later changes. It could be deduced that yes, foreign powers did have a significant influence over the transformation

This term paper focuses on China-Taiwan relations in terms of One China policy and the Taiwan question. The paper will first provide an overview of the historical background of Beijing-Taipei relations and its ties with the United States. After, we will discuss One China policy and its different interpretations.