Relationship Between China And China

This enlightening story written by Lisa See shows the complex relationship between two sisters, Pearl and May. They go through hardships and suffering in order to leave war torn Shanghai and try to adjust themselves as wives in arranged marriages set by their father who looses

In the past, Chinese and Japanese cultures rely on arranged marriages to ensure the continuation of families and assure the culture would survive. This was the norm decades ago. In the short stories “The Good Deed” and “Tears of Autumn,” written by Pearl S. Buck and Yoshiko Uchida, respectively, there are two Asian women in their twenties, but not yet married. In the Asian culture during this time, the family would arrange the wedding. Lili Yang in Buck’s story does not have the family to organize the wedding, while Hana Omiya in Uchida’s tale does. There are many similarities with the women, but also many differences.

Divorce is quite common in the !Kung culture. Since the bride is so young and the groom can be years older than her, first marriages don’t often last long despite the husband’s wanting to cooperate to his full extent as well as his patience. The parents are responsible for arranging first marriages and even second ones if the bride is young enough but once a woman is older, she can choose a husband for herself, hoping her parents agree. With divorce, the woman can ask for support from her family or she can just make life so unpleasant for the husband that he leaves.

2. What stuck out to you the most from the article (either because you strongly agree or strongly disagree)? Explain why.

The article is very well writing and seems to be very well researched in many areas throughout the entire article. What I am not impressed with is the way that the author executed some of the beginnings and endings of topics. There were some instances where it did not make any sense to me.

In some cultures, people didn’t marry for love and those who did were looked down upon; whereas in modern times, it’s the opposite in many parts of the world. Coontz tells of a culture where,“A Taita man normally marries a love wife only after he has accumulated a few more practical wives” (255). This shows the different perceptions of marriage between the Taita peoples, who let men remarry several times in loveless marriages, and those of certain religions that forbade divorce, as well as today’s society where people often marry for love the first time around. The perceptions differed in that some societies believed in remarrying and marrying without love, while others didn’t. Coontz explains some very different marriage traditions than what Bennett says is normal and right-A man and a woman who fit traditional gender roles- as shown in his essay, “Complementary nature of men and women-and how they refine, support, encourage, and complete one another” (272).

Relationships between people depend on the time period, the location, the social norms set at place in one’s society and one’s own personality. Throughout history and cultures the meaning of relationships have changed. In some ways they have become more relaxed and in others stricter in following these rules of society. In Six Records of a Floating Life by Shen Fu, he describes his relationship with his wife and his culture during the eighteenth century in China. His story tells a relationship that was very unique between his wife, Yun and himself. For the time they were very progressive in their beliefs and actions. It helps the reader see the culture in China at this time and how relationship during a time with strict societal rules especially for women became to be a very surprising and reformist relationship.

I really like the fact that he authors analyze both sides of this argument.  While they do express their opinions, they are not too heavily trying to persuade the

In this move, the Chinese community expects women to get married for procreation purposes. For instance, Wai Tung is being by his mother to get so that he can give her a granddaughter against his will. At the long last he gets married to satisfy his nagging parents to a female tenant. The movie creates a notion that a woman needs a man to achieve something in life because Wei Wei gets married to a gay landlord because she needs a green card. In this case, the marriage between Tung and Wei becomes a marriage of convenience. This scene portrays an aspect of China traditions that women are tools of sex in that part where Mr. Gao insists on throwing a wedding banquet for the couple. After the party and all the drinking, Wai Tung and Wei Wei are put to bed, and things get out of hand. Also, the movie reveals another purpose of female in traditional Chinese culture, which is human production. Tung’s father doesn’t care if his son is homosexual or not as long as he gets a grandchild. Tung’s parents only want Wei to give their family the next generation.

The United States and China Relation started since 1784, but it wasn’t until 1970’s when The United States finally recognize the communist people from China. This led us to be influenced by their culture, politics, but the most important economically. The relation of these two countries was not so good at the beginning, since China is a communist country that was involved with many countries that were in war. The interaction of these countries goes back to 1785 when the first Chinese sailors arrived to Baltimore looking for wealth and then it increases in 1847 with the Gold Rush in San Francisco that attracted many Asian Immigrants in look for new opportunities. The U.S. Department of State mentions in their archive United States Relations

In a nutshell she was just a young girl, then got married and died. The message I personally got from the play was to live life to the fullest because I personally wouldn’t want three relatively short acts to describe my life from start to

When reading the article, one thing that I found useful about the article was the

East and west. The relationship between the two has never been truly set in stone. Both Europe and Asia have been through many large-scale power shifts throughout the millennia. Empires have risen – and inevitably been razed. If not by conquerors, then by time itself. These empires were often led by those who yearned to increase their land and holdings, and because of this the tendrils of civilization often stretched to seek uncharted territory. This undying curiosity eventually culminated in what is now referred to as the “Age of Discovery,” which spanned from the 1500s to the 1800s. By the beginning of the 20th century, most of the world’s lands had already been discovered. Trade links between China and Europe had been around since the Hellenic Age. And in the year 1900 it had been 124 years since the founding of the United States of America. Cross the Pacific Ocean, and one would find themselves face-to-face with the United States’ distant neighbor, East Asia. In East Asia, two of the most historically significant nations are China and Japan. For a number of reasons, – which will be detailed further later on – the early 1900s were a somewhat tumultuous time for both of said nations. The 20th century was by and large a time of political and economic power consolidation for both China and Japan. It is arguable that the United States played an integral role in this consolidation. The interactions between the United States, China, and Japan highlight a time when the way that

The events that have taken place over the past couple of centuries, and more so the past decade, have monumentally impacted the relationship between the United States and China for better and for worse. Today, China and the U.S. have evolved into two of the most elite superpowers in the world, and they classify as some of the most prominent leaders in economics, military, technology, and universal innovation. Currently, the United States is just weeks away from electing their next president, cyber-attacks are being investigated exponentially, and the South China Sea Debate continues to be disputed. The outcomes of all these events will undoubtedly affect the relationship between China and the United States for the next 10 years.

In traditional Chinese theater, females, and particularly young girls, are perceived as property. Their role in society is to get married to a male from another family of equal or higher social status. In fact, the role of a woman is so set and stone that no matter how they were brought up, whether or not they are noble or educated, does not seem to contribute to their destined fate. The traditional Chinese society is so specific and consistent in determining the fate of females based on social hierarchy that females seem to have no choice in the matter. Often, the decision is made by their parents and the females are forced to simply comply. In three classic Chinese operas, The Story of the Western Wing, The Peony Pavilion, and The Peach Blossom Fan, the main female characters strive to move against societal norms by choosing their own destinies, hence choosing their male partners. The classics make this freedom so valuable to the point that it is almost unachievable. By creating female leads who fight against their own destinies, authors of each play use irony to criticize traditional Chinese social structure. To show this irony, three heroines whom are all upper class, educated, and very sheltered by their families and societal role of a woman are struck by grief when deciding to choose their own fate. Although the freedom and approval of love should be considered a premium lifestyle for its time, the impossible nature of the opportunity leads to unconceivable