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    21, 2016 Jade: The Chinese Diamond Jade, a beautiful green stone is China’s most popular material for jewelry better than other artifacts. As time passed, it became more important within the culture including religious symbols and civilization. There were a lot of other materials used for decoration like gold, silver, bronze etc, but no one could replace the position of jade in Chinese people’s minds. Jade can represent a lot of symbols. We can see it from “5000 Years of Chinese Jade: ‘Featuring Selections

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    at Chinese and American Stereotypes). Now in our modern day world, there have been many stereotypes built up around Chinese people or immigrants. Pre-existing views or perceptions about a certain ethnic group, culture or race will certainly affect and drive interactions with people of that certain culture. Since stereotypes are usually very broad and are long-lasting, many of these” expectations” are outdated/antiquated. My research proposal mainly focuses on the danger of seeing all Chinese immigrants

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    Chinese Immigration Dbq

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    In the late 1800’s European, Chinese, and Japanese immigrants traveled To the United States. The Europeans came looking for opportunities while Japanese were recruited from Hawaiian planters as for the Chinese immigrants they came for many reasons some were attracted to the gold rush, while the others came to work for the railroads, farmed or became domestic servants. While immigration and urbanization was beginning to unfold they began creating social, political, and economic problems. These problems

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    Chinese Business Culture

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    The Chinese culture is very different than the culture in the United States of America and business meetings require preplanning if they are going to be successful. * How should you handle the introduction, greeting, and handshaking? Although in the Chinese culture, a nod and slight bow is a general way of greeting, Chinese business men are comfortable with a handshake. Address the most Senior Chinese person in the room first, and introduce yourself as you shake hands. Remember that in the

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    Investigating The goal of my project is to make a video which is approximately 8 minutes long for introducing how Chinese immigrants’ qualities of lives changed after they moved to Canada. This includes writing 5 - 15 survey questions to interview the Chinese immigrants in Montreal, meeting with them and recording our conversations, translating Chinese words to English, analyzing and summarizing their answers to explain how Canadian environment influenced them, merging all interview videos, editing

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    many Chinese workers migrated to America by starting in the gold mines to agricultural jobs to factory work to garment industry. Chinese immigrants were instrumental in building the railroads in the West. As the Chinese laborers increased, so did the anti-Chinese sentiment among workers in the American economy. In result, passing legislation that limited future Chinese laborers in the United States. The Chinese Exclusion Act was formed from the unsettling of economic competition. Most Chinese labors

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    producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. This emotional power inserted on each piece of art was meant to inspire and teach each believer about their religion. We can see this in different religions such as the Chinese religion, Confucianism. Confucianism believes in the adoration of the ancestors and diverse powers being the greatest of all the heavens, the lord from above. People in Confucianism must understand that the ancestors and the cosmos, determine their

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    Here in California we are constantly exposed to the richness and grandiose of Chinese culture from buildings inspired by Han Dynasty architecture to simply the material of silk first utilized in China during the second millennium BCE. Growing up in a place with so much Chinese influence has broadened my understanding on such a unique style and heritage. It’s easy to spot evidence of Chinese influence almost anywhere you travel in California where Asian influence is so rich. My family has always

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    Irish, and Chinese. Immigrants traveled to the United States for many reasons. The Irish sought after a future in America after a potato famine left many families in great poverty and suffering from starvation. The German and Chinese also came in search of a better life, to provide for their families, and to chase after the “American Dream.” Many Chinese immigrated to the U.S. due terrible famines in the 1840s, which were caused by a lack of farmland because of overpopulation. Most Chinese immigrants

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    Chinese Exclusion Act

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    The first significant law restricting immigration was the Chinese exclusion act of 1882. The Chinese exclusion act was enacted to lower the wages of immigrants that would come over and take American jobs on the west coast. The exclusion act was aimed entirely at a race, that as a whole compromised only a small percentage of America at the time. Chinese culture and presence was stemmed due to an overwhelming sense of xenophobia in the sense that it was the Chinese’s fault for the lack of jobs and

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