Aparna Sen

However, the Cambodian government is not making an effort to recognize the negative occurrences that have posed itself in the history of their culture. After the Pol Pot invasion ended and Cambodian began to heal from its past, Prime Minister Hun Sen came into power. He conducted a socialist-democratic government in Cambodia from 1989 to 1993. During his time in office, he offered the remaining Khmer Rouge exemption from persecution, given that they make a public request for forgiveness and agreed

Shawn Yang Prof. Hu HIST 12 6/5/16 Background Briefing Paper of Jiang yingwen Introduction Throughout history, art has played a major role in contributing to the development of cultures and communities. As one of the foundations of Chinese culture, this paper contains information about the life and brief of Jiang yingwen, the protagonist in the novel. This is a story about his effort to establish a new form of artistic expression in a century of change and transformation. Abstract The

was ruined meanwhile two thousand years sacred and inviolable emperor system was buried. All future generations will not forget the man who devoted his whole life to China’s democracy and human right. He is the father of Republic of China- Sun yat-sen. Dr. Sun was born in 1866 and died in 1925 and he was not born in a wealthy family. His parents are docile peasants like most of the emperor’s people but Dr. Sun’s old brother worked in a pasture in San Francisco and he became a rich rancher with 6000

On January 7th, 2017, I visited the local New Chinatown in the Central Los Angeles County. Coming from San Jose, California, this was my first opportunity to explore a part of Los Angeles besides my current residence (Westwood), and to view how interracial dynamics play into real world context. According to their website, New Chinatown had a grand opening in 1938, after the relocation of the old Chinatown, and is well known for being the first modern American Chinatown; yet, New Chinatown still retains

In the story "A Pair of Tickets" by Amy Tan, talks about the story of Jing-Mei, the narrator, going to China to fulfill her mother 's dream. This story was a reflection of Tan 's life experiences when she visited China to go learn more about her background and see her sister. Going to China for the first time made her feel as she was "transforming" and feeling the Chinese in her that she never knew she has. She later finds out how much she cherishes her family and learns how important her culture

China faced many weaknesses in the wake of Western civilization. One of the problems that the Chinese culture faced peasant uprisings were frequent throughout China. When Confucianism was strong, instability still broke out in China. Peasant uprisings were a common thing throughout China. The successful revolts were given justification because it was assumed that they had been justified against bad rulers who had broken the Confucian social contract. One of the most violent challenges to

“Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world.” This statement was once said by Napoleon Bonaparte, a French military and political leader, indicating that China was a resting giant. During the past decades, China had lacked development on some aspects such as governance and it seemed that its movement were backwards. Corruptions, injustices, lack of efficiency and productivity; these are the objects and reasons that hindered China from growing and being united. There had been an abundant

Sun Yat-sen wrote The Three People’s Principles and the Future of the Chinese People in 1906 while China was ruled by a monarch. During the Qing dynasty, the monarch controlled much of the lives of the Chinese people. This caused many hardships for the population. If China wanted to progress and grow as a nation, the monarch needed to be defeated. Sun Yat-sen worked to improve the lives of the Chinese people by bettering their government through nationalism, democracy, and people’s livelihood. Yat-sen

Clash of Cultures Portrayed in The Joy Luck Club   The environment in which one grows up molds their character and behavior. The four daughters portrayed in The Joy Luck Club are of Chinese descent, yet they are not Chinese. The daughters speak in English, not the language of their mothers, Mandarin. The daughters are addressed by their English names, or they do not have a Chinese name at all. They think as Americans and have little memory of their Chinese thinking, customs or traditions.

particularly chaotic in China. However, even when order was being restored again, the aims of the three people's principles were not all being achieved. Therefore, I feel that warlord rule is not the most important reason as to why Sun Yat Sen was unable to achieve the aims of the three people's principles. The three people's principles are the principle of nationalism, the principle of democracy and the principle of the people's well-being. The first one is Sun Yat Sen's