Big Trouble in Little China

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    like to hear stories, because it’s not their experiences and they want to know what have you been through. Here are little stories about myself. I was born and grow up in China, Tianjin, a big city where just an hour away from Beijing. When I moved to the US in 2012, I was only sixteen years old and barely spoke any English. Even I had learned English for all my school life in China, I still didn’t understand when other talking to me. The new life was totally different, it was tough and challenging

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    am only half dead I can still attend school. Although I can not do any strenuous physical activity, it does not stop me, so I use all of my time in school hoping for a better future.I also love the color purple and my favorite movie is Big Trouble in little china, it is nice to meet you! The creative writing process video was in fact very helpful. I do understand that writing is a very thought out

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    The Eleventh Plague is a story about a boy name Stephen Quinn who was born after a big war with China. During the war, China released a plague called P11 which spread across the U.S. and wiped out two-thirds of the population. This time was called “The Collapse”. Another main character was Jenny, who helped Stephen. Jenny was introduced in the middle of the story as a troubled girl who always got into trouble. When Stephen met her at first they hated each other, but overtime they learned how

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    other over communism. This time lasted for 45 years. The main strategy during this time was “containment”. It was originally created by Truman who wanted to “contain” communism. The Containment Strategy was used to contain communism, which was the big thing during the Cold War. The Containment Strategy spread through three presidents: Harry S. Truman, the original creator, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. Truman was one of the first presidents during the Cold War. I think that Truman’s

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    Powell when the world had gone flat, Powell responded “Google.” Powell needed some information and typed it into Google and found it in quickness. Friedman says that when there is a flat world, little people start to act big and big people can act small. Big people, such as bosses, can interact with the little people directly no matter what their position is. They communicate more horizontally than vertically. Consumers, employees, citizens, taxpayers and shareholders all become mixed together and

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    they want to know what have you been through. Here are little stories about myself. I was born and grow up in China, Tianjin, a big city where just an hour away from Beijing. Since my mom wants to give me a better living environment, and better chance of education; so, we decided to move to US. When I moved to the US in 2012, I was only sixteen years old and barely spoke any English. Even I had learned English for all my school life in China, I still didn’t understand when other talking to me. The

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    another boring school book that I was required to study. However, after reading a few chapters, I became intrigued and started to enjoy reading it. Kelsey Timmerman isn’t just another activist who is trying to convince you to stop buying clothes from big companies who use sweat shops and chid laborers. He is giving you a perspective into the lives of those who work in these factories and how they function in their everyday lives. It was interesting to hear the different encounters that he had with these

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    companies having more influence over the government, to no laws being enforced. Everyday we can read or hear about “climate change” and how it’s affected our world and us. New solutions are made up everyday but all have a common factor, they cost big bucks or in the end will cost someone their money. The immense cost and dramatic changes to our everyday lives like transportation and energy is something you can’t change overnight and needs to be passed by the government before making any serious

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    George Orwell used 1984 as a prediction of what could happen if the fascism in Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia persisted. The dystopian, fascist government that exists in 1984 resembles the governments in the real-life, modern-day countries of Libya, China, and North Korea. The government in Orwell’s Oceania is fascist, causing citizens like Winston and Julia to hate the government. O’Brien explains the future of Oceania’s government to Winston, when he says: “’If you want a picture of the future,

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    China has 5000 years of history which experienced wars, collapses, failures and successes. The Opium War in the year 1839 and 1856 marked the changing point of China’s trade policy with foreigners, especially with British in opium and tea. China changed from getting tributes to being forced to sign the Nanjing Treaty and Tianjing Treaty with British and French. Due to China’s over confidence and unwelcome attitude toward foreigners and opium, it caused the British to declare the Opium War to China

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