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The Great Wall of China is known as the largest construction project to be put in effect in all of world history. The wall, also known in China as "long wall of 10,000 li," is a collection of numerous short walls extending along the crest of hills on the southern edge of the Mongolian plain. Although it is a common misconception that the Great Wall of China is one long continuous wall, it 's structural inconsistency in no way undermines its greatness. The wall has been built, destructed, rebuilt

Xiuyuan Guo Professor Cook WRA 101 November 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

Winning the prize "Special Jury Award for Unparalleled Access" at Sundance Festival, The Chinese Mayor, shot by Hao Zhou, is a 2014 documentary film telling the story of Datong under the rule of a communist mayor Yanbo Geng. Director Hao Zhou follows mayor Geng one year, recording the real side of the interaction between government officers and people to present the conflicts under the communist government. Because of that, this film is prohibited to be shown in China since the government believes

Kingdoms rise and fall, and out of their ashes come new kingdoms. Over and over again, the pattern recurs throughout history. China’s history and culture were born of such patterns, and it all began 1.7 million years ago.1 Archaeologists from modern times found the remains of the early hominid species Homo erectus in Yunnan Province, which was called Peking man. Peking man could walk upright, create fire, and possessed the ability to make stone tools, but it wasn’t until 2183 BCE that the vestiges

The transactional leadership was firstly talked and elaborated in 1947 by Max Weber and described more in 1981 by Bernard M. Bass. It is a style of leadership that leaders provides their subordinates with rewards or punishments. It can be called management theories. This style mainly encourages and directs subordinates or followers by providing incentives. The power of this leadership derives from the control, rules and regulation of companies. Particularly, managers use the transactional style.

Subsequent to the unification, the laws and punishments were harsh due to the different ruling in each of the 7 warring states. Qin Shi Huangdi the first emperor of the Qin dynasty was a dictator, thus, people were discontent. As a result, there were assassination attempts that attributed in his phobia of death and foreigners were banned from the area. To reduce the chances of a rebellion

The Qin Shi Huang mausoleum was built within 37 years of Qin Shi’s years of being the emperor in China. In his mausoleum contained a hidden one of the eighth wonders of the world Terracotta Army, which is discovered in 1974 by a farmer named Mr. Yang. The film mainly focused on the the first emperor era which was ruled by Qin Shi Huang, who unified China as one country, including its language and writing. He also is considered as one of the most crucial emperors in Chinese history because he burned

Qing Shi Huangdi's adoption of Legalism was firm (those who opposed the ideology were often executed or banished) and effective, as it led to various fundamental administrative and political developments. For instance, unlike previous dynasties such as the Zhou, the Qin grew to be a highly centralized state with a "bureaucracy divided into three primary ministries: a civil authority, a military authority, and a censorate" ("World History") The officials who assumed such roles were examined by an

Qin Shihuangdi, the first emperor in China, who unified the disperse country in many aspects, including in political, economical, and cultural. Though his reign only lasted for ten years and his dynasty only existed fifteen years in Chinese history, he was still regarded as one of the greatest emperors in China. There are people who believe that he was not only a dictator, but also a cruel ruler, who emphasized the punishments for the people while he enjoyed a luxurious life; nevertheless, I think

There have been many debates among Chinese historians as to the cause of the fall of the Qin Dynasty. The Qin used force and strict rules to keep a short leash on the people of the kingdom. However, with the precautions taken by the government, they did not know it would ultimately be their demise. In order to contain rebellion and to keep the people of the empire ignorant, the combination of brutality, persecutions, antagonizing of the elites, and denying the Way, led to the short reign and ultimately