Joan Chen

In China power was determined by the Mandate of Heaven for centuries. The Mandate of Heaven was that if a leader was fulfilling his duty to his subjects then he should stay in power. People would believe the Mandate of Heaven had changed to another ruler when that ruler would not properly handle things like floods and famines. I ruler could keep power through floods and famines if he was still seen to be fulfilling his duties as a leader. Even after the Mandate of Heaven went out of practice in China

In 1964, director Xie Jin made a film called Two Stage Sisters and in 1984, director Chen Kaige made a film called Yellow Earth. Both movies are set in China in a time when communism was just beginning or has already begun. In both films, we can immediately recognize the protagonist. In Two Stage Sisters, the protagonist Zhu Chunhua is a runaway child bride who doesn’t want to live with her in-laws anymore because of their harsh treatment. Just like the protagonist in Yellow Earth, Cuiqiao is also

Overview of the Technology - Jacob L. Broadhurst Through his declaration to make Taiwan a “Green Silicon Island” on his inauguration day, Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian’s intent was to develop Taiwan into a technologically advanced, world-renowned electronics exporter. Thus far, nearly four years later, Shui-bian appears to be a man of his word as Taiwan is proving to be a consistent world power in the

“The campaign of the occupation lays the advantages as well as the disadvantages of the CSSTA under the sun stark naked; unfortunately, the pact is already passed. The forced adoption by the KMT highlights the Ma government’s arbitrary abuse of the power and infringement of the human right, leading to the constitutional crisis of the retrogression in democracy. It meanwhile stimulates civilians to ponder the rebirth of democracy.” (堅持，直到島嶼天光, see footnote , translation mine). The interaction of

Fadumo Dayib Country: Somalia Education: Degrees in International Public Health, MC/MPA Mason fellow at Harvard in Public Administration, PhD fellow at the University of Helsinki: Women, Peace, and Security Issues in the Horn of Africa Position: Presidential Nominee of Somalia Problems faced: Fadumo Dayib was born in Kenya, but was deported with her family, back to Somalia. Due to civil war, Dayib fled to Finland when she was around 17 and spent twenty-six years as a refugee. Despite living the

In chemistry, two prevailing types of bonds between atoms exist. Covalent bonds describe a connection between two atoms in which both share their electrons in order to form a desirable octet between the two. Ionic bonds, however, occur through the transfer of electrons between two atoms; in actuality, the atoms remain separate from one another, and have little more in common than an electron transaction. In essence, the bond between ions breaks as both dissociate from each other over time, resulting

In the 1990s during Bill Clintons presidency there was heavy tension between the state of China and their disputed territory of Taiwan (Russell 1). The dispute came about because China felt the island should be a part of China and not separate. However, Taiwan was looking for independence (Russell 4). It an attempt to get people on the side of Taiwanese independence their president, Lee Teng-hui fought to get a visa and eventually came to the United States for a gathering at Cornell University, where

Taiwan and the One China Principle Since the conclusion of the Chinese civil war in 1949, China and Taiwan have functioned as separate nations. There has always been the promise by Taiwan to reunify with the mainland, but no real, concerted effort has ever been made. This and the actions of the United States on behalf of Taiwan have caused China to become threatened by the situation in recent months. The Chinese government released a statement last week that will bring the situation to a

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Sunflower Movement in Taiwan The interaction of the trade activities between Mainland China and Taiwan always “successfully” draws attention from the global, but this time the fuel is directly presented in the manifesto of the Sunflower Movement--堅持，直到島嶼天光. “The campaign of the occupation lays the advantages as well as the disadvantages of the CSSTA under the sun stark naked; unfortunately, the pact is already passed. The forced adoption by the KMT highlights the Ma government’s arbitrary abuse