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    Chinese Literature Student Name Institution Affiliation Chinese Literature Throughout the human revolution, the representation of the society through art has been a common phenomenon. On the advent of literary skills of writing, people could represent their world better than before. However, the artists were only allowed to present the social ideas in the acceptable or the classical ways. Unfortunately, this traditional method of conveying knowledge or ideas was limited and somehow unrealistic

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    Civil Law

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    ------------------------------------------------- Civil law (common law) Civil law is the branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals or organizations, in which compensation may be awarded to the victim. For instance, if a car crash victim claims damages against the driver for loss or injury sustained in an accident, this will be a civil law case.[1] Civil law differs from criminal law, whose emphasis is more on punishment than in dispute resolution. The law relating to civil wrongs and quasi-contract is

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    America’s east coast have gone on to become the world’s main superpower, the United States of America. Britain’s colony in China, Hong Kong, has gone on to become Asia’s premiere financial center with Singapore (another British jewel) trailing just behind. Even Britain’s prisoners set up the only first-world country in the Southern Hemisphere, Australia! Compare this to Spain’s imperial efforts, for example Mexico is the only third world country in North America and has always struggled to overcome a

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    Myth Of Empire

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    study to make his point. If Snyder were to come out with a new edition of Myths of Empire, the book would greatly benefit from additional, non-Western case studies (considering Japan is really the only non-Western case study the book analyzes) such as China and its emerging global influence or North Korea. Snyder also takes on too literal a definition of expansion, and does not take into account the others ways in which states can expand. Expanding does not necessarily need to mean only territorially

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    Buddhism During the Heian period (745-1185AD) Buddhism spread throughout Japan and thrived in the imperial court in Heiankyo (Kyoto). There were two sects of Buddhism that were most popular during this time, one was Tendai and the other was Shingon. Both of these sects of Buddhism came from China and were brought over to Japan by two different people. Saicho or Dengyo Daishi brought over Tendai sect (767-822) and Kukai or Kobo Daishi brought over Shingon sect (774-835) known as Esoteric Buddhism

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    Page 3 Buddhism Buddhism was a very influential religion in China. It impacted China in a very spiritual, cultural, and social way. In the late Han dynasty, from around 202 BC-220 AD, this religion was introduced by missionaries and traders along the silk road from India. There are two types of buddhism. First there is Theravada Buddhism. This form of Buddhism is traditionally very strict on meditation and closely reading the original teachings of Buddha. The other type of Buddhism is Mahayana. Mahayana

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    disobedience, and headed for the altar”(Gillam 471).Even though Gillam and Wooden include her in I think Mulan is depicted in completely different way than the other Disney princesses. Not only is her Disney character based on a true story which is  based in China during the Han dynasty and the need for men to fight in the Chinese army. Mulan is a unique disney princess because she steps out of the social norms of what other princess do and shows how strong, independent she can be and whose fate doesn 't rely

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    In the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s, Japan took great leaps forward. This period was called the Meiji Restoration, which was named after a prominent Japanese leader form the time. Much of their growth was due to their pursuit of empire and the greater goal of a more modern country. Throughout this period, Japan used their extensive resources to expand and become more like their western neighbors. During World War I, Japan was among the world powers that fought on the side of the United States

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    Religion In Japan

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    Pre-Meiji, Meiji Restoration Period, wartime era, and post-WWII (Inoue 115). There were religious tensions during the Tokugawa shogunate era that which have led up to the establishments of RE in Japan for RE did not come into place in Japan until the late 19th centuries until the shogunate gave way to the Meiji Restoration,

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    performance. Mulan was one of the first examples in a Disney film, of a cross-gender performance and gender coded behaviors. Based off of the fifth-century Chinese poem “the Ballad of Mu-lan” the animated film takes place in China during the Han Dynasty, after the Huns have invaded China. Mulan is a young woman who decides to disguise herself as a man so that she can go to war instead of her elderly father. With no visual reference to base the character off of, Mark Hann, the primary animator on the team

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