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    will focus on two groups: the Irish and the Chinese in the United States. The Great Famine in Ireland lasted from 1845-52. Poor people relied on potatoes for food and income. However, blight destroyed the potatoes and people starved to death, got sick and many emigrated. The Irish saw America as an opportunity to procure education and success. They pushed their children to get an education and were satisfied with them leaving. The English language was essential for those who wanted to emigrate

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    Censorship may be viewed as ethical if it is judged according to the Chinese government’s own moral standards, since they are merely following cyber sovereignty called by China’s President Xi Jin Ping. This means that the government has the right to regulate the Internet within its own borders where other countries are not allowed to intervene, the information on the Internet should be controlled and monitored by the Chinese government. Although government authorities block website content and

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    each year. This has many benefits: tourism increased the Chinese economy, this in turn draws foreign companies to do business in China, and this increases the number of people that want to study the Chinese language and culture, which in turn draws more tourists. It is a nearly endless cycle. However, I would argue that even though there are positive benefits from both tourism and the indusial growth in China, the negative effects to the Chinese population and the environment outweigh those positive

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    this article, entitled “Ambiguous States: Confucius Institutes and Chinese Soft Power in the U.S. Classroom,” by anthropologist Jennifer Hubbert, the idea of the state is explored from the perspective of a Chinese initiative, the Confucius Institute. During these programs, Chinese teachers came to the United States to

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    their daughter's is the language. The language barrier is also enhanced by cultural differences between the mothers and daughters making translations very difficult. The daughters have returned from America, but their long stay in a foreign country has eroded their native language to an extent that they can only speak a few Chinese words. Most of the daughters were born in America, which explains why their knowledge of English language supersedes that of Chinese language. On the other hand, their

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    minorities was limited economic advancement in California. The Chinese were the first Asian immigrants to arrive in California in 1849 to seek gold but many of them ended up working for mining companies that paid them very little and worked in harsh conditions. Many of the Chinese minors were unable to afford passage to California and the Chinese signed contracts which kept them in a state of debt from their own. Similar to the Chinese, blacks and Latinos were earning low wages but many of them were

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    With the increasing global economy, it is no surprise that Chinese and American businesses are working together more closely. Despite the anti-Chinese rhetoric that is common in politics, the fact remains that the globalization of business will see the Chinese and Americans crossing paths and working together. Due to the hyperbole involved in politics, myths are common involving Chinese business practices. A closer analysis will likely dispel the common myths involving business practices in China

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    In addition, the Kokinshū also contains the manajo, or Chinese preface, which served as a political statement to China about the recognition of Japanese poetry as its own. The Man’yōshū, on the other hand, though it had many concluding envoys for its poetry, did not have a preface written by its compilers or

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    Hong Kong was the colony of British between 1841 to 1997. Due to the historical and political factors, both Chinese and English were the official language back then. People mainly speak Cantonese and English in their daily life which appear the phenomenon of code-switching. Code-switching is a class of linguistic behaviour representing switching between different codes including languages and dialects in the course of a single interaction. Code-switching is commonly appear in Hong Kong like newspaper

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    The Tale of Genji Essay

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    World History The Tale of Genji The Tale of Genji, not only had a huge impact on Japanese literature, it is considered to be the first novel ever written in the world. Japanese literature was limited to poetry, fairytales, and memoirs until the birth of this remarkable work. The tale revolves around prince Genji’s life and his love adventures in an important period in Japanese history. Its complicated plot focuses on the significance of the Heian period and portrays in detail the life of the upper

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