Overseas Chinese

Revealing the Chinese-American Hidden Struggle: A Comparative Analysis of The Shadow Hero and “No Name Woman” Since the birth of the United States of America, minority groups have had to fight for equity and equality. Chinese immigrants, as well as natural-born Chinese-Americans, have always been actively involved in this fight, yet there is a hidden struggle that these individuals face every day behind closed doors: cultural assimilation or integration. This is a major concern because…

During the Period of the Warring States, from 403 B.C.E. - 221 B.C.E., political confusion aroused in China. During this time, many thoughtful people sought to restore political and social order by reflecting on the proper roles of human beings in society. As a result, three philosophical schools of thought emerged: Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism. Although all three of these philosophies were formed to restore order to China, each one had very different ideals about how to cure the ills of…

one’s ethnic or cultural orientation, its connection with Chinese American literature has not received the critical attention it deserves. However, with the introduction of Jade Snow Wong's representation of food in her search for identity in Fifth Chinese Daughter, it is hoped that new insights will be found like how food binds her family ties, and how it stimulates her quest for identity. This chapter explores the authenticity of Chinese American identity through the exploration of the…

They want to build IKEA in China and not Chinese IKEA because they believed that Swinishness will make different in China due to no home furnishing companies in China at that time able to do it. The products they introduced to China market with taste and flavor…

My flight has been booked, my wardrobe is just about complete, my classes have been picked, and my visa is on its way back from the Chinese consulate. While in Shanghai I hope to become more confident in my speaking and listening skills. I want to be able to confidently have conversations with natives whether it be if I am asking for directions and if I overhear a stranger talking about…

In Gish Jen 's story called “Who’s Irish?" is about an elderly Chinese woman living in America as she and her family struggle with issues concerning the correct way to raise a childand cultural differences between two families.The elder believes that her daughter, Natalie, isn’t living the way a Chinese woman should live because of her husband, John. The mother describes John as a depressed man who doesn’t help Natalie. So the mother is constantly arguing with her daughter about how she…

Concurrently, a different note is directed on the Chinese low integration within the local communities has faced serious criticisms, Sigalla contends that Chinese people have great level of local integration and adopting to the local community, they learn local language and live in ordinary places, here Sigalla noted that Chinese people integrate easily with the local communities in comparison with Europeans, Arabs and other Asians. It is easy to see Chinese living and doing business in areas…

of acceptance of people in a culture for inequality in the distribution of power. In general, Asia has a higher PDI, the usual reaction of Chinese for inequality is to endure, to obey the authority, and they are educated to obey their parents. While Western countries have a lower PDI, they have a strong resistance to the inequality in power distribution. Chinese and the United States’ PDI of the gap is obvious. The differences between Woo Jingmei’s concept and psychologically accepted PDI and…

Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman”, shows us much about the ideals and customs upheld by Ning Liao TaiTai, one of the many ethnically Han Chinese woman living through the later Qing period and the so called Republican Period of China spanning the breakdown of the empires to the formation of the People’s Republic of China. Ning Liao Taitai, in describing her life and conditions in detail to Ida Pruitt can be said to present a valuable and informative insight into the life of a Chinese…

After reviewing the case study on China Myths, China Facts, I have concluded that the presentation has not challenged my assumption about China or the Chinese people. Understanding a country’s culture and its differences are essential to understanding the behavior of the people within the country and its culture. My initial view of the Chinese people was based on the collectivist control the government has on the people, that focus on the group more that the individual. This coincides with a…