...I. Introduction: Chinese cuisine is served anywhere , even in our own homes. Even at our simple gatherings we usually include Chinese cuisine in our entrails. Chinese cuisine is introduced in the Philippines as early as the 10th century. From appetizers to main curses like dim sums, noodles, meat dishes like sweet and sour, asado, roasted and many more. We Filipinos love to eat Chinese foods. Most Filipinos loved Chinese foods because Chinese influences them to their cuisine. Filipino cuisine is influenced principally by China, Spain, and the United States, integrated into the pre-colonial indigenous Filipino cooking practices. When restaurants were established in the 19th century, Chinese food became a staple of the pansiterias, with the food given Spanish names. The "comida China" Chinese food includes arroz caldo rice and chicken gruel, and morisqueta tostada fried rice. When the Spaniards came, the food influences they brought were from both Spain and Mexico, as it was through the vice-royalty of Mexico that the Philippines were governed.In the Philippines, trade with China started in the 11th century, as documents show, but it is conjectured that undocumented trade may have started even two centuries earlier. Trade pottery excavated in Laguna, for example, includes pieces dating to the Tang Dynasty. The Chinese trader supplied the silks sent to Mexico and Spain in the galleon trade. In return they took back products of field, forest - beeswax...
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...a short-term plan, normally contains detailed economic development guidelines for all its regions. In order to more accurately reflect China's transition from a Soviet-style planned economy to a socialist market economy (socialism with Chinese characteristics). * 2011-2015, the 12th five-year program 3. In 2011, China’s GDP growth rate is 9.3% 4. Unemployment Rate: China=>6.4% / US=> 8.2% in 2012 * Inflation Rate: China=>2.6% / US=>2% in 2012 * Exchange Rate: RMB per US dollar 6.311 in 2012 5. China started a Nine-years of Compulsory Education System. This system means the implementation of the national unity of all school-age children must accept nine-year education and the nine-year education do not charge any tuition fees. 6. Study aboard In 2012, there are 410000 Chinese students studying abroad and Chinese students became the largest number of the foreign students in the United States. 7. there are still some poor areas in China do not have a good quality education especially in West China. lack of the educational source 8. Chinese cuisine includes styles originating from the diverse regions of China, plus styles of Chinese people in other parts of the world. The history of Chinese cuisine in China stretches back for thousands of years and has changed from...
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...Chinese cuisine Cooking Chinese is one of the greatest method in cooking. Chinese cuisine is consists two general components one is main food which contains starch or carbohydrate source, rice, noodles or buns. The second one is accompanying dishes which has vegetables, fish, meat. The primary eating utensil in the Chinese culture for the solid food are chopsticks, whereas spoons are used for soups. Traditionally there are eight main dishes style in Chinese cuisine which are Anhui, Cantonese, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Szechuan, Zhejiang (shanghaifinance,2003). Chinese festivals The Chinese festivals starts with its new year which is first day of a year in lunar calendar usually between Jan and early Feb. followed by Lantern festival on the first day of the lunar month consists garden parties, firework displays and folk dance like dragon dance, lion dances. Then comes the dragon boat festival on 5th day of 5th lunar month and it contains activities like dragon boat racing and eating Zong Zi somewhat like pyramid shaped rice wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves (shanghaifinance,2003). Traditional Chinese music When listening to Chinese music, those who are unfamiliar with the music will not know what they are listening which is something very different and truly magnificent. The traditional Chinese music had diverse variations depending upon the time period. In traditional Chinese orchestras, the mixture of all the diverse instruments served to make a melodious and beautiful...
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...with those of other restaurants, meals could be more expensively priced to cover the costs. This combination of high-end location and high pricing was also helpful in developing the upper-middle class brand image. Zhang Lan and her team insisted that people came to the restaurants not only for the food, but also for the ambience. South Beauty invested 8 million yuan (around $1 million) on furniture, interior decoration, and in setting up the kitchen of a new South Beauty restaurant. For example, Zhang Lan selected Jack Tam, a Chinese American designer who had graduated from Harvard University to design her first restaurant. She believed that only Tam could understand the styling practices of Western restaurants and the Chinese catering culture. The targeted customers took to the restaurant almost instantly. In this way, the Group became unique in the Chinese restaurant market. Zhang Lan also decided to provide Sichuan food in her new restaurant. She believed that among the eight main Chinese cuisines, Sichuan food best expressed the Chinese culture and substance. South Beauty restaurants introduced several innovations and improvements, with regard to traditional Sichuan food, not only in terms of new raw materials, but also in terms of the process of preparing and presenting the dishes and the customer experience. As of 2011, the Group was still making a range of innovations with regard to Sichuan...
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...University Chinese food now holds a popular place among the entire population of the world. You can find a Chinese restaurant in every major city, especially in the United States and in many smaller areas of the world as well. Chinese food, when authentic is probably the healthiest food in the world. Some restaurants, especially American Chinese cuisine, which are not authentic, prepare their menu with highly saturated fats or with meats that contain unhealthy amounts of animal fat. These Chinese restaurants are not recommended and they are both neither authentic nor healthy. Good Chinese food however, is prepared and cooked with poly-unsaturated oils. Authentic Chinese food does not require the use of milk-fat ingredients such as cream, butter or cheese. Meat is used, but not in abundance, which makes it easy for those who love authentic Chinese food to avoid high levels of animal fat. Many believe that authentic Chinese food is really the ideal diet. There are several Chinese restaurants around Boston University, but they are not traditional Chinese food. They are all assimilated by the western diet culture. But our Shandong restaurant is a traditional Chinese restaurant and it located around Boston University. W.I.I. (What it is…) The Shandong restaurant is a partnership based venture aimed at promoting a healthy and traditional Chinese Shandong style eatery. The aim of this restaurant is to provide a health promoting alternative to the westernization of Chinese restaurant...
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...Middle School Joel Underwood, Advanced History Dept. The Examination and Comparison of Food Between Han Dynasty China and Ancient Rome By Joaquin Velazquez 2/7/2024 Ancient Rome and Han Dynasty China were very similar empires, despite being seven and a half thousand kilometers away from each other. The two empires' food and meat were far different. According to Jacqueline M Newman, in her text, “Han Dynasty Foods” (2005), “Among the meat and poultry items, or parts thereof, are chicken, crane, deer, dog, duck, frog (bamboo chicken), goose, hare, magpie, ox, pheasant, pigeon, sheep, sparrow, and turtledove.” There were a great deal of meats that the citizens of China feasted on and enjoyed. Ancient Rome ate very little meat,...
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...Chinese Culture Never Ends China is surround by the North Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and it is vast in territory and has an enormous population which includes 56 ethnic groups. China has the most extensive civilization which influence the every generation of the Chinese. Chinese culture has so many aspect that I don’t have the ability to describe them all in such short essay, so I chose the three facets I most familiar with to talk about. The first aspect is Chinese food which is the lure that people can’t resist, the second is the beautiful Chinese music which has its own unique charm, and the last one is Chinese festivals which also have the great power in shaping the Chinese culture. When talking about China, the Chinese diet is probably the first thing that comes to people’s mind. Chinese cuisine focuses on the balanced nutrition and flavor and also the diversification. Firstly, Chinese food is almost all cooked food and emphasize on the vegetable and meat served. It’s hard to find a Chinese dish that has only vegetables or only meat. That shows the golden mean—“Zhongyong” 中庸, as Liang (2014) mentioned “to seek the appropriate degree between the two poles.” Secondly, the Chinese dishes are known for their complicated recipes, which shows the persistence of the Chinese fascination of delicious food and the pursuit of the high living quality. Thirdly, Chinese food has Eight Great Cuisines which is on behalf of regional difference—the western and eastern, the southern...
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...locations throughout the United States. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro is a chain of full service upscale casual dining restaurant that features a blend of high-quality, traditional Chinese cuisine and attentive service. In 1993 Paul Fleming and Philip Chiang founded the first P.F. Chang restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona. The company’s home office is still located in Scottsdale. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, operating in over 30 states, owes much of its success to founder Paul Fleming’s unique idea of paring oriental cuisine with American style service. The restaurant business is very competitive. It is important for a restaurant to have high quality food, understand price versus value relationships, pick great locations and provide excellent services. P.F. Chang’s has competition in almost every location with other existing restaurants. It is vital for P.F. Chang’s restaurants to master key factors in the restaurant industry. Quality and value of food, quality service, price, dining experience and ambiance of the restaurant are all important factor to be a competitive restaurant. P.F. Chang’s has to compete with a number of well-established restaurants within the same market. To remain a step ahead of other restaurant P.F. Chang’s offers an extensive gluten free menu with a traditional Chinese cuisine. In 2010, P.F. Chang’s also began to offer a at home version of several menu items available in its restaurant locations. P.F. Chang’s tries to create a wonderful dining experience...
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...The Role of Marketing in Business 1. Mission Statement Analysis Procter & Gamble Co, as known as P&G, is a leading consumer goods company in more than 180 countries with 80 brands. It was founded by William Procter and James Gamble on 0ctober 31, 1837. The original products of P&G are candles and soaps, but now, P&G has various kinds of products, including pet foods, cleaning agents, personal care products, as well as food and beverage. The mission of P&G is to make life better (P&G, 2003). Also, P&G has its corporate values in integrity, leadership, ownership, passion for winning, and trust perspectives. To achieve its values and mission, P&G complies with laws and P&G policies to do the business and productions. Besides, it also provides personal workplace to make sure employees have a clear, nice and safe place to work. Apart from this, P&G also present to be fair not only for its suppliers and customers, but also for its competitors. And for the research involving animals, P&G works with animal organizations to make sure the high standard of animal cares. Besides, it also invest millions dollars to innovate other test methods. Also, P&G focuses on sustainable development that providing products and services to improve the life quality of consumers in health and convenience aspects. 2. Careers in Marketing Summary Among these marketing careers, I am pretty interesting in Advertising & Public Relations, and Market Research. The Advertising & Public Relations is more...
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...The ancient Chinese manufactured inventions that have greatly played a role in the development of mankind as a whole (movable type printing, gunpowder, the art of papermaking, and the compass). The Grand Canals, the Great Wall, the Three Gorges Dam and many other developments constructed by the Chinese society are looked at as engineering successes. Traditional Chinese wedding customs are thought as the grounds of rites in traditional Chinese culture. A wedding is usually a grand occasion with overly-elaborate formalities. There are eight major techniques of a wedding, proposing, birthday matching, marriage foresight, proposal gifts presenting, wedding date setting, resent urging, welcoming the bride to the wedding and performing the formal wedding ceremony. The structure of birthday matching is the method in which the male's family asks the matchmaker to go to the female's family to find out about her name and date of birth. Then, the male's parents send the female's and their son's names and birthdates to a fortune teller for astrology to see if the marriage between the two is suitable. The foretelling of the luck of the marriage is what is called a "marriage...
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...African Americans speak english ninty-one point eight percent (98.1%) of the time, and speak something other than english eight point two percent (8.2%) of the time. However, Asian Americans speak english and their native tounge roughly the same amount of time throughout the day. Chinese Americans grow up learing and speaking english, and have someone teach them chinese for many reasons. Japanesse Americans as well speak American english and Japanese. Korean Americans speak both American English and Korean. Caucasian Americans speak American english and their native tounge as well weither it be German or Irish. All of the Latin American ehtnic groups speak english or spanish. however, Native Americans speak mulitple languages because of their tribes and where they are located at. Only twenty-eight percent (28%) of Native American speak english at home, where as the other seventy-two percent (72%) speak their native tribe...
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...of the contemporary Australian society is well reflected in the diversity of ethnic cuisines available here. This study examines how Australian consumers perceive the quality of food and service in Indian restaurants in Sydney. Findings reveal that perceptions of various ethnic groups have similarities as well differences of likings as well as dislikes. Key words: attitude, behaviour, decision, perception. ANZMAC 2009 Indian Restaurants and Sydneysiders: A Perceptual Study Introduction and Literature Review Love for culinary diversity is perhaps the most globalised phenomenon. Food markets were the first to become globally integrated, linking distant cultures of the world (Nutzenadel and Trentmann 2008, Sharpless 1999). Restaurants in the West have been serving ethnic foods much before the debut of global fast food chains such as McDonald. Many Westerners seem to have developed a taste for ethnic cuisines as alternatives to their traditional food (Josaim and Monteiro 2004). Chinese and Indian cuisines formed the basis of the first cultural shift in eating for the UK consumers as early as the 1960’s (Mintel Group, 2006). Over the years, Indian cuisine has become the most popular cuisine in the UK (Lloyd and Mitchinson 2006). Ethnic restaurants have also become very popular in the USA (Gabaccia 1998) and in France (Sharpless 1999). This increased interest in ethnic foods may be a reflection of the changing dining cultures of consumers caused by the continuous...
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...Reader From: Nicole Ki Date: June 26, 2014 Re: International Business- Assignment 4 Questions 1. Discuss the implications of globalization on the food industry in China. 2. What makes China so attractive to U.S. food companies? Discuss why it is important to gain 3. Reflect on the standardization versus adaptation debate as it relates to marketing fast food and processed food in China. Using the ‘4Ps’ of marketing, discuss how companies should approach the market. Which elements in the marketing mix can be standardized? Which elements must be adapted to suit local preferences? See http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newSTR_94.htm 4. How is Western culture influencing China’s culture? Discuss how companies like Frito Lay and McDonald’s are contributing to this change. What are the implications of this trend? Answers 1. There are four different implications of globalization in the food industry in China. The first implication would be the slow demise of a common understanding of an American way of eating. To be certain, families and other institutions will always have their own food traditions and preferences, and certain food items (e.g., hot dogs or hamburgers) may continue to enjoy long-standing popularity within our culture. But the idea that there will be a "commonly understood" cuisine served at critical ritual occasions such as weddings, parties or summer picnics is quickly becoming a thing of the past. One need merely consider the diversity...
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...chroniclers and early anthropologists have remarked on the distinctiveness of that language and they have proposed theories that the Pampangos may have come to the Philippines from Java or elsewhere in Southeast Asia. The Pampangos apply themselves to the same industries as the Tagalogs but are renowned for certain crafts for which they excel. They are exceptional jewelers and goldsmiths, as well as furniture makers and woodcarvers. Antique jewelry and furniture from Pampanga are considered valuable heirlooms by Filipino families and as priced possessions by antique collectors. Pampangos are renowned throughout the archipelagos as excellent cooks. They have ingeniously incorporated indigenous, Spanish and Chinese elements into their cuisine that have made the Pampanga food preparation and culinary arts both exotic and sumptious. Among the more known specialities of the Pampangos include buro, which is meat, fish or vegetables preserved in brine or fermented with rice, tapa, or dried beef or venison, tocino, or cured pork, longaniza or spiced pork sausages, aligi, or crab fat, and sisig, or sizzling pig cheeks. The province of Pampanga had been held under the influence of the Catholic Church since the beginning of Spanish colonization. Some of the most colorful and interesting observances are connected with Christian holidays. During Good Friday, several towns in Pampanga hold atonement rites. Masked flagellants parade in the streets of beating their bare backs with whips and...
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...Country Notebook The Country Notebook—A Guide for Developing a Marketing Plan The Country Notebook Outline (Click here for more information about the Country Notebook.) • I. Cultural Analysis • II. Economic Analysis • III. Market Audit and Competitive Market Analysis • IV. Preliminary Marketing Plan I. Cultural Analysis writing guide Guideline I. Introduction writing guide A significant aspect of China is its long cultural and national history. The Chinese people have shared a common culture longer than any other group on Earth. The Chinese writing system, for example, dates back almost 4,000 years. The imperial dynastic system of government, which continued for centuries, was established as early as 221 BC. Although specific dynasties were overturned, the dynastic system survived. China was even ruled at times by foreign invaders, such as the Mongols during the Yuan Dynasty, from AD 1279 to 1368, and the Manchus during the Ch'ing Dynasty, from AD 1644 to 1911, but the foreigners were largely absorbed into the culture they governed. It is as if the Roman Empire had lasted from the time of the Caesars to the 20th century, and during that time had evolved a cultural system and written language shared by all the peoples of Europe. The dynastic system was overturned in 1911, and a weak republican form of government existed until 1949. In that year, after a long civil war, the People's Republic of China, with a Communist government, was proclaimed...
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