...The Culture Differences Between China and UK Due to the different regions and historical background, there have a great number of different between Chinese and UK culture. The purpose of this essay is showing what particular different between those two country’s cultures. There will through four parts, which is education system, the way of communication, eating habits and business culture to support the main argument of this essay. In the Chinese education system, there pay more attention to consolidation the basic knowledge and practice. Most of the time in one lesson is the teacher wrote the main point of this class on the blackboard, and the student just taking notes on their seat. They are lack of effective communication. On the other hand, the Chinese teacher always emphasized the memorization is very important to their student. For example, the last year of Chinese student in the high school, they will get a lot of homework after school, and they should spend many times to practice again and again. This probably is the main reason of why a large number of Chinese student who studying abroad can get a high scores in their mathematics test. However, in the UK education system, they would more like focus on the student creativity. The teacher gives a project to their student, through the process of they completed the work, the student can study more knowledge that is not mention on the textbook. For instance, when the student write an essay, they should read a lot of book...
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...The Anti-Drug Campaign and the First Opium War In 1930, Chinese officials began to have growing concerns about the increasing trade of opium with the British. China’s social and economic status started to decline due to the opium trade agreement. Chinese addiction to opium became overwhelming and eventually forced China to launch Lin Zexu’s Anti-Drug Campaign in 1839. As a result, this campaign was viewed as a violation of the trade agreement with Britain and helped led to the First Opium War. China isolated themselves from the western world, believing they didn’t need anything from foreign trade. For eight decades, the only port that China opened was called the Canton System. The problem was China only wanted silver in exchange for their exports to Europe. Unfortunately, Europe only traded in gold and silver was hard to come by. Desperate to resolve the foreign trade, Britain realized they can acquire such a commodity in opium from India to exchange for exports in China. The trade of India’s opium started as a medical drug in the early 1800’s between China and Britain. Eventually, it triggered massive dependences throughout China’s society that affected the rich and poor equally. Before long, the demand for the drug was overwhelming, resulting in China importing more opium than exporting trades. Thus, resulting in an imbalanced foreign trade and stability of China’s society. A decree issued in 1810 from the Chinese Emperor stating, “Opium is a poison, undermining our good...
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...Business concept statement 2 2.1 Reasons for operating business in Hangzhou, China 2 2.2 Business market analysis 3 2.3 Business Strategy 3 2.4 Concerns or Uncertainty about the Business 4 3.0 Financial Aspects 5 4.0 Conclusion 6 5.0 Reference 7 1.0 Introduction This essay is going to discuss my thought about creating a new venture in Hangzhou, China. From a personal point of view, a successful business should be well planned for a long period of time, since we are still novel to the complex society. In order to maximise the possibility of turning my business concept into reality, there are a number of elements needed to take into consideration seriously. This essay will mainly focus on stating my business idea, analysing the business market, showing my business concerns, adopting a business strategy, and finding funding for the business operation. 2.0 Business concept statement My business concept is about teaching children English in a more enjoyable way. This English training will be operated in a playground and the target market is children from 3-6 years old. The business will be located in Hangzhou, China which is a home city of mine. Some more details will be discussed in the following part of the essay. 2.1 Reasons for operating business in Hangzhou, China In terms of the bigger part of the business operation location, we are going to run our business in Hangzhou, China. Not surprisingly, many people want to run their business in a place they...
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...Jami L.Josifek EMLLS 112 14 March 2013 The Differences in Education between China and America A large number of students from China are planning to attend college in the America over the next five years. However, there are many differences in education between China and America. In fact, it is hard to be successful in American college. How the Chinese student to be successful, and what are the differences in education between two countries? I think there are three differences in education between China and America ways of studying was learning, and using different languages. First, there is a different way to study between China and America. In China, students study very hard every day because they have lots of homework. However, there is not much homework in the America. Chinese's teacher thinks homework is the good way to studying, but American student doesn’t have lots of homework. Chinese's teacher always gives a student some question out of the book because this is good for the GAO KAO exam. Chinese's student buy textbook each year, and it is cost more money. In America, the teacher wants to the student read book, and never give the student much homework. If you finish the lesson’s homework, it would be enough for exam. If you read the book, you will be easy past the exam. American teacher also don’t give extra homework because they know it is enough lesson for the student today. If Chinese student wants to be successful at an American college, they should...
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...BUS383 Managing Global Business Essay 1 Executive Summary: Using Lenovo as an international business, discuss the impact & role of culture in its business activities in different economies such as the United States & China in terms of political, economic, social & ethical factors. 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary:..............................................................................................................................2 Introduction...........................................................................................................................................4 Conducting Business Internationally..................................................................................................5 Impact & Role of Culture...................................................................................................................7 Difference between Western & Eastern cultures...............................................................................8 Lenovo in China / Eastern Culture....................................................................................................10 Lenovo in USA / Western Culture....................................................................................................12 Current Affairs.................................................................................................................................13 Conclusion:............................................
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...of the Chinese culture derives from the Mainland China. This culture is the world’s oldest and most complex civilizations with the history of more than 5,000 years. According to Wikipedia, “Chinese culture (Chinese: 中華文化) is a broad term used to describe the cultural foundation, even among Chinese-speaking regions outside of mainland China.” It is a broad term that covers almost all the aspects of life and the Chinese culture is considered very rich. Culture is defined as “the ideas, beliefs, and customs that are shared and accepted by people in a society” (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, 1995). In every culture, one aspect is considered essential and that is politeness. It goes the same with the Chinese culture where politeness is hardly regarded and one element under politeness is highly crucial, which is the importance of ‘face’ or face work. Politeness is best expressed as the practical application of good manners or etiquette. Politeness can vary from one culture to another and what is considered polite in one culture might be considered not in another. Politeness includes behaving and speaking correctly with consideration of other people’s feelings. For example, giving your seat to a disabled person in the LRT. Since culture is considered the institution of life, politeness is highly dependent on its culture. It goes the way the culture goes and it shapes the society under that particular culture through the family up-bringing and also education. Politeness...
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...Confucius regarded three things that is people, wealth and education as the three essentials of any country. He is believed to be greatest advocate of popular education and the first person in Chinese history to give his almost entire life to teaching (Zhang 1999). He worked to establish private education and make education accessible to all. He believed that the purpose of education was to provide with the ability to reason, to develop right thoughts, right feelings and right actions and that a good education system should provide young people with enough chance for developing the right concepts and capacity for leading a happy life and for seeing service to other people as their duty. He also believed that if people do not have knowledge they could not cooperate in an effective way and the direction of man’s moral growth depends very much on his education and merit should be the social way in awarding political and economic privileges. Respect for knowledge and the lifelong pursuit of learning was a fundamental human obligation in his tradition. According to Mackerras (2008), the dominant ideology of traditional China was Confucianism which was secular, hierarchical, authoritarian and family centred. The imperial family was at the top and an amazing small number of officials just below who were largely selected and maintained in office after going through a comprehensive, complex and stereotyped examination system. 2. Civil Service Examinations The Civil service examination...
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...world is shrinking into a global village. People have more and more chances to go outside and keep in touch with the outer world. However, in despite the huge convenience it brings to us, some problems emerge out unavoidably. A lot of skilled human resources are immigrating to abroad especially from developing countries to developed countries. This essay will elaborate brain drain in China as well as some solutions to alleviate the current situation. In recent years, the number of Chinese students overseas continues to be higher and higher. In 2012 the number of internal students is expected to reach 410 thousand. However, among these oversea students, only a few can return back due to the higher salary, better working conditions and training opportunities overseas. Brain drain now has become increasingly serious in China. Therefore, there is a need to reflect on the reasons behind the exodus and come up with some solutions. Firstly, Chinese government should offer bigger incentives for those who return from overseas. Due to the big attraction that foreign enterprise offers many students overseas do not want to come back. Chinese government can launch more projects and programs in which overseas students are able to enjoy favorable treatment in terms of salary, subsidy and especially housing. Apart from the attractive tratment in physical level, enterprise shouls also enhance the incentives in spiritual level. Many people find themselves hard to find a job or opportunity to...
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...An urban youth receiving education in 1900-1927 I was born in a well-to-do family in Beijing in late 19th century,which is a troublous times. At that time, Since then, the country has faced many challenges, foreign invasion and domestic unrest. People's lives are up-and-down, so they started to change and begin to fight. My father is the late Qing scholar and my mother was an industrious and virtuous woman. I am the only child which had a great interest in studies because of my father. At the age of 7, i was sent to a local private school, at 18-year-olds I admitted to the famous schools, Imperial University of Peking (Beijing University) in 1904. In my college life, I came into contact with a number of State Affairs. The opium wars, Sino-Japanese war, the eight-power allied forces invaded China and many unequal treaties makes me extremely angry and indignant. How can our country being bullied? In 1905, there was a man named Sun Yat-Sen established the first revolutionary alliance - Tongmenghui in Japan Tokyo. He took "Drive out the Tartars, restore China, found the Republic, equalize land ownership" as a political platform and Implemented national revolution to achieve democracy. On the other hand, due to the Late Qing Reforms, Eight-legged essay was replaced and Civil Service Examination was abolished. In addition, the social reforms remarkable. Footbinding was discouraged. Also, China took a first step in the film (Ting Chun Shan), the death penalty - Ling Chi in the...
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...E-commerce in China E-commerce has been greatly developed in both United States and European countries when we look at the success of eBay and Amazon. However, according to researchers at IDC (International Data Corporation), it is forecast the annual Asian sales outside Japan, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korean and India, charged ahead at 38% a year through 2007 eBay sales (Miller, 2004). E-commerce not only creates business opportunities, but also helps enterprises save money and operate more efficiently. Therefore, the potential of the market among Asian regions in recent years has been extremely large, especially in Taiwan and Hong Kong. However, many people notice that China seems to be lagging behind this trend and e-commerce is not very suitable for the culture in China as people may prefer face-to-face business. This essay argues that China has the need and potential in developing e-commerce. E-commerce is becoming more compatible with the Chinese culture of business. Although it may be argued that E-commerce is too technological that violates the traditional Chinese business culture as in the past of Chinese society, social relationship plays an important role in Chinese business and shows appropriate respect to the customers or partners. However, all the things in e-commerce are done by the systems only. Nowadays, more and more people in China have an opportunity to receive education so that they can more easily access to internet world and also different cultures...
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...CUE 2013-14 Written Exam Exemplar – Essay Overall Strengths of this essay based on the following Assessment Criteria Criterion 1 (C1): It offers a clear organization and cohesion, guiding the reader to follow the arguments in the essay with an introductory outline that indicates stance, topic sentences, summarizing sentences, references to previous paragraphs, linking devices, and an appropriate conclusion. Criterion 2 (C2): It answers all parts of the question. It shows a clear, consistent, nuanced and hedged stance throughout, and acknowledges the complexity of the issue and limitation of arguments. It supports relevant arguments by integrating various types of appropriate evidence from different sources. Criterion 3 (C3): It showcases a wide range of appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures to convey stance and arguments. Criterion 4 (C4): It is consistent in the use of citation and referencing, and follows the guidelines in the Citation and Referencing Style Guide for use in the CUE exam. There is no plagiarism. Ideas / data taken from the reading texts have been paraphrased or directly quoted using quotation marks. Note: Refer to legend “C1, C2, C3, C4” in the annotations for detailed explanations. Should the University of Hong Kong be internationalized? 1) Identify the objectives of implementing internationalization in Hong Kong’s universities; 2) Discuss the criticisms of implementing internationalization in Hong Kong’s universities;...
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...Identity? Beijing Olympic Games had been successfully held in 2008, it is the first Olympic Games take place in China. In this essay, I am going to see how the Olympic Game affects Hong Kong residents’ national identity before, during, and after the Games and the level affected. Before the Game Before the Games, Something has been done to enhance Hong Kong students’ national identity. For example, the Olympic Torch Relay in Hong Kong. Through watching live on TV or on-the-spot, or even participating in the magnificent Torch Relay, it may arise national glory, thus enhance national identity. The government also played an important role in improving national identity. In educational aspect, Education Bureau (EDB), through moral and civic education, encourage schools to promote Olympic education activities, and these activities became part of “Hong Kong Schools Welcoming Olympics series” (香港學界迎奧運 系列). EDB promote exploring topics about Olympic games and equestrian events. EDB also organized territory-wide learning activities，such as「京港同心．弘揚奧運 精神」Essay contest、「教育與奧運同行，培養國民身份認同」Olympic education program design competition, and large celebration such as「迎奧運．賀國慶」and the 100 day countdown to the Olympic etc., to arose students’ awareness of the Olympic Games and the equestrian event. The Olympic education enhances students’ sense of national identity. The government used $150 million to promote Olympic in Hong...
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...Part 1 -- The History of China Before we discuss individual technological developments, you should read the following three essays that will give you a historic context for these developments. Concise Political History of China, an online article by Paul Halsall compiled from Compton's Living Encyclopedia on America Online, http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/chinhist.html Chinese Periodization in Light of Economic Developments by Paul Halsall, http://www.mastep.sjsu.edu/history_of_tech/chinese_chronology.htm China, Technology and Change, an article by Lynda Shaffer, from the World History Bulletin, Fall/Winter, 1986/87, http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/shaffer.html China's Gifts to the West by Professor Derk Bodde, for the Committee on Asiatic Studies in American Education Reprinted with permission in China: A Teaching Workbook, Asia for Educators, Columbia University, http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/readings/inventions_gifts.htm Part 2 - Science and Technology in China Science in China has a long history and developed quite independently of Western science. Needham (1993) has researched widely on the development of science and technologies in China, the effect of culture, and the transference of these principles, unacknowledged, to the West. The Chinese contribution to Western science is particularly interesting because it serves...
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...First Response essay In this response essay, I will firstly be analyzing the various concepts put forward by Hu Shi. I will then attest to these arguments before evaluating the article as a whole. Hu Shi’s article “The Significance of The New Thought” in his book China’s response to the West provides an interesting and rational perspective regarding the attitudes displayed in the May fourth movement. Hu Shi actually alludes the May fourth movement to that of a ‘Chinese renaissance’ and bases the overall mindsets as one of criticism and reflection. In practice, this attitude identifies the existing flaws of the current status quo and innovates new ideas and improvements to the system. For example, throughout the movement many controversies were put forward such as the problem of Confucianism and technological development, vernacularism and the classical language, and our ethical practices to name a few. This stance to challenge encourages people to introduce new academic theories, to which it is developed and adjusted. To a substantial extent, I agree with Hu Shi’s interpretation of the May fourth movement. After all, it appears that throughout history, society tends to replace traditional institutions through a process of reflection and creative destruction. In concordance with Chiang Monlin’s interpretation, Hu Shi views the May fourth movement as an “emancipating movement”. The movement was an era of challenge. Tradition was challenged by reason, authority was challenged...
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...credit rating in Chinese export Abstract In August 7th of 2011, the Standard & Poor’s, the rating agency, cut its sovereign credit rating for America by one notch, downgrade AAA to AA+. If China does not want to loss more money and decrease the risk, they have to decrease the foreign exchange reserve, so that some Chinese experts suggested decreasing the export. Because they believe that export will bring more and more foreign exchange reserve and export exists a number of problems. So this news event is a challenge of Chinese encouragement of export policy. But the other Chinese experts argue that we can not decrease the export, because China is a developing country which is mainly rely on export and we can not ignore that the export brings China a lot of opportunities. Though export is still exist a lot of problems, but we can use some theory to find the solution. The government can use the methods of increasing the domestic consumption spending to keep the growth of GDP and keep the employment rate. The government should encourage the residents to increase the consumption and enlarge the domestic demand. And government should encourage the export the advance proprietary technology products and restrict the export of low level technology products to eliminate the barriers of trade Introduction Nowadays, export plays an import role in the development of economic. General Administration of customs of the People’s Republic of China announced that Chinese trade surplus...
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