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The general principle of cooperativeness was very popular with Chinese thinkers. For example, the Legalist perspective stated that humans were inherently evil and inclined towards criminal and selfish activities, hence they implemented a reward and punishment system where the citizens were told to report anyone who breaks…

IKEA entered the Chinese market as a joint venture in order to comply with Chinese laws, establishing their first store in Shanghai in 1998. IKEA entered the Chinese market in order to expand beyond the western markets it had already saturated, and take advantage of the growing middle-class of younger Chinese consumers who were more receptive to foreign products and brands. Upon market entry, IKEA faced many similar issues to those encountered by U.S. stores, except in China many of the…

election management is a problem that is widespread throughout Chinese villages. The Chinese people accept corruption as a natural part of elections proving it is a common issue. In 2013, more than 500 lawmakers in the city of Hengyang were caught in a vote buying scandal. The Communist Party of China issued a plan to fight corruption. The Chinese government called the corruption problem, “critical and complicated” (Avery, 2013). The Chinese government does not often admit to problems within…

This essay seeks to provide an answer to the question, is Chinese foreign policy exceptional. There are convincing arguments linking Chinese society with the notion of exceptionalism. Foot (2010, 129) points to claims of exceptionalist tendencies based on a long history of civilisation, specifically the concept of honour permeating through ideas of the tribute system, and the strong Han cultural identity. The case for an exceptional Chinese foreign policy lies with this use and potential misuse…

individuals believe that with the past of time Mandarin Chinese will be the language that will be more spoken throughout the world. In my opinion, I believed that this statement is false because although the economy of China is growing, Chinese is a hard language to learn and it will be even harder to adapt a massive amount of people to master that language. I don’t think that a specific language will rule the world, Chinese will continue speaking Chinese, Mexicans will continue speaking…

It is a record of the conversations between Confucius and his disciples, which were later written down by his disciples. It is one of the major parts of Four Books. Confucius’s philosophies are based on the principle of good conduct, wisdom and proper social relationships. Confucius was the person who said that country should be ruled by moral values rather than with military powers. In the Analects Confucius says, “By nature men are pretty much alike; it is learning and practice that set them…

student in engineering, being aware of global issues and how to improve the lives of people around the world through technological advancements is something that I find essential. Specifically, I enjoy learning about the customs and traditions of the Chinese and how they value family and team progress versus self-progression, which contrasts the behaviors of westernized countries. These ideals are evident…

American communities, which usually struggles with poverty and unemployment, Chinese international students in America is one of the extremely unique groups. They tend to come from wealthy families and the number of these Chinese international students in the US is increasing exponentially every year. However, the community does face some issues that could potentially affect this huge population in the US. For instance, the Chinese love to gamble so much that it had been a part of the orient…

The question of what consciousness is or what we can deem as to be conscious is most fiercely debated topic in this dissertation because its subjective nature; what you and I may consider to have its own consciousness may possibly or rather probably will be different, how then can we build a machine with its own conscience when we has humans still haven’t figured it what it even really means to be conscious. I think therefore I am This very famous statement written by French mathematician and…

a. Gender socialization/pg. 74: learning society’s “gender map,” the paths in life set out for us because we are male or female. The path laid out for both the male and female gender in China is very obvious. Males in China are much more wanted in the country than females are. Many males in China’s culture are raised as single children and are very spoiled and get almost anything they want. The males are treated this way because they are then expected to stay with the family to take care of…