With a fragmented nation dominated by warlords and a panting Beiyang government exploited by foreign powers nowadays, I am glad young people like us, awakened by the sweeping nationalism, try to find a way to better our homeland. ... Therefore, independent thinking, spread from the West, should be the key to unchain Chinese people from the handcuff of feudal Confucianism. ... However, a complete imitation of Western countries does not suit China. ... As a result, neither blindly imitating Western values nor stubbornly promoting ancient values works well as we previously discussed, but standin...

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As China's entry into the WTO since 2001, it seems gradually obvious that the concussion, the collision, the combination and development between Chinese traditional value and the importing western cultural value has become nationwide recognized. Confronted with the enormously coming western culture and product nowadays, my point is that, we Chinese are having a kind of attitude that combined with partially acceptance, partially refusal and partially development. ... China is an ancient country with a history of more than 5000 years. ... Precisely, china today is enduring the cultural i...

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Culture is also coerced and forced into our beliefs by government, parents, religion and society. ... Culture largely affects government by changing and setting standards of "normality" and establishing what is accepted within specific societies. In turn government also impacts and changes our culture. The people in this country vote for whom they want in government. ... For example, in China they sit low to the floor on cushions and eat using chop sticks. ...

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The pain he must have felt after finding out that his "butterfly" was a man in disguise, and on top of that a spy for the Chinese government, must have been tremendously tragic and heartbreaking for him. ... Postcolonial China before the Revolution was made up of the China that reconstructed itself after World War II. ... Mao was the Chinese leader after the war and during his reign Western culture started leaking into the China. ... The Chinese perceived the westerners as evil. ... The Chinese were portrayed as what Westerners usually envision as well as the Westerners being portrayed as ...

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His Fourfold Cultural Balance theory states there were four distinct zones (Europe, Middle East Africa, India, and China) of civilization development that were marked by a unique culture. ... The Silk Road was a trade route in which Chinese people traded silk through the European continent for jade, horses, etc. ... The Spice trade routes traded spices from India to Europe and China. ... This led to a European dominance of trade routes, and also allowed further independence of trade routes from the government systems by allowing a trade vessel to be able to defend against attacks without the n...

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In 1966 the Liberal-Country Party Government began dismantling the 'White Australia' policy by permitting the immigration of 'distinguished' non-Europeans. ... There are authentic Chinese, French, Indian, Italian, Lebanese, Greek and Vietnamese restaurants appearing everywhere and with our ACB channel on TV, people are exposed to foreign films, documentaries and other variety shows. Some large groups of similar cultural background such as the Chinese communities introduce different aspects of their way to other people. They celebrate Chinese New Year, Moon Festival and food...

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Chinese culture was spread this way and eventually fused with surrounding societies. ... His desire to secure military allies contrasts with that of Zheng He, who sought only a formal acknowledgement of Chinese sovereignty, trade in rare goods, and political and nautical information. ... Meanwhile, Zheng He had little place in Ming society for a private or an independent entrepreneur, trade was seen as a government monopoly, but above all, the Son of Heaven employed servants like himself "to do his will; he would never 'contract out' exploration, as the Portuguese king did.... ...

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Furthermore, Singapore's CMIO (Chinese, Malay, Indian, Others) model of multiracialism is also a unique feature of the Singaporean community. ... Many Singaporeans in the modern society are descendants of migrants from abroad, such as China and India. ... In 2011, a mainland Chinese family who complained about the smell of the curry cooked by their Indian Singaporean neighbors sparked a backlash. ... Similarly, in 2013, a trial by train operator SMRT to broadcast MRT station names in Mandarin, in addition to the usual English announcements, was met with outrage as some thought the move pa...

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Trade became one of the main incomes of the countries and trade required close interaction between countries and decisions were started to be taken to ease traders by governments. This attitude of governments has led economic affairs to shape up cultural practices of states. ... Equally Asia has been struck by fundamental changes: from the imperial China to the communist China, the Vietnam war, the Korean war, the independence of India, the Iran Iraq war, the Gulf war, etc. ... Governments should take special care against cultural erosion and stop resembling of cultures with the effects of eco...

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It contains the largest amount of residents compare to rest of cities in the world and administered by a democratic and progressive government. ... As a result of the connectivity of globalization, including hosting several mega-events - the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, combined with the new government policy of tourism, the residents of the city may become increasingly diverse, and they could experience multi-culture in their daily life. ... First of all, the ethnic composition of Tokyo's population is simplex. 98% of the total residents are Japanese, the foreign population (whic...

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An American may also be African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani, or Afghan (Ferrara, par 3). ... For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God (Ferrara, par 4)." ... American women are free to dress how they want and listen to whom they want, as long as they remember to comply with the laws of the government. ...

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Transportation in the last 100 years has changed drastically; with faster cars, subways, planes, private jets, and various size boats make it that more simple to get from Canada to China in a day. ... Also, the more people use these devices that data is owned by the government their privacy is slowly being taken away. This reminds me of the book 1984, when the government is totalitarianism and they are ordered to do what the government/party says and if they do not abide by the rules they will be thrown into rehabs to be brainwashed until they believe what their "supposed" to believe...

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However, professionals in the Far East such as China and Japan, do not view individual rewards as praise and appreciation, but much rather appreciate team and group based incentives. ... Although the ideas of labor practices seems to relate to governmental and economic influences, it is in fact a cultural issue that can be understood and dealt with in a proper manner. ...

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However, professionals in the Far East such as China and Japan, do not view individual rewards as praise and appreciation, but much rather appreciate team and group based incentives. ... Although the ideas of labor practices seems to relate to governmental and economic influences, it is in fact a cultural issue that can be understood and dealt with in a proper manner. ...

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Minoan, Mayan, Olmec, Islamic, Egypt, Greek, Roman, China, and India all shared similar qualities of a civilization. ... We have technology, religions, a structured government, writing, art, literature and philosophy. ... If society were civilized would it not make sense that there is no starvation and that there would be no violence between a government and its people. ...

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