My interest in Chinese New Year come from my yearly visits to China town during the celebration. ... The origin of the Chinese New Year begins with the Chinese calendar which originates from Wan-nien-li. ... The new calendar was named in his honor Wan-nien-li, which can be translated into a 'perpetual calendar'. ... Perhaps it was not a coincidence that his name is literary translated to ten-thousand years, everlasting, forever or perpetual. ... In china political and econo...

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For the past forty years, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Japan have been fighting over a territory dispute for five uninhabited islands and three rocks in the East China Sea, of which Japan currently has "administrative control". ... In the late eighteen hundreds, Japan surveyed the islands as "terra nullius," which translates in Latin as "belonging to no one" ("Narrative," 2012). ... Furthermore, China declares that Japan's 1985 terra nullius claim to the Senkaku islands was conveniently during China's...

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For example, quoting from the advertising agency Lowe UK's 2002 HSBC television campaign, "In the U.K. it is deemed disrespectful not to finish a meal provided by your host whereas in China, if you do, it is questioning the generosity of your host" Secondly, each element of culture influences each component of the marketing mix. ... Translations errors, particularly with qualitative research, can misinterpret the true needs and desires of a target market. ...

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Little Saigon assists the newly arrived immigrants with a line of offices that provide translation services, school and job application assistance, English language classes, and employment that requires little or no skills. ... Although built and owned by an ethnic Chinese, Frank Jao, Asian Garden Mall is the centerpiece of Little Saigon, exhibiting more Vietnamese ethnic pride and cultural tenacity (Lieu 41). ...

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With so many countries in possession of nuclear weapons – China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea, to name a few –aren't these countries at risk of either being infiltrated or coerced into providing terrorists access to the weapons. ...

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