Military Strength of 21st Century China
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This 5 page report discusses whether or not China’s modernization and its partnership in global enterprises and market opportunities demonstrates a true commitment to modernization and advancement of its society and the Chinese people or to an advancement of its military capabilities. Focus on the people of China by its government in modern times has always been in terms of the people’s ability, if not always willingness, to support its military machine. There is no substantive reason to believe that such a mindset no longer exists. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWmilchi.wps

Millenarian Movements in Chinese History
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A 6 page research paper that examines the relationship of eschatology and millenarian movements in Chinese history. The writer discusses the Taiping Rebellion of 1850-64 as an example. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khmille.wps

Modern China -- Economics, Human Rights, and the “Mandate of Heaven”
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This 7 page report discusses the People’s Republic of China in terms of its foreign and domestic economic policies, its human rights problems, and the fact that regardless of the many changes that have altered China in the past two decades, it still remains a primarily communist nation. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BWchin01.wps

Modern Confucianism -- Adaptable Throughout All Times
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This 5 page report discusses the thinking of the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius or, more accurately, Kung-fu-tzu. Critics of Confucian thinking consider it to be a static philosophy which has constrained Chinese civilizations to maintain traditional thinking and behavior at all costs. The author of this paper suggests that such is not the case and that Confucianism is as applicable in modern life as it was thousands of years ago. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWconfu.rtf

Most Favored Nation Trade Status for China
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This 12 page paper supports the argument that the United States should continue to trade with China and grant the nation MFN status. Both sides of the argument are provided. Politician's views are duly noted. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: SA015MFN.wps

Mother-Daughter Relationships and Identity in Amy Tan’s “The Joy Luck Club”
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This is an 18 page paper discussing the mother-daughter relationships in Tan’s “The Joy Luck Club” and the importance of the acceptance of the daughters’ Chinese heritage in order to gain their full identity. Cultural identity and familial relationships are very much a part of the growing conflicts, misunderstandings and collective memory in Amy Tan’s “The Joy Luck Club”. Throughout the novel, the mothers’ stories and memories about their heritage and past which are considered excessive initially by their daughters are eventually accepted through maturity and in doing the daughters who have acknowledged their importance not only gain a better understanding of their mothers but also of their Chinese heritage and therefore gain their full identity. The daughters are not able to gain a grasp of their full identity until they finally accept and are rewarded by their knowledge of their Chinese heritage and culture; elements causing conflict throughout the novel. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: TJJoyLC1.rtf

Nien Cheng’s “Life and Death in Shanghai”
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This 6 page report discusses the autobiographical account of Nien Cheng’s experiences during China’s Cultural Revolution. “Life and Death in Shanghai” by Nien Cheng requires that the reader or student be particularly aware of the unique nuance of time and place and how Cheng causes those aspects of the story to be as essential as the actual characters of the book. Cheng’s crime was that she was born into a wealthy, land-owning Chinese family. As a result of her “privileged” background, she was put into solitary confinement and ordered by Red Guards to confess to the crimes they had trumped up against her. Quite simply and without much fanfare . . . she refused. Throughout the book, the reader sees the honesty, intelligence, and perseverance of one woman in the face of horrific torture and oppression. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
Filename: BWshanhi.rtf

One Aspect of Morgan Stanley's Investment Risk in China
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A 5 page paper discussing Morgan Stanley's first-ever joint venture, and one in which the investment bank in which the company was a partner lost money on telecommunications infrastructure investing in China. Much of the loss incurred later was traced to bribery. Associated risks could have been eliminated from the telecommunications scenario and preserved at least some return for investors. Staunch refusal would have delayed the telecommunications projects in the short term, but those delays likely would have cost less than did the bribes that were paid to effect their completion. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSinvest.rtf

Opening up Free Trade With China
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6 pages. A discussion on the aspects of the United States considering free trade with China, as well as why sanctions have been passed, and what it would involve to revoke some of the sanctions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JGAchnfr.wps

Overview and Review of the Movie “Eat Drink Man Women”
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This 4 page report discusses the 1994 movie by writer-director Ang Lee. The movie tells the story of the story of a master chef who is nearing retirement, named Chu (Sihung Lung), who lives in Taipei with his three unmarried daughters. On Sundays, the sisters and their father catch up on the most intimate, literally, aspects of their lives. Their problems and frictions are somehow resolved, or at least minimized as they share the feast that their father puts before them. No additional sources listed.
Filename: BWyinshi.rtf

Pang-Mei N. Chang/Style in Bound Feet
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An 8 page research paper that, first of all, analyzes the style used by Chang in her book Bound Feet & Western Dress. The writer argues that the style of this biographical account enables it to also qualify as a feminist cultural study. After discussing the book in this context, the writer offers a brief example of how another woman's experiences can be related in a manner similar to this book. No additional sources cited.
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Parenting in the Chinese Culture:
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This 5 page paper discusses Chinese culture in regards to parenting, discipline, and the rearing of children. This paper highlights similarities and differences in terms of Chinese parenting methods and American parenting methods. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: GSChincu.rtf