...Introduction : Maxine Hong Kingston is an acclaimed author of several Books. She is a remarkable writer who showed the American world more than just the stereotypical view of the mystical and a magical China. Reflecting her history through her works has made her a famous feminist writer. Her passion for writing began at the age of nine and won her first award in a journalism contest at the University of California, Berkley at the age of 16. Background History : Maxine Hong Kingston born in October 27, 1940. She was the oldest third of 8 children Her parents migrated from China. Her first language was Say Yup, a Cantonese dialect. She grew up surrounded by immigrants from her father’s Village. Since an early age storytelling was part of her everyday life and later had a great impact of her writing. Education Maxine Hong Kingston was a very dedicated and bright student. She won eleven scholarships which allowed her to attend at the University of California at Berkeley . She initially started as a engineering major but eventually switched to English Major. While attending College she meet her husband, an aspiring actor and they moved to Hawaii where they taught for ten years. In this book uses her experiences while growing up and combines them or mixes them together stories that her mother use to tell her in which incorporates Chinese culture, history, believes and myths. The Woman Warrior In 1976 while teaching creative writing at Mid-Pacific institute, Maxine...
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...“Lead or Follow” Should I conform? Should I rebel? This has and always will be, a constant battle struggled individually, or as a society. A certain amount of conformity needs to exist in life in order to avoid disorder. This is the reason we have laws. Take those laws, rules, control, or even expectations, to an extreme, and some form of rebellion is probable. Struggle with these opposites, and you have a catalyst for war, or perhaps, being fired from a job. Literature represents life, and this theme can be found at the root of many literary works. “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, reflects blind conformity by the villagers with a hint of rebellion. Every June 27th the lottery takes place; the prize for winning is death. The villagers believe sacrificing one of their own will ensure a good harvest. The villagers are so blasé about the lottery it is said “the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o’clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner” (339/1). We get our first sense of possible rebellion when Mr. Adams says, “over in the north village they’re talking of giving up the lottery” (342/31) Mrs. Adams adds, some villages have already given it up. Old Man Warner’s retort is, “Pack of crazy fools…Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon. First thing you know, we’d all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns,” (342/32) summing up the villagers belief in the continued need of this tradition....
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...At the turn of the 20th century China was the world's oldest continuously extant civilization, being four thousand years old, but, a mere twenty years later that bastion of civilization was thrown into turmoil and discord by the arrival of western civilizations who brought with them a new ethos and dictum on the structure of society that, would open the eyes of the insular Chinese people and awaken the great sleeping dragon, that would propel them into modernity. A number of factors were present in China at the turn of the century that would led to the gradual establishment of Communist rule under the charismatic, enigmatic Mao Zedong. At the time of the CCP's inception in 1920 China was a deeply divided socially, economically and politically backward country ruled by self-serving, despotic war-lords and encumbered by foreign powers who held unequal treaties which entitled them to special economic and territorial privileges in China, a source of great discontent to the Chinese people. This great social upheaval gave rise to new and more radicalized schools of thought, led by disenchanted intellectuals who strove to unify China and rid her of her many tyrannical overlords.The Nationalist KMT Party were the Communists main contender for power; not only were they the public face of politics in China, they also had the backing of Soviet Russia, but, over time Chiang Kai-Shek and the KMT would come to represent consummate despotism; Siphoning of public funds, their brutality towards...
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...The Cultural Revolution lasted for a decade and saw the fragmentation of China only ending after yielding seemingly little benefit to anyone involved. Mao Zedong was foremostly, and most successfully, a revolutionary and much of his life had been spent seeking to fundamentally transform China. Mao’s goal, to form a new strong and prospering China, required the creation of a new national sense of being through the Cultural Revolution. To forge a new society and culture, rid of entrenched feudal ways was considered absolutely necessary with the omnipresent shadow of the New Culture Movement, which had been frustrated by the size of the task. Only a mass movement by the entire nation to reform themselves could succeed. Mao found his answer in the political philosophy of Marx and Lenin whose work he synthesised and altered, eventually focusing on the potentially revolutionary aspects of widespread revolution. Mao made a significant contribution to Marxist philosophy by concluding that in order to keep the results of a revolution in place, the revolution too had to be permanent. Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, motivated by this genuine desire to preserve and protect the revolution by making it impossible for China’s leaders to become comfortable and lead the nation to regress to capitalism. The Communist victory in 1949 and subsequent decade of control saw some slow improvements in the life of the ordinary Chinese, and few leaders of the CCP were adamant that a revolution was...
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...administration expand U.S. military in Vietnam in 1965? How did it do this? Were these actions effective? If not, why were they ineffective? In what ways did the Johnson administration deceive the U.S. Congress and the American people about the reasons for increasing American intervention in Vietnam and the tactics the administration employed to fight the war? Vietnam consumed Johnson’s energy and his presidency. Johnson, who believed in containment and the domino theory, saw Vietnam as a test. His foreign policy advisors, many who remained from the Kennedy administration, shared his views. Johnson had been in Congress when China became Communist, and he vividly recalled the domestic political turmoil that followed as Republicans attacked Democrats for “losing” China. He would not, he said, “be the president who saw Southeast Asia go the way China went.” The war was going poorly in South Vietnam and the political situation in Saigon became uncertain as one unstable government succeeded another. Also, the 1964 Tonkin Gulf crisis was a crucial event in the war’s escalation. Out of frustration, President Johnson, acting on the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, ordered bombings of military targets in North Vietnam. This was known as Operation Rolling Thunder. President Johnson also explained that the reason for being over in Vietnam was to help South Vietnam defend its independence and to strengthen world order. Operation Rolling Thunder was a bombing campaign that...
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...stratintsol@gmail.com. Inside This Week’s Issue United States and the European Union Mild eurozone recession likely in 2012: economists………......................................................................................4 Euro declines in its longest losing streak since 2010..............................................................................................5 Head of Russian Church Urges Action on Vote Fraud Allegation….…………….……………………………..……………….…..…6 Tribute to Václav Havel attracts thousands…………………………………………………………….……………………………….……….7 Middle East Islamists' chance to lead change ............................................................................................................................ 8 Why Islamism Is Winning ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Kenyan troops join AU Somalia mission .............................................................................................................. 10 Asia WH calls for stable transition in North Korea . ..................................................................................................... 11 Turbulent times ahead for Korean Peninsula amid transition in Pyongyang. ...................................................... 12 Taliban Leader Claims Peace Talks Going On With Pakistan ............................................................................... 14 The Back Page Key US Economic...
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...about the downfall of Western Europe as the center of world power. It led to the dominance of the Soviet Union and the United States. It set off a power struggle between the two countries called the Cold War. World War II also opened the nuclear age. It is impossible to say exactly how many people died as a result of World War II. Estimates suggest about 20 million soldiers died during the war’s six years. From 30 to 40 million civilians also perished. That makes a combined death toll of 50 million to 60 million people. The battlegrounds of World War II spread to nearly every part of the world. Troops fought in the jungles of Southeast Asia. They battled in the deserts of North Africa. They fought on the islands and seas of the Pacific Ocean. Battles raged on the frozen steppes of the Soviet Union and in the cities, forests, and farmers’ fields of Europe. Submarines fought below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. World War II began on Sept. 1, 1939, when Nazi...
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...A Battle Against Cheating When students were at middle school, they were told that the only way to gain success was through hard working. As a student, you should work hard to get good a grade. As an employee, you should work hard to get a promotion. This is a classic American dream: as long as you work hard, you can always achieve your dream no matter what backgrounds you come from. However, reality seems to be disappointed. Working hard is not the only way to get ahead any more. Those who work much harder seem to be less successful than those who work less hard but know how to play tricks. Cheating is a secret weapon that could make you move forward. It is becoming more common, tempting and covert than it was fifty years ago. It is the time to hold our remaining virtues to fight against unethical behaviors. We should identify factors that have led to the phenomenon of cheating and then seek effective ways to conquer it. In their book Final Accounting, Toffler and Reingold (2003) talked about how the world once greatest accounting firm Arthur Andersen cheated together with its clients to mislead investors and eventually collapsed after being disclosed many astounded accounting scandals of the firm. Toffler and Reingold (2003) pointed out that people tend to blame such cheating scandals to a few bad individuals. Whereas, it is the culture that should take the responsibility. It is the corrupting culture that makes cheating an attractive way to get what you want (p.204)...
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...1|Page Coursework Header Sheet 220924-625 Course FINA1035: Strategic Financial Mgt Course School/Level B/UG Coursework Report Assessment Weight 100.00% Tutor EA Warren Submission Deadline 19/03/2015 Coursework is receipted on the understanding that it is the student's own work and that it has not, in whole or part, been presented elsewhere for assessment. Where material has been used from other sources it has been properly acknowledged in accordance with the University's Regulations regarding Cheating and Plagiarism. 000652920 Tutor's comments Grade Awarded___________ Moderation required: yes/no For Office Use Only__________ Final Grade_________ Tutor______________________ Date _______________ 2|Page 0006529208 Strategic Financial Management Report: McDonald’s Part 2: External Analysis Zaheer Mansuri Word Count: 3038 Tutor: Liz Warren 3|Page 0006529208 Contents PESTLE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Political:............................................................................................................................................................... 4 Economic:............................................................................................................................................................ 5 Sociocultural:...
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...educated people that tend to beneficiate from free trade and whose jobs are less likely to ever go overseas also feel that free trade agreements are hurting the US. When compared to 10 years ago when this survey was first done there has been a wide increase in the educated people that have changed their mind about free trade. This gap doubled from 24% to 50%. Politicians have now taken the issue into their own hands. Last week the senate passed a bill that would pressure China to float its currency in an effort to level the amount of imports that enter the country. While this may be a temporary issue that politicians use for their advantage in the next elections it is still an issue that more and more Americans are paying attention to as the unemployment rate still lingers near 10%. The article also mentions how China is beginning to replace Wall Street as the new “America’s villain.” Some think this happened because China pulled out of the recession a lot faster than any other country, and while the US still struggles to keep a healthy economy, China’s GDP is ranging in the teens. While many agree with this issue, there are still many scholars and politicians that feel that we need free trade. There are some that argue that we are slipping back into an era that did not have free trade and many...
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...While getting other women with the same interests the sign the petition, Emily Murphy also needed women with the same will and reason to help her with the struggle against inequality, also known as the members of the Famous Five from Alberta; Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise Crummy McKinney and Irene Parlby. When the petition of the famous five arrived in British Columbia one woman, named Mary Ellen Smith who had lived in British Columbia, reacted to the news saying, “The iron dropped into the souls of women in Canada when we heard that it took a man to decree that his mother was not a person.”, also along with the Famous Five there are some people who decided to speak up about the issue with the government regarding women. Women in the 1900’s were not considered ‘Persons’ and equals to the male counterparts and those women set out to change all...
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...WORKERS OF ALL COUNTRIES UNITE! QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN MAO TSE - TUNG 5 FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRESS P E K I N G 1966 First Edition 1966 M O R F S N O I TAT O U Q NAMRIAHC GNUT - EST OAM 5 SSERP EGAUGNAL NGIEROF 6691 G N I K E P Printed in the People’s Republic of China Study Chairman Mao’s writings, follow his teachings and act according to his instructions. Lin Piao A facsimile of the above statement by Comrade Lin Piao in his own handwriting appears on the previous page. FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION OF QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG (December 16, 1966) Lin Piao Comrade Mao Tse-tung is the greatest Marxist-Leninist of our era. He has inherited, defended and developed MarxismLeninism with genius, creatively and comprehensively and has brought it to a higher and completely new stage. Mao Tse-tung’s thought is MarxismLeninism of the era in which imperialism is heading for total collapse and socialism is advancing to world-wide victory. It is a powerful ideological weapon for opposing imperialism and for opposing revisionism and dogmatism. Mao Tse-tung’s thought is the guiding principle for all the work of the Party, the army and the country. Therefore, the most fundamental task in our Party’s political and ideological work is at all times to hold high the great red banner of Mao Tse-tung’s thought, to arm the minds of the people throughout the country with it and to persist in using it to command every field of activity. The...
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...Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon CHIN 1088 12/15/2015 Fang 1 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Let’s look back to the title of this essay. Yes, it is the very film’s name that I would like to talk about. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was released in China in 2000, and directed by Ang Lee. I believe that lots of people are not unfamiliar to this person. Ang Lee was born on October 23, 1954 in Taipei, Taiwan. His titles are not only a film director, but also producer and screenwriter. Early year, he attended the National Taiwan College of Arts, where he graduated in 1975, and then relocated to the United States, where he studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and New York University. Ang Lee made his directorial debut in 1992 with Pushing Hands and earned Academy Award nominations for his next two films, The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994). His later films include Sense and Sensibility (1995), starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant, and for which Lee earned an Academy Award nomination for best picture; The Ice Storm (1997); Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), for which he received four Oscars, four BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award for best director; and Hulk (2003). He also went on to direct Se, Jie (2007) and Taking Woodstock (2009). In 2006, he became the first Asian to win an Academy Award for best director, for his film Brokeback Mountain, a small-budget, low-profile independent film based...
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...FALL 15 FALL 15 Martin Luther King, Jr.: Charismatic Leadership in a Mass Struggle Dr. Mark Allen Organizational Behavior/Leadership (MBA-552) Harkaran Singh Hara & Aras Azarbay Martin Luther King, Jr.: Charismatic Leadership in a Mass Struggle Dr. Mark Allen Organizational Behavior/Leadership (MBA-552) Harkaran Singh Hara & Aras Azarbay 08 Fall 08 Fall Abstract The paper examines the myths associated with the life and leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. during the African-American Civil Rights movements of 1950s and 1960s and scrutinizes King’s depiction by the mass media as the sole significant leader of the struggle. It also examines the charismatic label associated with King’s name, his exceptional oratory skills and also his weaknesses as leader. The paper further discusses the contributions of King towards the civil rights struggle and also suggests us not to forget the contributions of leaders to the movement and the social factors which led to King’s rise. It also suggests some lessons we can learn from King’s life and relates his beliefs and methods to various scholarly works. Finally, it reflects upon the role of charismatic leadership and how it relates with transformational leadership styles in today’s business environment. About the Author This article which was originally published in the Journal of American History, 1987 is written by Dr. Clayborne Carson, who is a professor of American History at the...
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...Chinese companies are winning over European multinationals in Africa - Why have Chinese companies found the emerging markets of Africa less risky and a more attractive proposition than western multinationals? - MSc BD7 Ping SUI Introduction: As an important global player and the main drive for economical growth, China’s massive investment in Africa has drawn the world’s attention. People can see European multinationals everywhere in Africa in the 80s, while now Chinese companies seem to take over the leading role. For example, in Angola, China helped to build the Angola Benguela railway, which is the longest railway Angola has had so far; in Nigeria, Chinese Telecom companies “Huawei” has a dominating presence both in fixed and wireless services by taking more than 90% of the market share. Not only can you find commodities made in China everywhere, but Chinese companies now build the infrastructures in many African countries too. On the contrary, the presence of European multinationals is not as strong as the Chinese ones: the amount of the funds flowing from Europe to Africa has decreased from 70% to 17% since the 70s; Western Europe’s share of overall international trade with Africa has decreased from 51% to 28%, while China has taken the place and become the biggest trading partner Africa has by surpassing America in 2009. Why are European MNCs less and less preset in Africa? What are the difficulties they have encountered? Do Chinese companies have same barriers...
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