Taming Chinese Cyberspace -- a vision from Weibo Yicheng Zhu Reg. No. 110136970 Course: JNL 6032 Media Censorship Course leader: Dr. John Steel Abstract In this essay the recent fashion of Weibo in Chinese media is discussed, especially on the Chinese authorities and government's attitude towards it, moreover and more importantly, the way of how Weibo is being censored is explained. According to previous theories, internet cannot be regarded
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Modern Technology and Depression: Traditional Chinese Medicine Alternatives Sabura Abstract The 20th century brings with it a plethora of the useful and convenient inventions including a continuous introduction of the latest digital gadgets and services including cell phones, computers, televisions, and cable and internet services. With all of these conveniences, studies show that there is a steady increase of depression, mania, and suicides over recent years. As technological advances
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Loss of Face Among Chinese Businesspeople in Intracultural and Intercultural Business Interactions Peter W. Cardon and James Calvert Scott Abstract Problem: No systematic research has been conducted about loss of face in Chinese business culture. General research questions: What causes Chinese businesspeople to lose face when conducting business intraculturally and interculturally? Setting: People’s Republic of China. Participants: 34 Chinese businesspeople from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong
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09/07/2014 The Magician “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” by Brian Selznick. This is about a boy name Hugo lives in an old abandoned apartment in Paris. The building was where people used to live in who ran the train station, but his was the only one left. Hugo’s farther owned a clock shop as well worked part time at the museum working on them. He came home late one night from work and told Hugo he found something fascinating in the attic of the museum. His father told him it was an automaton
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between the alien colonial state and the overwhelmingly larger Chinese population. What made this so? -"laissez-faire and non-interventionism", reducing the potenital of conflict. -traditional political apathy of Chinese -Hong Kong does not fit classical patterns of colonialism -theorize the importance of "segmentation" by race or ethnicity He argues that it is dangerous to overlook the colonial aspects of the Chinese community, and article traces the historical roots between the Hong
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In my opinion, the main reason that Turkish government doesn’t recognize Laz Language as a minority language is because the government is concerned about that multi-language usage would lay a threat on the current Turkish authority. According to the radio, Turkish is the only official language and also the only language that allowed to be taught in schools. Since language, for the most of the time is largely associated with culture, not letting the younger generation to carry on the culture that
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Summary China’s government is considering new regulations to govern a corporate structure, the so called VIE which is known as variable interest entity, that has enabled a wave of Chinese firms to list overseas by circumventing rules against foreign investment in sectors such as the Internet. Under this special structure, Chinese legal entities hold the sensitive permits and licenses required to do business in China while the offshore holding companies in which foreigners buy shares contract with those
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conduct a small survey. I want to know how many people here have ever head of Baidu or ever used it. Please show your hands, let me know. Thanks, we have ten people here include me, and 80% have ever used Baidu, right? What’s more, we can see 100% Chinese have used Baidu, and 100% people outside China never heard of Baidu. So the results can really tell us some successful parts of this company, and some parts of it still need to improve. OK, let’s go back to the beginning, the following eight minutes
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Sentence patterns for basic Chinese conversations: zhe4 | this | na4 | that | mei3 | each/every | na3 | which? | yi1 | one | liang3 | a couple | shi2 | ten | Can I (enter, buy)? | wǒ néng bù néng (jìn qu, mǎi) | Can you (help me, sell)? | nǐ néng bù néng (bāngmáng, mài)? | Do you have (an airplane ticket)? | <nǐ> yǒu (zhāng jīpiào) ma? | How much does (this; measure word) cost? | (zhèi {ge, tiáo, běn} ) yào duōshao qián? | I am (Indian) | wǒ shì (Yìndù rén) |
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Siblings Disguised as Rivals: Kindred Relationship Between Confucianism and Legalism Legalism is linked to laws while Confucianism is married to morals. The two are often contrasted with each other in regards to their different means of achieving harmony in society. Legalism, as its name suggests, is very much concerned with achieving order in society through laws. To elaborate, strict rules are supplemented with rewards and punishments—people were given heavy incentives to obey the laws and even
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