Kingston’s mother tells her of the patience and self control Fa Mu Lan has to acquire during her journey in order to empower her with identical warrior-skills that will help her cope with modern day injustices. Along the fifteen years of her rigorous training, Fa Mu Lan is consoled by her masters with a water gourd, which allows her to observe her family which she was forced to abandon. While looking into the gourd one day, she witnesses her soon-to-be husband and younger brother getting drafted
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1. What is the name of the primary source? Flyers distributed by trade unions for a boycott of Chinese and Japanese-run businesses, 1898. 2. How does the source tie into the Chinese Exclusion Act? To truly understand the connection between the Chinese exclusion Act and the expulsions of Chinese and Asian in and around Tacoma in late 19885, one must understand the economic situation between the years of 1870-1885. Recession after recession and unstable economic conditions created fear and
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Chinese produced a solid fueled rocket around 1045 AD. This rocket was then used against the Mongols during the defense of a Kai-fung-fu, a city in China, in 1232. It was a solid fuel arrow powered by gunpowder. These very early rockets probably contained black powder as the propellant (fuel). A form of gunpowder was the earliest solid rocket fuel. China, in the late second century BC provides us with the earliest recorded mention of gunpowder. Bamboo tubes, filled with saltpeter, sulphur and charcoal
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goods, became present due to the rise of production and global trade of silver. In the documents by people from the Ming, which are the documents by Ye Chunji [doc 1], Wang Xijue [doc 3], and He Qiacyuan [doc 7] show the changes in the economy of China. In the documents by the people of Spain, which include Tomas de Mercado [doc 2] and Antonio Vásquez de Espinoza [ doc 6] show the differences in the pricings and accepted currencies occurring. In the documents by the British, which are by Ralph Fitch
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War II, which resumed the participation of Japan with the detonation of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. However, your book showed me that there was more information missing. First of all, the invasion that Japan started to plan to invade China. The maps gave me an specific idea of the invasion, they divided on three groups around Nanking. One was in Tai Hu a Lake between Nanking and Shanghai, while the other one traveled southern toward Nanking. The troops were commanded by Matsui Iwane
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Everyone is existing for a purpose. For some, the discovery of his purpose is a lifelong process. The history of my family, like most Vietnamese families, is attached to the history of our Fatherland. The history of Vietnam is a history of struggle against foreign invasions, to preserve our independence. The legend of Lac Long Quan and Au Co is a primitive explanation of the origin of the Vietnamese peoples. Although legend imbued with mystical myth, nevertheless expresses its philosophy about our
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The American is holding a whip in his right hand that is known as a cat-o-nine whip, which was used to beat African Americans during the US slave trade. Moreover, he is ready to hit the Chinese man with all of his strength, seeing as how he raises his leg to balance himself. The Chinese man is trying to run away, but the American bully is grabbing him by his hair very painfully. The hair style that the Chinese man has is called a queue. I believe this represents the American’s fascination with the
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In the last chapter, Song Liling, an Oriental(Chinese?) man, represents the Oriental Butterfly as a submissive feminine figure. It illustrates that the image of the delicate and obedient Butterfly is not only reproduced by the Occidental man but also the Oriental man. In Butterfly Lovers: A Tale of the Chinese Romeo and Juliet written by Fan Dai depicts that the representation of the Oriental woman with faithful and obedient characteristics is owing to Confucianism. In the novel, through the rhetorical
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Context - China The Qing dynasty, also notorious as the Qing Empire, was the last imperial dynasty of China, established in 1636 and ruling China from 1644 to 1912. Preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China, this multi-cultural empire lasted nearly three eras and molded the provincial base for modern Chinese era. One may ask, “How did China come to be, from many foreign influences on to the Boxer Rebellion.” According to Chinese Confucian tradition, every ruler’s right
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Emperor Hongwu’s proclamations seem to have a root in the idea of a Confucian meritocracy, as he focuses most of the document criticizing the actions of government officials. It should be noted that he did not mention Confucius or any historic texts as a source of his views. The ideals that Hongwu advocates in the text are very similar to what Confucianism encouraged within the populace. Those values being: honesty, a respect for hierarchy, and rejection of vices (women, music, and valuable items)
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