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New Year in Japan and China, 2007.
This paper compares and contrasts the New Year holiday in Japan and China.
972 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that Japan and China are similar in a sense because they share some traditions, beliefs and cultures; yet they are dissimilar for the same reasons. The writer notes that if one looks at the present day celebration of the New Year in China and Japan, one may think that it is overly commercialized like the western traditions of Christmas and Easter. The writer maintains that if one examines it deeply, one sees that the religious facade is still there and most Japanese and Chinese will relate to a lot of religious traditions embedded in these festivities. The writer concludes that after all, most celebrations celebrated worldwide whether Christmas, Easter or the New Year would not have been in existence today without any real religious roots or traditions that signify their deep and true meanings.
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"The New Year's festivities for one are one of the most important celebrations of the country embedded in deep traditions and rich culture. China follows both the Western New Year and the Lunar New Year but the latter is more important. Japan considers the Western New Year more important and holds big celebrations. Although religion is not a big part of the two countries New Year celebrations, some of the activities and beliefs have its roots on religious flavors."
"The earliest known history about the Chinese New Year had something to do with the legendary Nia."
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Equality in Japan and China, 2008.
This paper discusses the influence of western civilization on the social status of women in Japan and China.
2,786 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the role of women in Japan and China has undergone a significant change due to the profound influence of Western culture in these Asian countries. This paper examines the history of the social status of both Japanese and Chinese women, and looks at how that status has changed and evolved over the years as the West has imposed its values on both countries' citizens. The writer argues that Japanese and Chinese women have experienced both positive and negative outcomes in social equality due to the impact of Western civilization on these two Eastern powers, however, the positives far outweigh the negatives.
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Introduction
Japanese Women prior to World War II
Post World War II Japanese Women
Chinese women and their status after the influence of Western culture
The Social Equality of Japanese and Chinese Women
Negative social outcomes due to Western influence
Japan
China
Refuting the Negative Social Outcomes Due to Western Influence
Conclusion
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"Overall, women in Japan and China today experience much more social equality than their mothers and grandmothers ever did. Each great Eastern power was under the influence of Confucius and the old customs that made women subservient to their husbands, and even to their eldest sons.
"Since Western standards of gender equality have encroached the East, women in both Japan and China have had a much greater opportunity for education. This is evident in the sharply increased female enrollment at the university level in both powers."
"The glass ceiling for women not only exists for women in Japan and China, but also is still an issue in the United States. Nonetheless, there are increased opportunities within the work place due to higher academic achievement among Japanese and Chinese women. Women are now in government offices in both powers and greater opportunities will no doubt abound in time."
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New Cultures of Japan?s and China?s Young Adults, 2002.
This paper uses two sources, ?The Story of Noriko? and ?Golden Arches East? to examine how the younger generations from Japan and China, standing between the traditional identity and the new identity, are reacting to new cultures and mindsets.
1,050 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper demonstrates that the young generation from Japan and China has a mindset that is not quite similar to their parents? and traditional society?s expectations, which often cause a great deal of conflicts between the young and the old. The author shows that in ?The Story of Noriko? the traditional Japanese society is known to frown on the increase in the number of women pursuing a significant career goal, rather than minimal tasking individual, because the conservative and relatively older generations believe that women, especially young women, are not qualified to manage the responsibilities and tasks men perform. The author uses the book, ?Golden Arches East: McDonald?s in East Asia? to describe how the life style of Chinese customers, especially the younger generations, have changed as McDonald?s has entered the local Chinese society. The author concludes that, when a new lifestyle or culture develops, the young generation creates a hybrid culture to accommodate living in the 21st Century and traditional China or Japan.
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"In ?The Story of Noriko?, Noriko is a young woman who resides in Tokyo who is forced to encounter one of her dramatic real crisis. She is looking for a career where she can actually utilize her potentials instead of being just another Office Lady whose task is minimal and enduring without any chance of obtaining a significant position at a corporation. The traditional Japanese society is known to frown up on the increase in the number of women pursuing a significant career goal rather than minimal tasking individual, because the conservative and relatively old generations of the society believe that women, especially young women, are not qualified to manage the responsibilities and tasks men perform."
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Japan and China, 2005.
An analysis of Japanese aggression against China during the 19th century.
2,140 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 66.95
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This paper examines how the antagonistic foreign relations between China and Japan during the 19th century were a function of many factors that ultimately resulted in the weakening of China and the strengthening of Japan. It looks at how there is little doubt that the factors which precipitated the aggression of Japan against the Chinese were as much a function of Japanese opportunism as the concern and impact resulting from European influence and Russian expansionism on China. It discusses how the relationship between the two Asian nations is a complex tapestry involving threads from many other nations both regional and global.
Outline
Introduction
Influencing Conditions in China
Key Events that Increased Tensions
Major Aggression against China
Conclusion
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"Feudal China during the Manchu period was capped off with the rise of the Ch'Ing Party which was consumed with preservation and maintaining power. These characteristics may have played not only a role in shaping the years in which the group held sway but may have also been part of the reason for the its eventual defeat. During the Manchu period China had been provided with impressive cultural and national growth in population and land however, toward the end of the period the feudal system was unable to contain the growing unrest in the country. Much of the dissatisfaction among the masses was the result of famines and floods which led to considerable strife in the nation. This turmoil caused significant instability and resulted in several rebellions such as the Taiping and Nien rebellions toward the end of the Manchu dynasty. These rebellions weakened the nation and helped to create a vulnerability of the Chinese state that had not previously existed."
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The Cultures of Japan, Taiwan, and China, 2002.
This paper critically examines the statement made by author Tessa Morris- Suzuki in which she suggests that being Japanese is "not constant or stable.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper supports Morris- Suzuki's belief that the culture of Japan was not a constant environment but instead was a static world in which the Japanese people assimilated various aspects of those peoples and cultures with which they interacted. The cultures of Taiwan and China are also discussed to better clarify this statement, where the culture of Taiwan appears even more prone to the assimilation of external influences. The author points out that China appears to maintain more traditional isolationist policies.
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Buddhism in China and Japan., 2002.
A comparison of the effects of the Buddhist religion in Japan and China.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper will argue that the effect of the introduction of Buddhism in China and Japan was completely different, given the distinct political and cultural contexts of the two countries.
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A Comparative Analysis of Modernization in China and Japan, 2006.
A discussion of Barrington Moore's book comparing modernization efforts in Japan and China entitled "Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World."
1,816 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper reviews and analyzes Barrington Moore's book about Japanese political leaders and why they were able to launch a successful modernization effort nearly a century earlier than political leaders in China. The paper explains that Moore does this by comparing and contrasting the ideological, social and political histories of the two countries and then, in greater detail, discusses those comparisons.
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"In China, an upper class consisting of scholar-officials and landlords wielded considerable influence. The system of examinations by which individuals acquired imperial posts produced an elite group of classically educated men who used their government positions to increase their families' wealth and land holdings. The means of wealth acquisition were less than legal in most cases, but graft was socially acceptable though illicit. Chinese motivation for development of personal wealth reflected in large part the patrilineal lineage mechanism in place. For the benefit of his family, then, the Chinese scholar used his power to accumulate wealth for his descendants. The avenues leading to the examinations were not equally accessible to all, however, so the peasants were essentially excluded from imperial posts. The significant characteristics of the relationship between the gentry and the peasantry will be described shortly."
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China, Japan and Korea, 2006.
A review of the world's perception of China, Japan and Korea.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 2 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper discusses the perceptions of modern day China, Japan and Korea. The paper essentially argues that the misconceived notions that China, Japan and Korea are not modern countries is related to the fact that they were isolationist towards the west and because they did not follow the European modernization concept.
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"The relationship between China, Korea and Japan with the West is both complicated and filled with misconceptions. The largest misconception about China, Korea and Japan in the West is that these countries have followed isolationist foreign policies. For example, in "China Attempts to Soften Its One-Child Policy" Jessica Bernman suggests that China had isolated itself from the rest of the world and is just now beginning to open its borders (Bernman 567). Japan has also been thought of as a country that had isolated itself from the world for centuries (Toby 6)."
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History of China and Japan, 2002.
This paper consists ofanswers one question about the status of women in China and Japan, and the other discusses foreign influences on political reform in Japan.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper consists ofanswers one question about the status of women in China and Japan, and the other discusses foreign influences on political reform in Japan.
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Fashion in China and Japan, 2005.
This paper discusses fashion as a construct of national identity and culture in China and Japan.
2,585 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 33 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper explains that the evolvement of fashion trends throughout history have come to mean more than merely a choice of dress and style for its own sake. Rather, they reflect the evolution of culture and national identification. The impetus of fashion is an integral part of cultural studies, semiotics, sociology and history. The author points out that, in contrast to the fashion uniformity prevalent during the Cultural Revolution as a mandatory symbol of national identity and cultural commonality, more modern styles were introduced to represent a new found freedom in social and political life. The paper relates that the ideals of citizenship and expected cultural and national standards is reflected in Japan in the uniforms that children wear to school.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Cultural Construction
Fashion and Culture in China and Japan
The Shaping of National Identity
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"Possibly one of the most obvious examples of the connection of fashion and the cultural construction of reality is the fashion or dress code that was dominant during the Chinese Maoist Cultural Revolution. Studies and reports of China during the late years of Maoist influence between 1949 and 1976 remark on the congruity between the style and fashion in clothing of the time and the communist doctrine of equality for all. The impression of China in those years was that it was a poor, fairly undeveloped country despite its glorious past."
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The 'Success' of China, Japan and South Korea, 2006.
A discussion regarding China, Japan and Korea as leaders of world economy.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper reviews how China, Japan and Korea are often referred to as 'leaders' in the world economy. The paper discusses how each country reflects a different kind of modernization and, mainly in the post-World War II period, an accelerated development success story, just as each country indicates its own kind of economic and political achievement. This paper argues that this view of the three powers in question is most problematic, especially in view of their respective defects.
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Human Resources in China and Japan, 2002.
A look at challenges to the accepted practice of human resource management in countries where the economic structure is changing such as China and Japan.
3,650 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 133.95
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This paper examines the challenges to the historical concepts and practices of human resource management that exist in countries where economic structural change is occurring. As examples, the move towards privatization in the emerging economy of China, or the challenges to the "life-long" employment concept of the family firms in Japan are discussed.
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Direct Investment in China and Japan, 2002.
How China and Japan actively encourage foreign direct investment.
864 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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The writer discusses the policy of direct investment and various forms of incentive governments utilize to encourage foreign investment. The paper shows how countries can protect and nurture their growth toward mutual benefit of the investing organization and the country receiving the investment. The paper follows the plan China has used to its benefit and also cites the less positive results in Japan.
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"During the 1980?s China recognized a need for significant foreign investment, particularly in those infrastructure and productive areas in which a complete modernization and/or overhaul was needed. Foreign investment encouragement in the form of tax reductions and exemptions was implemented, especially in the coastal ?Special Economic Zones?; this has expanded into the interior. (Braham and Ran, p.9)."
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Environment of China and Japan, 2002.
A look at environmental issues in Asia.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 97.95
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This paper discusses the changing environmental issues in Japan and China.
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Real Estate Market in China and Japan, 2005.
A review of the Chinese and Japanese real estate markets, taking into account the cultural, political and sociological aspects of each country.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 10 sources, $ 133.95
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This paper discusses the real estate markets of both China and Japan with a view to first examining each country's individual, cultural, political, or sociological characteristics. In regards to Japan, the cultural and social dimension is given precedence over the political and the governmental while in regards to China the governmental and the political is given precedence over the cultural and the social.
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"Researchers for years have argued the nature and character of Asian culture in general and Chinese and Japanese culture specifically; though for various reasons. In examining these two dynamic countries within the rapidly evolving Asia-Pacific Rim in terms of their respective real estate markets, it is important to understand these two countries, and their respective cultures, independently. Though both countries are part of the collective Asian culture and all that that categorization implies: collectivist, homogeneous, Confucian and industrious, they are also polarized differently from each other. In this respect, it is paramount to examine each market differently, or rather, from a different perspective. For Japan, it is perhaps best to examine from a socio-cultural point of view."
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