Essays and Research Papers on China & Chinese Issues

This 14 page report discusses the fact that security policy-making in the United States, China, and India is particularly relevant in the opening years of the 21st century for some relatively obvious reasons. First, China and India represent the two most populated nations in the world. Second, they are world powers emerging into a new sense of their own position and ...

A 5 page paper that provides a review of this autobiographical book about the Chinese Cultural Revolution. The theme of this essay is how the Revolution left the author with limited options in terms of her behavior and thoughts. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

An 8 page paper discussing China's efforts to benefit from contact with the West in the late 19th century, for the purposes of learning about the Western technology in which China was lacking. One historian notes that most attempts to explain the China of today stems from examination of events of the 20th century ...

This 5 page paper represents a fictitious Ming Censorte during 1587 who makes recommendations due to problems of natural disaster in China. Huang's "1587, A Year of No Significance" is used as a springboard for discussion. No additional sources cited.

This 10 page paper talks about why China is successful and what things have contributed to that success. The Open door policy and economic trade zones are discussed. Tourism and industry within China's borders is also a topic of contemplation. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A six page paper which considers some of the reasons which state dictatorships do not succeed, with particular reference to the Maoist regime in China. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

The issues of involuntary sterilization in China has a number of complex considerations. As would be expected, the issue is one which has been disputed on both ethical and social grounds. It has been the subject of considerable legal debate and analysis as well. As a background to the issue of involuntary ...

A paper which looks at the way in which hiphop culture has become popular in Hong Kong, particularly with reference to the way in which it has incorporated traditional Chinese forms. Bibliography lists 5 sources

This 8 page paper provides an overview of what happened in China during April of 2001 when a spy plane made an emergency landing in the country. The hostage situation and resolution are discussed is depth. Chinese-American relations are looked at in a general sense. The thesis of the paper is that President Clinton ...

A 5 page discussion of the impacts of war on the small rural village of the Ling Tan family. This paper introduces Jade, one of the primary characters of the book, and details how war impacted her differently than it did the male members of the village. No additional sources are listed.

An 8 page observation that, like elsewhere in the world, women have not always been portrayed in a positive light by Chinese cinema. Depictions of the past have in many ways served to keep women in a subservient role to men, a subservience which has indeed been a very real part of womanhood in ...

5 pages in length. "It is entirely appropriate to the course of our own exploration that the first Western work devoted mainly to China should be evasive and problematic." And so sets the mood of Jonathan D. Spence's "The Chan's Great Continent, China in Western Minds," a compilation of historical works that reflect ...

This 7 page report discusses the reasons for the massive Chinese immigration to the United States from the mid to the late 19th century. The Chinese were both pushed out of their own land by the violence and destruction of the Opium Wars and pulled to the U.S. by the hope and dream of striking ...

An 8 page overview of the philosophy of Taoism and the man to whom it is attributed, Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu recorded his teachings in the manuscript which would come to be known as the “Tao Te Ching”. “Tao” is translated literally to mean “the Way” or the “Way of Nature”. “Tao ...

An 8 page overview of the accomplishments and shortcomings of the Soong Dynasty of the twentieth century. This was a period which was largely under control of the powerful Soong family. The Soong family came to power in China during the Chinese Revolution of 1911. This revolution would set in motion a ...

12 pages in length. The role that social networks have played in China's transition from a centrally planned to a market economy speaks to the nation's ever-changing political, economic and social landscape. The concept of social networks, otherwise known as Guanxi, "is among the most important, talked about, and studied phenomena in China ...

10 pages in length. The explosive opposition to China's one-child policy act has been supported by incidents of inhumane proportions. Given the fact that large families are representative of China's inherent history, imposing restrictions that allow only one child per family --otherwise leaving the parents to face fines, taxes and the absence of governmental ...

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 ...

10 pages. Taiwan became the 144th member of the World Trade Organization in January 2002. This paper will look at the World Trade Organization and the effects this will have on Taiwan's economic outlook, as well as the relationship between China and Taiwan and throughout the world.

This 5 page paper examines the reasons why communism would fare well in rural China. Rural life and urban life are compared and contrasted and discussed as it relates to the communist lifestyle. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

6 pages in length. The extent to which the stories in Ha Jin's "The Bridegroom" illustrate how much a century of revolution changed China and the Chinese speaks to the vastly revised perspectives upon such issues as love, sexual pleasure, food, family, fairness, wealth, success, education, friendship and simple survival. Ha Jin clearly ...

5 pages in length. The spoils of modernity have presented a cultural conflict for China and her heritage. Inasmuch as the twentieth century opened many social, political and cultural doors that had heretofore remained tightly shut, younger generations have taken the opportunity to reach beyond the sometimes-stringent boundaries of tradition in exchange for ...

This is a 6 page paper discussing the political and religious issues involved in Catholicism in modern day China. Although the Catholic religion has been a part of Chinese life for the past 400 years, the last 50 years has seen a political division in the Church because of the 1949 Communist victory. The Communist ...

9 pages in length. A collection of personal essays in Judy Yung's Unbound Voices and an account of civil rights issues in Vicki L. Ruiz's From Out of the Shadows effectively illustrates how each author is quite successful at telling tales of cultural struggle, immigration, racism & discrimination and the inherent commitment that accompanies ...

A 5 page paper which examines Honda Katsuichi’s “The Nanjing Massacre.” The paper examines the significance of the work and also examines the strengths and weaknesses of Katsuichi’s work. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.