Several years ago, when talking about Shanghainese, most fellow-countrymen held a low opinion. In their eyes, being shrewd, mean and narrow-minded is typical of Shanghainese. Shanghainese are penny wise, but pound foolish. However, in recent years, the image of Shanghainese has undergone a gradual change. One of my friends who come from Sichuan told me that after nearly 2 years' study here, his stereotype of Shanghainese has been totally broken. We now have another reason to love Shanghai and Reeb Beer is not the only choice.
As we all know, the World Expo is a gala on which not only scientific achievements and new inventions are displayed, but also are the culture and the city spirit of the host city. As a sports fan, I'd like to illustrate the lovely Shanghainese by introducing three Shanghai sports stars.
Yao Ming represents the height of Shanghainese. Here by height, I don't mean he is tall only, what I emphasize is his lofty sentiments. Yao Ming receives great acclamation because of his modesty, humor and amiable disposition, which displays to the world Shanghai's fine qualities. Shanghainese are now more tolerate to accept different cultural element, thus treating others with modesty and equality. Yao Ming's another asset is patriotism. Despite persistent voices that he should stay in the United States to play in the summer league, he came back to China every summer at the summons of the Chinese National Basketball Team. In 2003 when SARS was indulging in willful persecution throughout China, Yao returned regardless of the danger. It is none other but his patriotism that makes Yao Ming a national idol.
The speed of Shanghainese is presented by Liu Xiang in the Olympic Games in Athens. Following Liu Xiang, Shanghainese have worked wonders one after another in many aspects with great speed. The Oriental Pearl Television Tower and Jinmao Tower have been standing steadfastly and become the emblem of Shanghai. With the collaborate effort of all Shanghainese, Shanghai exceeds other cities and has become a fast-developing city. With such a high speed, Shanghai, no wonder, is finding its way back to a charming metropolis in the Far East.
The wisdom of Shanghainese is presented by Chang Hao. The wisdom and creativity of Shanghainese have infused new life into Shanghai, making Shanghai one of the most promising markets to attract foreign investment, as a result of which over 300 of the Fortune Global 500 have entered Shanghai.
...his may be the regional identity caused by different cultures. Then their own dialects become two marks for identification. Once there was a parade in Tianjin, and all people involved, no matter football fans or not, was yelling “国安傻逼” which means “Guoan players are assholes” which is really rude… And now this saying is popular all over the country and becomes a famous featured joke of Tianjin dialect…
Shanghai is one of the most cities with developed economy due to this many people come to the town to find work. During 1983 and 2000 years the number of migrant workers increased from 0.5 million people to 3.87 million people. A large percentage of migrant workers work on manufacturing (25.8%). 19.6% and 13.9% people earn money on construction and trade, respectively. In public organizations often work native citizens than immigrants. In the other spheres such as skill...
In the early years of China, the Chinese began a period of establishment in the world with ideas and teachings of new religions, changing powers, and building empires. In a nutshell the Chinese were progressing toward new technology, writings, and belief systems. The Chinese saw many dynasties come and go as well as many ups and downs experienced with societies over the course of history. As all nation’s go through change, the Chinese experienced changes from other lands far away and produced many concepts in which helped other realms to see change for themselves. The Chinese used many inventive innovations to prosper as an economic power and stabilize intellectually. Change mixed with innovation proved to be the roots of China’s success as a powerful nation to be reckoned with for the vast numbers appeared in China’s favor.
Close, Paul, David Askew, and Xin Xu. The Beijing Olympics the Political Economy of a Sporting Mega-event.. Hoboken: Taylor & Francis, 2006.. 34-35
Throughout the film ancient China’s profound history and glorious culture has displayed through various cultural elements. The martial arts, writing system, architecture all together gives an image of the Chinese culture. The developments and advanced techniques have shaped the country and stabilized the society. China has accomplished some of the greatest achievements of mankind. It had also made significant contribution to the development of advanced systems around the world. Chinese culture is very unique. All the elements presented in the film have truly strengthened my understanding of the Chinese
The dragons are considered to be important creatures even among the present Chinese society. For example, the heroes of the society are considered to be dragons. Whenever a sports team represents China in sporting events involving many nations for example the Olympic Games and becomes successful, they are considered to be ...
First, the slogan of Adidas, "Impossible is nothing." It is none other but the discontentment and the enterprising spirit that make a metropolis from a small fishing village. For us Shanghainese, impossible is nothing. If you think you can, you can. Look, the maglev is galloping toward the future; the Oriental Pearl Tower is welcoming everyone from the world. Can you see Shanghai's height and speed? Listen, Shanghai Grand Theater is reverberated with the classical opera, Shanghai international film festival is filled with acclamation. Can you feel Shanghai's rich flavor of culture? Who insists skiing is only available in the north? Shanghai ski run makes it possible for people to experience the excitement of skiing within Shanghai. Who says the sea is insurmountable? Donghai Bridge successfully turns a deep chasm into a thoroughfare. Who considers the world expo a dream? It will be held in Shanghai in 2010.
The Olympic Games plays a significant role in the world. The relationship between it and host countries is important to investigate for comprehending cultural studies. According to Xu and Kirby (2008), the Olympic Games has a considerable impact on the expression of national identity. For example, London applied this approach to promote its national identity. This can be discovered from the BBC video called James Bond escorts The Queen to the opening ceremony in 2012 (2012): an amiable identity is perceived by the audience through presenting corgi at Buckingham Palace. Moreover, China is no exception. There is an image about the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, it shows a spectacular drumming performance. In addition, an article about
As we all know, Beijing, China is the host for Summer Olympics 2008, were a major international multi-sport event from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Even though Olympic Beijing is all dress up, but no one is going because the organizer was struggling to handle an unexpected inside Summer Games venues. The Olympics officials feel disappointed because so many empty seats at nearly every event and the lack of pedestrian traffic throughout the park. To overcome the problems the officials are busing in teams of state-trained cheer squads to help fill the empty seats and improve the atmosphere and encourage residents to apply for access to the heavily secured park.
The United States and China are two very large countries that have cultures that are well known throughout the world. There are many differences between the United States and China, but there are many contributing factors that shape the cultures of these two countries. Language is universal, but there are different meanings and sounds, which vary from one culture to another. In China, citizens speak many languages, but about 94% speak the Chinese language. The difference in dialects was overcome by the written word and eventually a version of Mandrin became the “official speech” (The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, 1996, p.304).
China's development is praised by the whole world. Its developments are not only in the economic aspect, but as well in its foreign affairs. Compared with other developed countries, China is a relatively young country. It began constructing itself in 1949. After 30 years of growth, company ownership had experienced unprecedented changes. Entirely, non-state-owned companies can now be more involved in sectors that used to be monopolized by state-owned companies.
It is the year 2004, and everyone who is anyone in the world of athletics is headed to Athens, Greece. To some people Athens is just an ancient city where the myths of Hercules and Zeus were originated, but this year, it's not just an ancient city, it's a reunion of where sports began. Even thought they won't be played in the nude it will still be considered a reunion. That's right; the Olympics are headed back to their hometown of Athens, or at least it's close enough. However, looking back on the years, both modern and ancient, there has been quite a change in our Olympic events.
Introduction Today, the Olympic Games are the world's largest pageant of athletic skill and competitive spirit. They are also displays of nationalism, commerce and politics. Well-known throughout the world the games have been used to promote understanding and friendship among nations, but have also been a hotbed of political disputes and boycotts. The Olympic games started thousands of years ago and lasted over a millennium.. The symbolic power of the Games lived on after their demise, and came to life again as the modern Olympic Games being revived in the last century. Both the modern and Ancient Olympics have close similarities in there purpose and in there problems.
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Peking Opera is said to be a live “encyclopedia of Chinese Culture” (Wertz). Because of this, and many other highly regarded qualities, China has made the Peking opera it’s “national opera” (Wertz). The Beijing Opera is such an important part of Chinese culture that “Beijing Opera Month” has been declared (Wertz).