Suzhou Essays

  • I.M.Pei

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    people thought that his design destroyed both the Louvre and the pyramid they can't accept a Chinese American architect do the design either.... ... middle of paper ... ...rfect use of it, the trifle rood of the Suzhou museum exactly showed the traditional features of architecture in Suzhou. He told people that architecture is not only a building, you can choose not to see it but its always there. Some people may not like it so there is criticism, architects should be brazen. His assistant said that

  • Ieoh Ming Pei

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    1917. Art and commerce were both ingrained in Pei's upbringing. His family had lived for more than 600 years in Suzhou (formerly Soochow), a city in the Yangtze basin northwest of Shanghai. The history of Suzhou goes back some 2,500 years,, but it became prominent during the Sui Dynasty (A.D. 581-618) with the completion of the Grand Canal, which linked several major trading cities. Suzhou was an important city in the rice and silk trades. It was also known for its many craftsmen, scholars, and artists

  • A South Korean Company that Operates in China

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    US$210,000 in 1998 for its Suzhou division. The 1997 Asian economic crisis led to Samsung shifting its focus towards higher quality products. Samsung realised they could not compete with the Chinese manufacturers in terms of low priced products. In order to remain competitive in China, Samsung shifted its marketing strategy to one based on “selection and concentration”. After 1997, the focus was on the 10 major cities in China including Beijing, Tianjin, Suzhou, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Samsung

  • Differences Between China and Saudi Arabia

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    French fries and Kentucky fried chicken. In addition, both Saudi Arabia and China have made a mutually enriching exchange of cuisine. There are Chinese restaurants in Saudi Arabia, where diners can enjoy Chinese food, for instance Chinese meal in Suzhou with rice, shrimp, eggplant and vegetable s...

  • Purposes For The Scholar-Official To Travel In China

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    elite class from a long-term adventurous style of traveling, and limited them in the short-term ones that usually not too far from the urban areas. As a result, the tourist sites within the Jiangnan region, particularly the places around the cities of Suzhou and Hangzhou such as the Mount Hui, the Tiger Hill (Huqiu) and the West Lake, became extremely popular during the Ming time. Furthermore, since most of the productive writers also residents in this region, and their influence expanded through their

  • Capital Punishment In Indonesia Essay

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    China (“China Executes Corrupt Hangzhou and Suzhou Officials”). For instance, the China sixth richest woman in 2006, Wu Ying, was sentence to death for illegal fundraising (Rapoza). The other embezzler is Liu Zhijun. Liu Zhijun, Former Minister of Railway, was sentenced to death for bribery and power’s abuse (Kaiman). He received £6 million and facilitated eleven people to win contracts. Afterward, a former vice-mayor of Hangzhou and vice-mayor of Suzhou were sentenced to death for taking $46 million

  • Cultural References in Ah Mah

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    there than in other parts of the world ("Chinese Culture"). Another reference to Silk in the poem that is more indirect is "Soochow flower song girl," which is referring to the grandmother (Lim 12). Soochow is a city in China that is also known as Suzhou or Wuxian city.

  • The Theory Bauhaus, Faced By Walter Gropius

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    The theory "Bauhaus" is presented by Walter Gropius. Gropius combined two Germany words, which were "Bau" and "Haus". “Haus” means house and “bau” means building (Tian, 2015). "Bauhaus" is created after World War I. The building in Western countries must be designed with a simple and functional structure to save cost because of the serious economic crisis (Gong, 2014). Three factors: "Deutscher Werkbund", "Russian Constructivism" and "De Stijl", influenced the concept of design about "Bauhaus"

  • An Architectural Legend, Ieoh Ming Pei

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    Nearly sixty years of architecture (Pei Cobb Freed & Partners) and about the same number of projects over his lifetime is what architect Ieoh Ming Pei (most known by his initials I.M.) can boast today (PBS). He became known for his use of concrete, glass, stone, and steel and the geometric style he adopted in the buildings he designed (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum). This Chinese-American architect rose from little known to in high demand as he pleased clients with his character

  • Fossil Fuels and Climate Change

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    In this paper, we focus on using fossil fuels causing climate change. Fossil fuels are fuels formed natural resources such as coal, petroleum and natural gas, which are the most widely used fuel and industrial chemicals in the world. Since industrial revolution, fossil fuels bring a very great quantity convenience and technological products. So we can use cars, planes and all modern products. But fossil fuels cause climate change at the same time. Greenhouse gas, nitrous oxides and a great deal of

  • Essay On Samsung Value Chain

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    approaches, shipping costs, and shipping issues. About the warehousing process, Samsung need to control process of warehousing and also decrease costs of warehousing. Additionally, Samsung also own its major distribution centers that are built in Suzhou and Tianjin that are signi...

  • Business Case Study: Eslite Store In China

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    total of 48 branches, 1 children’s bookstore and 4 music stores in Taiwan. Eslite store’s business model is quite successfully with its diverse businesses in music, café, winery and teahouse. It opens the first and the only branch in Mainland China in Suzhou last year. Besides, many of the bookstores are locally private owned, which adopt single business operation and less diversity in products.

  • Incense Burner Rooster

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    an important symbolic and compositional element. Monoliths set on end are called peaks (Feng); piled compositions such as the one in the corner are called artificial mountains (Jiashan). The rocks are eroded limestone boulders from Lake Tai, near Suzhou. One of the principles of the Chinese garden design is the use of walls and openings to create the illusion of space beyond space. The lattice of each window is a different geometric pattern to delight the eye through

  • Intertextual Analysis of Rhetorical Devices in Advertising

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    Thesis. Guangdong: Guangdong Foreign Languages University. Shenghuan Xu. (2005). The Study on Memes and Intertextuality in Literary Works. The Journal of Jinan University, (1): 59-67. Xin Bin. (2000). Intertextuality from a Critical Perspective. Suzhou: Suzhou University Press.. Xiong Xiaocan. (2007). Exploring Intertextuality in Commercial Advertisements---A Memetics Approach. Unpublished MA. Thesis. Chongqing: Southwest University. Yang Quanhong. (1997). The Study on the English Translation. China’s

  • Poisoned Syrup: A Case Study

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    Poisoned syrup has caused at least eight mass poisonings in the world in the last twenty years. Thousands of people have died in these poisonings. It turns out that 3 out of the four most recent cases the syrup was made in China, a humongous source of counterfeit drugs (Hooker et al). Muckraking does still exist in 2016 in newspaper as demonstrated by Jake Hooker and Walt Bogdanich of the New York Times series. Jake Hooker is an investigative journalist for the NY Times. Hooker went to China for

  • Essay For Sop For Public Health

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    a multitude of courses which allowed me to obtain a breadth of knowledge and skills relating to medicine but any amount of learning would be incomplete without hands on experience. The one year internship experience in first affiliated hospital of Suzhou provided a stimulating environment through rotational postings in different departments, this gave me an opportunity to interact with diverse group of patients helping me understand the influence of economic and cultural differences on health. “Prevention

  • The Implementation of Magnetic Access Control Card Security Systems

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    for Campus E – Services”, Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 2 – 8. WEICHUN, L. (2013) “Design of Campus Smart Card System”, Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Computer, Communication, Control and Automation (ISCCCA-13), Suzhou, China, 22nd – 24th February, pp. 3915 – 3918, www.atlantis press.com/php/download_paper.php=58633, View Date: 20 February 2014.‎

  • Elon Msk Case Study

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    The study will cover about the personal qualities of entrepreneurs worldwide, in particular, successful entrepreneur qualities and ways to nurture them. The reason we use Elon Musk in the case study is because millenials are attracted to his projects. People in this age group often show strong interest in renewable energy and making the world a better place (Patel,2017).Elon musk knows this and is providing a more sustainable future through the development of eco-friendly vehicles.Therefore we decided

  • Hong Xiuquan's Taiping Rebellion

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    More than twenty million people died in southern China during one of history's bloodiest rebellions known as the Taiping Rebellion. Begun in January 11, 1851, it lasted two decades until the Qing army massacred the Taiping forces. This Rebellion, originally sparked by a delusional man, ultimately proved detrimental to both the Taiping and Qing people because it decimated both political parties and did not alter the political or religious systems at the time. A rebellion is always sparked by someone

  • Capitalism in Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

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    Capitalism is an economic system where a country’s production, distribution of goods and services, for profit are controlled by private owners in a competitive free market. Capitalism is the economic system that the United States has always been using and is commonly associated with the American Dream; where anyone can become rich and successful regardless of background and environment. In Joseph Heller’s satire, Catch-22, Heller satirizes multiple vice and follies that exists in the United States