Overview China’s economic rise has led to much talk surrounding China’s currency. In many cases, so-called financial or China “experts” incorrectly pronounce the name of China’s currency, leading informed listeners to doubt the knowledge of those so-called “experts” on China or other financial topics. There are two official names which refer to China’s currency: Renminbi, ...
Chinese writing has its origins in ancient history and its evolution can be associated with the need for China’s emperors to conduct their affairs. They needed some way to express and record their achievements, successes and triumphs, not to mention the more mundane matters of state, so requested a method of writing be developed to ...
For those of us who have been educated in the Western tradition (nearly all of us), literature from the East can often be difficult to understand. One of the more difficult texts to understand is Confucius’ Analects. One of the things that makes the text so difficult to understand is that we Westerners tend to ...
Do you need to understand China in the Middle Ages? Kid history ideas are excellent ways to start learning about Chinese history. A period of economic decline and turmoil marked the start of the Middle Ages, but China would not stay mired in decay for long. By the time China was half way through the ...
One of the more popular décor styles is Asian décor. Everywhere you look, stores are selling expensive fans, lanterns, vases, and other items based on items from China and Japan. While it may seem expensive to decorate a single room, never mind your entire home, with items like this, there are cheaper ways. • Paper ...
Cheap Eats Local Style Honolulu For bona fide authentic cuisine, then the legendary and historical Chinatown is the place to go. Hawaii may conjure up images of hula girls and coconuts but on the urban island of Oahu, in the state capital city of Honolulu, there is a Chinatown where a genuine multicultural cornucopia of ...
Most people who come to stay in Japan for any extended period of time soon find themselves needing to study Japanese or further expand upon their current knowledge. On the surface Japanese seems to poss little difficulty. Japanese phonetics are simple as all consonants are always followed by a vowel, this comprises the bulk of ...