Asian Studies

Christopher Columbus is famous for his discovery of the American continent and his voyages to find the sea route to Asia. Long before him, it was the Chinese who were the rulers of the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean. This was all because of the Chinese fleet by the name of Treasure Fleet, which through its voyages, stamped Chinese authority in the peninsula. The Chinese fleet was under the command of Admiral Cheng Ho, a Muslim eunuch. Cheng Ho was a mariner,explorer,diplomatandfleet admiral,...

Mencius and Xun Zi are philosophers who greatly influenced the social and political behavior of their time, and contributed to the present Chinese cultures and attitudes.  This paper will focus on how their similarities and differences affect their view towards human nature.  This will specifically discuss the process on how they came up into two different perspectives about human nature, precisely on individual betterment, and how they influenced social acceptance of education from the...

China and Japan are countries that were largely considered to be socialist states in the East Asia region. The onset of the Industrial Revolution in the Western world led to the incursion into these countries by the Western powers. The Industrial Revolution had caused an influx in trade whereby the Western countries needed markets for their goods and services. They also needed raw materials and labor which they could use to fuel further development. Many countries reacted differently to this incursion....

Since time immemorial, the minority groups of every nation have always sought ways to defend themselves from the oppression of the state. Virtually all countries in the world have minority and majority groups as far as the countries demographics are concerned. From the general outlook of things, the majority group tends to be favored by the existing government, unlike the minority group. This is also similar to the situation in China, where the minority group, the Uighurs, have been demonstrating...

A specific community issue of the Vietnamese American community Generation gap in the Vietnamese Asian community which led to American born Vietnamese youths to feel alienated from their families    Introduction The struggle of Vietnamese youth has to be recognized as the clash of two cultures in which the two generations have conflicting ideologies and set of values which has emerged from the gap leading to adolescent Vietnamese youth feeling alienated from their families and parents....

The Bani Utbah tribe members are the ones who are attributed with the founding of Kuwait in the early 18th century. By then, Kuwait was known as Guraine. The tribe members of Bani Utbah developed the port and urban center of Guraine which they later named Kuwait. In the eighteenth century, Al-Khalifa Al-Jalahma and Al-Sabah arrived in the state of Kuwait. The three of them were Anizah tribe descendants, who had progressively migrated from Jed in the early 18th century to the Persian Gulf shores....

    All societies and cultures will experience growth and modernization. Unless the society is completely cut off from the rest of the world, then global influences of modernization will occur. In todays environment, such changes will be quick and significant. In prior decades, growth was slower and a bit more shocking in terms of its impact.     The emergence of changes in the modernization of Korea during the early part of the 20th century delivered some upheaval...

This paper is a critical analysis of the research paper  The Ancestral Landscape Time, Space, and Community in Late Shang China  written by David N. Keightley. The paper traces back, keeping the historical facts in mind, the origin of the modern day Chinese culture to the prominent ancient Chinese culture, particularly the Shang culture. The Shang s land was more special because of its  ancient worship , a highly developed religious cult that had a significant role in the land s political...

    The Art of War is one of the classical works about military strategies and tactics. It was written by Sun Tzu in the 6th century B.C. and considered as a fundamental text about warfare. At the time of its publication, the book was mainly used to develop strategies in war.     The book states that in order to achieve successful result, five fundamental factors (moral law, heaven, earth, commander, and management) are to be considered. Failure to evaluate these factors...

Barefoot Gen is a manga or a cartoon created by Keiji Nakazawa. The graphic novel is a ten part series loosely based on Nakawazas own experience during the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. The first volume entitled Barefoot Gen A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima, introduces the Nakaoka family. The father, Daikichi Nakaoka, is a craftsman who outspokenly declares his opposition to the war between Japan and the United States. He despairs over the catastrophic effects that the war is creating. He can barely...