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Milton Murayama's "Five Years On A Rock" - Japanese Family Formation
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5 pages in length. The Japanese family formation reflects some of the most loyal attributes of any familial system in the world; that the foundation of is based upon the tenets of gaman (perseverance) and gambaru (trying hard) speaks to the inherent dedication of both body and spirit when it comes to making some of life's most important choices. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCJapFamFrm.rtf

Modern China -- Economics, Human Rights, and the “Mandate of Heaven”
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This 7 page report discusses the People’s Republic of China in terms of its foreign and domestic economic policies, its human rights problems, and the fact that regardless of the many changes that have altered China in the past two decades, it still remains a primarily communist nation. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BWchin01.wps

Modern Confucianism -- Adaptable Throughout All Times
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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 that Confucianism is as applicable in modern life as it was thousands of years ago. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWconfu.rtf

Modernization in Japan and China
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A 6 page research paper that discusses the fact that Japan managed to modernize in the middle of the nineteenth century while China did not and the effect that this had on these countries. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: 00modjc.rtf

Modernization in Korea and Taiwan
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This 5 page paper considers the issue of the modernization of both Korea and Taiwan and the assertions made by American modernization theorists who claimed that development in economically challenged countries would determine unilinear trends and that economic modernization would inherently lead to political development and the assertion of modern democracy. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MHkortai.wps

Mongolian Culture
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This 7 page paper discusses various aspects of Mongolian culture, and in particular, the importance of horses in the culture. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: HVMongol.rtf

Most Favored Nation Trade Status for China
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This 12 page paper supports the argument that the United States should continue to trade with China and grant the nation MFN status. Both sides of the argument are provided. Politician's views are duly noted. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: SA015MFN.rtf

Mother-Daughter Relationships and Identity in Amy Tan’s “The Joy Luck Club”
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This is an 18 page paper discussing the mother-daughter relationships in Tan’s “The Joy Luck Club” and the importance of the acceptance of the daughters’ Chinese heritage in order to gain their full identity. Cultural identity and familial relationships are very much a part of the growing conflicts, misunderstandings and collective memory in Amy Tan’s “The Joy Luck Club”. Throughout the novel, the mothers’ stories and memories about their heritage and past which are considered excessive initially by their daughters are eventually accepted through maturity and in doing the daughters who have acknowledged their importance not only gain a better understanding of their mothers but also of their Chinese heritage and therefore gain their full identity. The daughters are not able to gain a grasp of their full identity until they finally accept and are rewarded by their knowledge of their Chinese heritage and culture; elements causing conflict throughout the novel. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: TJJoyLC1.rtf

Moving To The City / Japan's Graying Farms
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A 6 page essay examining Japan's current trend away from the farms and into the cities. Family farms are being worked by owners well past working age while the families' children are opting for the life of the city, which seems to be freer and easier to live. The paper includes an analogy between the current Japanese migration from their ancient agricultural heritage to the American shift from farms to cities, comparing the similarities and differences in the cultural views of agriculture and those who make it their living. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Japanfar.wps

Mumtaz Mahal
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5 pages in length. Few women of power have made such an overwhelming contribution of self to their society as Mumtaz Mahal, one of India's empresses during the Mughal Empire. Mahal, long considered to be the vigor of Shah Jahan's life, is more definitively associated with the extraordinary bonds of love and adoration her husband Shah Jehan extolled; however, she was also a strong and powerful woman in her own right who made significant – if not subtle – changes to her homeland and its beloved people. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCmahal.rtf