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What is Asia?

Asia as a topic appears across a wide range of academic disciplines, including international business, economics, political science, history, and cultural studies. Its sheer geographic and demographic scale makes it a compelling subject for analysis, and courses that address global development, foreign markets, colonial history, and international policy frequently ask students to engage with Asian countries as central case studies. China in particular appears as a focal point, whether students are examining energy policy, economic development, or market entry strategies for companies operating in the region.

The papers archived under this topic reflect a broad mix of approaches. Several take a business and marketing angle, analyzing how companies navigate Asian markets, assess competitive positioning, or develop strategic plans. Others adopt a developmental or historical lens, exploring how colonial histories have shaped different economic trajectories across the region, or tracing the conditions behind post-war economic growth. Policy analysis also appears frequently, with papers examining national-level decisions around energy and trade. A smaller thread of cultural and social inquiry runs through the collection as well, touching on practices like Tai Chi and questions of language learning motivation among non-heritage speakers.

A strong essay on Asia begins by narrowing its scope — choosing a specific country, policy area, time period, or industry rather than treating the continent as a monolithic subject. Evidence drawn from economic data, historical case studies, or documented business outcomes tends to carry the most weight. The most common pitfall is overgeneralizing: Asia contains enormously diverse political systems, economies, and cultures, and collapsing that diversity into broad claims weakens any argument significantly.

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Exoticism in 19th and 20th Century Opera: Carmen and Madama Butterfly

Exoticism in 19th and 20th Century Opera Exoticism was a cultural invention of the 17th Century, enjoying resurgence in the 19th and 20th Centuries due to increased travel and trade by Europeans in foreign, intriguing continents. The "West," eventually including the United States, adapted and recreated elements of those alluring cultures according to Western bias, creating escapist art forms that blended fantasy with reality. Two examples of Exoticism in Opera are Georges Bizet's "Carmen," portraying cultural bias toward gypsies and Basques, and Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," portraying cultural bias toward the Far East. Butterfly's "exotic geisha" imagery of the Far East and Carmen's "earthy Spanish gypsy" imagery originating from the Middle East blossomed from escapist original source material that was borrowed and embellished to create some of the finest operas of the modern art world. Though the premieres of both operas were poorly received, both "Carmen" and "Madama Butterfly" survived to become classic, enduring masterpieces.

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Multinational Corporations: Expanding Into Asia and Europe

In this particular scenario, Sealwrap is looking to expand its operations into Europe and Asia. Sealwrap, on a practical level, is first faced with two pressing concerns. Recently, in Asia, fears about SARS, U.S.

Essay Doctorate

Western Imperialism: Justification vs. Colonial Reality

This essay shows that imperialism was largely lauded by Western colonializers. According to them they were educating the illiterate; teaching the savage the ways of Jesus Christ; showing the primitive how to till and cultivate his soil as well as manage his business; and, in all ways, positively affecting the inferior race with the gentility and keener intelligence of the superior. Others admitted their stake of personal self-interest, but pegged on the same rationalizations: they were benefitting the inferior savage by occupying his land.

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Marriage and Courtship in Modern Asian Literature

This paper discusses two book which are examples of modern Asian literature. The book "Border Town" deals with a young woman whose grandfather is trying to get her married off before he dies. Eileen Chang's "Love in a Fallen City and Other Stories" is a series of short stories and novellas which discuss the relationships between males and females in modern China.

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Fascination and Repulsion: Otherness in Calcutta Fiction

In this chapter, I examine similarities and differences between The City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre (1985) and Song of Kali by Dan Simmons (1985) with regard to the themes of the Western journalistic observer of the Oriental Other, and the fascination-repulsion that inspires the Occidental spatial imaginary of Calcutta. By comparing and contrasting these two popular novels, both describing white men's journey into the space of the Other, the chapter seeks to achieve a two-fold objective: (a) to provide insight into the authors with respect to alterity (otherness), and (b) to examine the discursive practices of these novels in terms of contrasting spatial metaphors of Calcutta as "The City of Dreadful Night" or "The City of Joy." The chapter further argues that these spatial metaphors are redolent of what Peter Stallybrass and Allon White (1986) refer to as the "phobic enchantment" (p. 124) of the Occidental social imaginary for the poverty, squalor and the horror of the Third World.

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South Korea Culture and Business Climate: A Complete Guide

Korean History: The Climate and Culture of Foreign Business

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Music and Politics: The Argentine Tango's Cultural Roots

The tango is a form of dancing that originates in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a popular dance form that has spread internationally since its inception in the early nineteenth century. As with all cultural forms, there is a distinctive history and style that accompanies this form of expression. The very creation and performance of tango are political acts. The tango flourishes in South America and in Europe. The tango culture is also quite popular in North American and Asia. There are, for example, multiple tango festivals that occur in Turkey, a country that is both in Asia and in Europe. The paper will discuss the cultural expression of tango, a form of music and dance, as well as the political circumstances under which it was created and the ones it expresses.

Thesis Undergraduate

Racism, Segregation, and Inequality in Urban Public Schools

Massive institutional racism and structural inequalities still exist in the United States, especially in housing, public education and the criminal justice system in inner city areas. In every urban area, the quality of education available to poor and minority students is demonstrably worse by any measure than that of their white peers in the suburbs. This type of institutional discrimination is not caused by genetic or cultural deprivation but by the fact that the U.S. has always been and remains a highly segregated and unequal society based on race and social class. Of course, this violates the liberal, egalitarian and meritocratic ideals on which the nation was (supposedly), but after all, the U.S. managed to survive with slavery for almost a hundred years after its founding, and with legal segregation and disenfranchisement of blacks for a hundred years after that. Chicago, Detroit, East St. Louis, Camden, New Jersey all have crumbling public school systems serving mostly black and Hispanic students funded at levels far below those of white suburban districts.

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PTSD and Psychological Distress After Natural Disasters

Psychological Distress in a Natural Disaster Introduction Among the many problems that humans encounter following a natural disaster is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD can result from natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornados among other frightening natural events that cause damage and result in serious injuries and loss of life. When humans are exposed to horrific natural disasters they may continue to carry the fearful events in their memories; those realistic recollections can haunt the individual to the point of causing serious psychological disorders. Hence, PTSD can become a very serious emotional problem that requires psychological help from professionals. This paper provides instances of PTSD research following natural disasters – and studies that delve into the dynamics of PTSD that resulted from natural disasters, including the terrible flooding in Thailand in 2000.

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The Four Types of Buddhism: Origins, Ideals, and Practices

Buddha the founder of the Buddhist faith lived in India, Bihar, from 563-483 BCE. As the Buddha or enlightened one he preached his doctrine of the four great truths. Sorrow is inherent in life, it arises from desire,…

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