Реферат: Chinese Culture Essay Research Paper Throughout China

government, philosophy, and social systems" (5). When the

foreigners started to build factories and to start gaining

power the Chinese "recognized that if their country was to

protect itself against foreign domination, it would have to

become a modern nation" (5). This new reason to reform

eventually brought about the Communist Revolution. The

communists did away with many of the old traditions and

started to modernize the country. A new generation brought

new ideas, and technology slowly started to replace tradition

(6). China slowly started opening its eyes to the rest of the

world. China has come a long way in the past 50 years, from

a withdrawn country run by tradition, to a major modern

society. This has given its people a chance to choose their

own destiny and to be open to the rest of the world. China’s

strong heritage and knowledge of the past show that China is

now and will be in the future a great world power. Works

Cited (1) Movie: "Raise the Red Lantern". (2) "Six Records

of a Floating Life" By Shen Fu, Advisory Editor: Betty

Radice. Published 1983 by Penguin Books. (3) Movie: "The

Forbidden City". (4) Lecture On China: Mrs. Larsen

11-27-96. (5) The Human Expression: World Regions and

Cultures. Paul Thomas Welty and Miriam Greenblatt,

Published 1992 by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. (6) "The Joy

LuckClub", Amy Tan, Published 1989 By The Ballantine

Publishing Group.