Carmichael, Flora. “How a Fake Network Pushes PRO-CHINA PROPAGANDA.” BBC News, BBC, 5 Aug. 2021, www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-58062630. Social media companies have noticed suspicious activity lately. A network has created over 350 fake social media profiles. The attack patterns and hashtags used by the perpetrators are vastly similar to “Spamouflage Dragon,” a network that has caused trouble… Continue reading News Post 1, “How a Fake Network Pushes Pro-China Propaganda”

As discussed in class, the theme that money matters was central to this story. When the main character was poor, Manshan would hardly look his way, and her mother was upset, even horrified at the fact that he was in love with her daughter. It was amazing to see how quickly things changed as he… Continue reading An Entrepreneur’s story

When we first talked in class about how fiction can give us insight into other cultures, I wasn’t entirely convinced. After reading these two chapters, I can see how fiction can be so valuable in understanding other cultures in a more concrete way. Similarly, reading After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town also showed me how other… Continue reading After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town

This past week I have started to watch a Chinese sitcom called iApartment. I have started watching in season 4 which is confusing to jump into, but I have not yet found a version of previous seasons with subtitles. This season started out with an aside from one of the actors bringing the audience up… Continue reading iApartment

In “After Cowboy Chicken Came To Town”, Ha Jin explores the idea of an American owned chicken restaurant located in Muji City, China. There are many aspects of an American run business that are explored but Ha Jin focuses on Capitalism. One instance of this is when workers find out that they are getting paid… Continue reading Cowboy Chicken Analysis

In this short story a woman from New York returns to China with many stories about what she experienced in America, specifically New York, and everyone depicted this area as very rich and thought everyone in this area was millionaires and Wall Street was all gold. The woman comes back and informs them that it… Continue reading “The Woman from New York” Reflection

After reading this short story it made me really think about the foods that I cook and how I could try to cook different cultural foods. I make arroz con pollo but that is barely a true different cultural meal. At the beginning it also talks about how the food was being criticized and it… Continue reading “After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town” Reflection

“After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town” is a story that follows the narrator, Hongwen, as he works at the American restaurant Cowboy Chicken in China under the ownership of Mr. Shapiro, an American capitalist. Time and time again throughout the story, the author makes it easy to identify the differences between American culture and Chinese… Continue reading The American Way

Every single person lives their life a bit differently, and Liu Feng, in “An Entrepreneur’s Story”, written by Ha Jin, certainly has taken notice of that. Liu documents a lot of the things he sees, like how money can change a person, how one guy wanted to “hook up” with his wife’s mother as a… Continue reading Money, Manshan, and Mrs. Pan

Experiences, events, and all different types of interactions can change and mold us into our current state of being. In “After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town” written by Ha Jin, there is a clear and evident example of how one’s life is altered after a specific occurence. Through the eyes of the narrator, he documents… Continue reading We Are All “Peter’s” In a Way