Louise Levathes' "When China Ruled the Seas" and the Importance of Trade on Chinese History
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A 5 page paper which examines how trade significantly influenced Chinese history, according to Louise Levathes' 1994 book, "When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne 1405-1433." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TGchisea.wps

Lun Yü of K'ung Fu-Tzu / Analects Of Confucius vs. Theories Of Plato
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An 8 page paper discussing the Lun Yu, also known as 'the Analects' of Confucius and comparing them to the views of Plato regarding the reformation of society. Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: Lunyu.wps

Ma Yuan/Artist of the Song Dynasty
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A 5 page research paper/essay that analyzes a work by Ma Yuan of the Chinese Song Dynasty period. The art of Ma Yuan (c. 1155-1225), along with that of Xia Gui, represents the highest level of Chinese painting during the Song dynasty (1127-1279) (Ma Yuan). During the Southern Song period (1127-1279), court painters continued to favor landscapes as subject material, as they had in the past, but they also favored smaller formats and more lyrical treatments (Southern Song). This examination of a work, Walking on a Mountain path in Spring by Ma Yuan, concentrates on describing its lyric elements, that is, the features of the poem that are designed to evoke emotion on the part of the viewer. Also, a comparison is made between Ma Yuan and Xia Gui. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khmayuan.rtf

MACROECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF CHINA'S GROWTH
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This 7-page paper focuses on China's growth and its impact on domestic and international factors. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: MTchinamac.rtf

Mahatma Gandhi: The Influence Of The Bhagavad Gita And Krishna On His Ideology And Teachings
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15 pages in length. Mahatma Gandhi has long been considered a saint among men, inasmuch he and his life's work represented all that is benevolent and compassionate on this planet. His efforts to ease physical and emotional pain, accept people as they are and make one's existence that much more tolerable have become mantras for myriad people. His ideological and teaching influences were significant – Krishna and the Bhagavad Gita – yet his influence upon the world was just as strong. Even so, he never claimed to be anything more than a simple man with normal abilities no different than any other human being; however, he noted that the primary difference was he put his abilities to work for him and his people, while most merely accept their lot in life without appealing to a higher spirituality. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: TLCgandh.wps

Malaysia
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This 5 page report briefly discusses the nation of Malaysia. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Malayov.wps

Malaysia; The Role of Capital Controls in the Recovery
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This 10 page paper consider the role that capital controls may have played in the aftermath of the Asian Crisis in Malaysia. The paper consider the crisis, and then goes on to look at the recovery discussing the role that the various financial restrictions placed on capital may have contributed. This balanced paper uses Thailand as an alternative model that recovered without the same economic measures. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TEmalysa.wps

Malaysian Nonverbal Cues
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A 3 page research paper/analysis that, first of all, reports on an article on Malaysian non-verbal communication and then offers a brief critique of the author's writing style and organization. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: khmalay.rtf

Management in the East and West
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A 10 page paper comparing management approaches in the East and West hemispheres. Management in the East and management in the West has been seen in the past as being two totally different concepts, similar only in the fact that they each are intended to result in effective management of the organization. The trend of globalization has done much to even out many of those differences, however, as has increased attention to transparency in management. Economic difficulties in both the East and West have obliged organizations in each to operate more efficiently, which in turn has led businesses of both origins to be more pragmatic in their operations. The result to date has been that Eastern management is less circumspect than in the past; Western management has begun to acknowledge more than only the bottom line and quarterly results. Management in the East and West has begun to converge into another form that has taken the best of both. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: KSmgmtEastWest.rtf

Management Styles / Comparison Between The U.S. and Japan
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A 5 page paper comparing management styles in Japan and the US. Not until the American public was tired of expensive inferior quality and started turning to the Japanese for increasing numbers of cars each year did American manufacturing take Japan seriously. The management style in the US had been that from the behavior school, with a fair amount of autocracy included. The chasm between labor and management was particularly wide in manufacturing operations, while a healthy labor-management attitude operated in Japan. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Mstyle.wps

Managing Investments in China’s Reform Climate
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A 6 page research proposal written for inclusion in application to a PhD program. As China continues the transition from a state-controlled to a market economy, how will that transition affect long-standing systems that have been in place for decades, and what effect will it have on China’s long-term growth? Will China need to become increasingly “western” in its approach to financial markets, or will it be able to establish and follow its own course? Which approach would be of greatest benefit to the Chinese people? Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSfinIntlChinRef.rtf

Mao Zedong's Cultural Vision Of China
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3 pages in length. Maoist cultural vision of China was wholly one-sided with regard to gender. When he spoke of revolution, he spoke to men; when he spoke of power of the people, he did not mean women; when he spoke of education, he was not addressing females. Clearly, Mao sought to create a Chinese culture based upon patriarchy, misogyny and autocracy. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TLCmaoz.rtf

Marketing QUALCOMM’s Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) in China
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This 19 page report discusses QUALCOMM of San Diego, California, that owns the patents that are essential to virtually all aspects of the CDMA wireless telecommunications standards that have been adopted or proposed for adoption by standards-setting bodies throughout the world. Since China does not make CDMA technology, U.S. communications and equipment suppliers such as QUALCOMM are likely to see their sales soar in China since it is widely agreed-upon that China is the world’s fastest-growing mobile telephone market. This paper discusses a number of aspects associated with marketing CDMA in China. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: BWqualco.wps

Marketing Trends in Singapore
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An 8 page paper discussing factors of which marketers must be aware when promoting their products and services in Singapore. The same rules of marketing necessary in any other mature economy apply to Singapore as well. The marketing mix, segmentation and knowledge of the customer all are operational. Likely the most important single factor of marketing in Singapore that marketers must heed is that the people and the economy are far more sophisticated than those of many of Singapore’s neighbors. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: KSmktgSinga.rtf

Marriage Laws Thailand & U.S.
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A 2.5 page paper that provides a brief introduction to each country, then discusses their marriage laws. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PGthai.rtf

Martial Arts
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A 10 page overview of Chinese martial arts. Discussion of Japanese and Korean martial arts are also provided. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAmrtrt.rtf

Martin Luther King/Indira Gandhi/A Comparison
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A 5 page research paper that contrasts and compares the leadership skills of Martin Luther King and Indira Gandhi. The writer argues that an examination of the leadership skills and accomplishments of King and Gandhi demonstrates that, while there is much to applaud in Mrs. Gandhi's political career, history has judged King's leadership more positively than India's that of famous prime minister. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khmlkig.rtf

Marxism and Chinese Communism Compared
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This 6 page paper looks at communism as it was intended by Marx and the reality as it exists in China today. While unusual, this paper is written in first person as requested by a student. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA336Mrx.rtf

Matsu: Japanese Pine
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A 6 page paper which examines the types, uses and symbolic nature of the Matsu, or Japanese Pine. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAmatsu.rtf

Maxine Hong Kingston’s “China Man” and “Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Childhood Among Ghosts”
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A 7 page overview of these novels. Written partly as biographies and partly as fiction these books span several genres. Incorporating elements of myth superimposed on historical fact, these novels have sometimes been misunderstood by critics. This paper asserts, however, that this mish-mash of styles provides an accurate picture of the Chinese-American immigrant experience. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPchnLit.rtf

Maxine Hong Kingston/Warrior Woman
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A 4 page research paper that has 2 sections. The first section compares the tradition of slavery in China, as described by Kingston's mother, with slavery in the history of St. Thomas. The writer speculates on how this makes the student researching this topic feel. The second section offers a short essay on the mother/daughter conflict portrayed in "Shaman," which is part of Kingston's book Warrior Woman. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khwwmhk.rtf

McCullers/Character of John Singer
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A 6 page essay that focuses on the character of John Singer in Carson McCullers' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. Singer has been described as a "deaf mute, living with the man he loves, in a small Southern town where all the other outsiders come to tell him their sorrows" (Schulman 39). This summation concisely conveys the action that centers around Singer, but it fails to convey the immense loneliness and suffering of the man that so many of the townspeople make their icon. The writer examines the ways in which the other characters in the novel come to depend and confide in Singer, as well as Singer's relationship to his friend Antonapoulos. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khmcchlh.rtf

Media Imperialism in Asia
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This 3 page paper looks at media imperialism in Asia. It is noted that Asia is a region that holds to its traditions and is only slightly affected by western trends. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA706med.rtf

Meeting Asian Housing Needs in the UK
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This 46 page paper examines the housing needs and the housing provision in the UK for the Asian community. The paper looks at the divergent needs of the Asian community and the ways in which the UK housing provisions are failing to meet all of these needs. The paper comprises of an in-depth literature review that assesses the shortfall between provision and needs in all areas of the housing market; social housing, private rented accommodation and owner-occupied accommodation. The paper then shows the student how to undertake primary research with a suggested questionnaire and an analysis of the expected results. The bibliography cites 21 sources.
Filename: TEasianhou1.rtf

MEIJI-PERIOD IN JAPANESE HISTORY
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This 5 page paper discusses the Meiji Period in Japanese history as viewed by a primary Eurocentric source. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBmeiji.rtf

Merle Goldman’s “Sowing the Seeds of Democracy in China”
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A 5 page analysis of Merle Goldman’s book “Sowing the Seeds of Democracy in China.” Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: RAmerlec.rtf

Mexico's 1995 Financial Crisis vs. Late 1990's Financial Problems in Asia
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An 8 page paper discussing the motivations and subsequent behavior of major financial institutions in the 1994-95 financial crisis in Mexico and their response to the recent and current economic problems in Thailand, Indonesia, and Korea. Also discussed are the indicators that led to each situation and how/why the financial world should have been forewarned. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Mexasia.wps

Michael Ondaatje's "Running In The Family": Heritage
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6 pages in length. Characteristically reminiscent of Ondaatje's heritage, "Running in the Family" clearly represents the author's personal perception of reality as it not only exists within his own mind, but also how it resides within the confines of society. While the story is intricately intertwined with both past and present, Ondaatje relishes the opportunity to weave a web of secrecy and illusion, not unlike the appearance of his own life. The writer discusses how the student might compare Ondaatje's story with her own. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCondaa.wps

Military Strategists / Sun Tzu vs. Carl Von Clausewitz
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A 4 page paper that considers the military philosophies presented by Sun Tzu and Clausewitz and the similarities and differences that can be inferred from a comparison of their works. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Artofwar.wps

Military Strength of 21st Century China
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This 5 page report discusses whether or not China’s modernization and its partnership in global enterprises and market opportunities demonstrates a true commitment to modernization and advancement of its society and the Chinese people or to an advancement of its military capabilities. Focus on the people of China by its government in modern times has always been in terms of the people’s ability, if not always willingness, to support its military machine. There is no substantive reason to believe that such a mindset no longer exists. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWmilchi.wps

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