... China to America brings upon estrangement that can bear pains and gains for Asian American families and through Leila's interactions with her family and the relationship she has with them, the reader is able to see the representation and assimilation of the Asian American Identity ... an individual who has is seemingly able to assimilate into American Culture and capitalist system but comes with the struggle of bearing her family's burdens, their incapability of leaving their Chinese heritage behind in order to pursuit their American Dream. Her process of Americanization is different ......

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... as security. In comparison Chinese and Korean immigrants come from a culture that actively encourages philanthropic lending within families, consequently the Chinese/Koreans are likely to be able to borrow from family and relatives to fund their enterprise, it is not extraordinary for Chinese immigrant families to come to the US with upward of $200,000 dollars to invest in opening a business ... in LA . Young and Sontz in their studies found that only 24 percent of Hispanic grocers received help from friends or family when starting up, but 57 percent of Korean grocers had received that ...

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• Has Bibliography
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... recruited exclusively from the nobility and gentry, which provided a common frame of reference and mutual confidence that benefited negotiations. However, new diplomacy is characterized by the democratization of their selection; family and social class are less important. Diplomats are now drawn out from a wider segment of society to include academics and economists, reflecting the need for people from different backgrounds and ... ...

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