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Susan Kramper's Articles in Society

  • Cultural Belief Behind Chinese Boys Name
    In China, the population is controlled by a one child per family policy. In a country steeped in tradition, preserving a Chinese boys name is going to rank high on the scale of family importance. A fear of families that define ancestry by their surname is that not having a male heir to carry on the family name will somehow impact the future genealogy of the family.
  • The Chinese Age Chart And Other Predictors Of Gender
    There are many fun and silly ways to predict the gender of a baby. Pregnant woman use Chinese age charts, jewelry, food choices and body shapes to name a few. These old wives tales may not be scientifically proven, but they are a mainstay in the mythology surrounding pregnancy.
  • The Lowdown on the Chinese Dream Dictionary
    China is where the Chinese Dreams Dictionary is from. Where in China and written by who? The person that made this book also created the first I Ching and classical Chinese music.
  • Parking Hotspots Attract a Blended Approach to Solving Congestion
    Increasingly, there are calls for an end to the era of free parking – more than 95% of car journeys in the country terminate with free parking, and yet the cost to the economy and infrastructure, as well as the taxpayer, is anything but free.
  • Importance of a Scotch Whisky Glass
    Perhaps there are no other drinks in the planet that can be more geographically identified than Scotch whisky. What is interesting to point out is that despite of the secrecies and myths surrounding the drink, the best whiskies ever made are those that had been manufactured with the simplest way possible: the single malts.
  • Using Scotch Glasses
    To the smart alecks who might be reading this, the Scotch glasses referred to in this article are not glasses made of Scotch tape or drinking containers made from Scotland. A Scotch glass here will refer to the glass used to drink Scotch whiskey from, and can be made from any country.
  • Chinese Calendars: Information You Should Know!
    Many people do not understand exactly what Chinese calendars really are, but to be honest, it is very close to the Western calendar, it has just been in place for longer. 2600 B.C is when the first Chinese calendar was introduced and it is the biggest chronological calendar on the books to date. Emperor Huang Ti was the person that discovered the cycle of the zodiac which the Lunar Chinese calendar centers itself around, basically, the moon cycle is what this particular calendar goes by.
  • The History of Ancient Chinese Coins
    Ancient Chinese coins have a long history dating as far back as 2000 BC when China was ruled by the Xia dynasty. These coins had many different variations. From size, shape, to design. These coins were unique with each passing dynasty.
  • Choosing Chinese Baby Boys and Girls Names
    How are Chinese baby boys and Chinese baby girls named? A variety of methods exist. The hopes of the parents play a big role in naming Chinese babies. The person's name continues to remind him of his parents' expectations.

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