Someone could help me with this text? Brazil has long been an important partner in China’s international strategies and numbers of researchers have carried out profound study on Brazil-China relations. In the era of globalization, as the construction of national image becomes an important part of a country’s soft power, studying how China is perceived by Brazil is of great significance in developing a comprehensive bileteral relationship between two countries. Noticing that the study of how cross-cultural factors influence Brazil’s view towards China is still lacking, this dissertation tries to study China’s image construction in Brazilian media including both media production and audience, from a cross-cultural perspective. Brazil’s mainstream online newspaper, G1, is chosen as a case study. China-related reports in 2017 are selected from G1-China representing voices from media production and then categorized by content into different sections. Top comments from fourteen most discussed reports are also selected to represent the audience’s opinions. Data is analyzed and discussion is given to present and interpret China’s image in Brazilian media. Results of the research show that to a great extent, China has a positive image in Brazilian media. Although slight asymmetry in perception is shown between media production and audience, China is mainly acknowledged as a responsible country in the international society as well as a large economy with great potential, while it is suspected in some issues like human rights or the environment. According to the study, cultural factors have a remarkable influence on Brazil’s perceptions of China, implicating the importance of promoting a deeper cultural communication between the two countries.

My Opinions on Remote Working These years have seen a trend of remote working policies emerging in many companies, which is of good benefit for employers as they can recruit more excellent employees regardless of the geographic restriction, reduce the cost spent on office utilities, as well as promote productivity by saving the commuting time. Similarly, some employees also support this new policy, as it keeps their lives private while improving their working efficiency by getting rid of distractions from the regular office. Whereas, other employees believe that the effect of remote working depends highly on personal preference. As for me, remote working is a coin of two sides that brings both positive and negative effects. From the perspective of productivity, employees are able to concentrate more on their work with a light mood since a comfortable and relaxing environment is provided. Additionally, by working at home, they are privileged from bearing the rush commuting hours every day, which endows them with at least half hour’s sleeping as a supplement of energy. Having better mental and physical conditions, employees may feel easier to devote themselves to work. Nevertheless, since remote working exempts employees from going to office, there is a small chance for them to contact with each other face to face, and therefore when they are suffering from lots of pressure, they may probably not able to find someone to chat, which serves as a way of releasing pressure in the regular office. Moreover, as employees only need to stare at computer screen, the relations among colleagues may be too loose to build a teamwork spirit. To sum up, there are both positive and negative side of remote working and benefits should be weighted before one taking up this new mode of working.

My Opinions on Job Hopping My Opinions on Job Hopping Job Hopping has long ignited controversial discussion among people, as some of them believe that job hopping nowadays is common and it can benefit employees by enabling them to acquire valuable knowledge and skills in different working places, while others argue that job hoppers might be rejected by employers, affirming that only over a long period can employees improve adaptability, gain persistence, learn basic skills and them demonstrate progress. As for me, I believe that in this ever-changing society, job hopping weigh more in benefit. First of all, job hopping provides employees chances to experience different working environment. Each company, institute or organization is believed to embrace its own culture and operational mode. After a long period of working in the same place, people sometimes get tired of their working environment out of the monotonous life, dissatisfaction with salary or even disapproval of company’s value. Under such circumstance, changing for another job might enable them to breathe some fresh air from a new working place. In this case, they can not only learn new skills and knowledge but also explore themselves and gradually find out what kind of job suits them most by comparing different places they have been working in. Secondly, along with the switch of job, employees sometimes need to move to another city or even another country, and this creates opportunity for them to visit various places and, more importantly, to know different people, in which way doses a wider interpersonal connection built, which can be beneficial emotionally or practically for them. Thirdly, job hooping to different position may bring new challenge to employees, but may also help them to discover some unexplored potential or talent in them. For example, Lu Xun, one of the most famous writer in the course of Chinese history, didn’t realized his talent in writing until he switched his job as a doctor. To sum up, job hooping is beneficial for employees to experience new working environment, meeting new people as well as uncover their unexpected potential or talent.

Be a full time worker or stay-at-home mother? Opinions on whether being a full-time working or staying-at-home mother vary from person to person, though, they can be generally divided into three groups. The first group believes that it is more worthwhile to stay at home caring for children, while the second group affirms that women should have their own careers in order to be independent from men as well to set their kids a good example. Also, there is the third group holding a neutral view, beckoning that it depends on each one’s choice as long as she is happy with it. My view towards this issue is the same with the latter group, that is, women should have their right to choose their preferable way of life. Nowadays, there are still a great number of women in China confined to some traditional backward norms or gender stereotypes which believe women are born to be a good wife and also a good mother, thus the only choice for them is to stay at home, to their all lives dealing with domestic issues. Therefore, those women who hold ambitions to achieve their values in the working field are generally considered deviated from the traditional social regulations, who should be condemned for their “selfishness” and lack of sense of responsibility. Nevertheless, no one’s right to pursue a better future can be deprived, regardless of his or her gender. In this modern society, numerous of women have proved that, by their talents and prominent abilities, they can also make great achievements as well as men and even surpass them in the fiercely competitive working field. The era of “Doll’s House” had gone, and women should not be restricted by the old concepts. However, at the same time, a woman should not receive moral blackmail from some progressive beliefs holding that women who choose to be a housewife are counter-feminist, which contributes to the drawback of the society. We should be clear that different persons have different personalities and thoughts, so what we should do is to respect their will, given that they are not coerced by any one or any social pressure. As some women attach more importance to the family and are willing to assume an important role as a devoted mother, their choice is also worthy of support. To sum up, it is difficult to weight which is more worthwhile, being a full-time worker or stay-at-home mother, because every woman has her own idea. However, if a tolerant and supportive environment can be provided in the society, the both choices will be way to their happiness.

Paying Students for Good Grades The positive results seen in the pay-for-performance programs indicate that such cash incentives mechanism does work in improving students’ learning motivation, as it provide financial support to low income students as well as nurture their confidence to achieve their goals. Given such positive results, some people believe that this incentive method should be popularized within the nation, while others hold a skeptical it, concerning that it may lead students to take shortcut in the course of study. As for me, cash incentives may be an effective way to encourage students to study. However, it is not sustainable in the long run. A great amount of money is firstly needed to implement the cash initiative mechanism, which might directly increase government’s financial burdens. Since nowadays more and more people attach importance to education, colleges are receiving an increasing number of students each year. That means, to satisfy all the students’ need for cash as a reward for their good performance in studies, the government has to increase significantly its budget to education, thus proportionally cut down investment to other public areas, breaking the balance of government expenditures. Secondly, given material rewards regularly for their study, some students might easily get deviated from their original intention to attend college; instead, they are likely to consider study as a job to earn money. As a consequence, some students may choose those courses that are easier for them to get satisfactory grades, so as to earn money in an effective way, regardless of their own interests or talent. It is also possible that, out of their inner drive, some of them might even devote all the time to study and ignore social practice, which is critical to their future working field. In conclusion, cash incentives may be effective in the short term. However, concerning students’ personal development and even for the whole society in the long run, we should still hold a critical view towards it.

Sth about fifial piety Care for elderly has long been one of the most prevailing core values for Chinese families in the course of history, though China's high economic growth in recent years somehow diluted such family notions. Today, Chinese communist party attach more importance to social harmony. In order to rebuild a set of traditional social values as well as to alleviate government's financial burden for pension, taking care of parents has been written as part of the law as an obligation for all the young people. That's to say, elderly parents can sue their children for not visiting them or not giving them financial support. However, such law will be prove in some ways unrealistic, since it's difficult for young people to reconcile their high-paced work and family responsibilities. While there are some positive points for it provides the vulnerable elderly with the rights to get rid of maltreatment from their children. How do you think? Should filial piety be a legitimized obligation ?

We cannot live in a world without laws Our society is constructed with the base of rules and laws, without which the state of anarchy will bring about chaos. To such a degree, I believe that rules and laws are essentially significant to our society and people should strictly abide by them. First of all, laws set up a code of dos and don’ts for everyone to obey in order to best guarantee individual’s right. It seems that to obey rules, people have to give up some of their benefits for the good for the collective and a number of them begin to complain about it, claiming that the existence of laws is to deprive them of freedom. However, they don’t perceive the fact that in this way social norms are regulated and thus their rights are guaranteed in a long run. Take the traffic rules as an example, one should be conform to the traffic instruction to keep the order, no matter he is a driver or a passenger. If each one is reluctant to obey the instructions for his own convenience, tragedies are likely to happen from time to time. Secondly, although democracy has significantly developed in the course of history and the concept of freedom are deeply embedded in people’s mind, it doesn’t mean that they can do whatever they want. The real freedom only exist within the framework of regulations and laws, if not, freedom will turn into chaos which is detrimental to our society. Assuming a world where individuals were not restricted by laws, they could commit crimes without any punishment and this would be a disaster for human being. To sum up, I agree with the view that the society would no operate well if people were allowed to do anything they want without rules and laws.

Should unpaid community services be a compulsory program in high school? Doing some community services as volunteers can help students built a sense of responsibility as well as to improve their practical abilities. For this account, some people suggest that this kind of unpaid service should be a compulsory part of high school programs since it is meaningful for both students and the community. In my view, although doing voluntary works for the community allows high school students to gain social experiences and practical skills, even more significantly, to nurture a sense of responsibility as a citizen by devoting themselves to the community’s development, it should not be a mandatory program. First at all, students’ spirits of volunteerism should be lighted by a more natural way instead of simply forcing them to do some volunteer’s works. I believe that only through appropriate guidance of teachers and parents can students really be educated to bear responsibility for the community. For example, some related courses can be opened in high school and students are more likely to grasp the essence of voluntarism by the attendance of such courses. Thus, when they choose to do something contributive to their community with asking for payment, they are doing with all their hearts. Secondly, when unpaid community services are imposed on students’ school life, they might have less flexibility to organize their study times, which is likely to be detrimental to the study qualities. Nowadays high school students bear more pressure than before for they are expected to gain a prosperous future through studying. Therefore, for example, if they are pushed o do voluntary work for community every weekend, they may not be able to make use of their free time to study. For what I have given, I believe that it should not be a compulsory program in high school to force students to do the unpaid community services.