ASEAN

Every August, National Day Parades will showcase performances from different cultures, highlighting how Singapore is a multiracial country, a fusion of cultures due to its immigrant past. Although my grandmother would dismiss expatriates from other countries as “waiguoren” or foreigners, our ancestors were “waiguoren” too. Straits Chinese traders, coolies from Java and merchants from India flocked to Singapore to search for a better life during our colonial days. No matter where these foreign…

The phrase when defense pacts are invoked is used instead of if invoked because given the ongoing territory disputes the Philippines has with China it is only a matter of time before armed conflict arises. For years Philippines has engaged in dispute with China over the Spratlys Islands (comprised of small islands, reefs, atolls and rocks). Portions of the Spratly Islands have been claimed by The People’s Republic of China (PRC), The Republic of China (ROC/Taiwan), The Philippines, Vietnam,…

Stereotypes are just stereotypes The town called Whileaway, women who lived for six hundreds years without males finally met six men who is from other place. The existence of male surprised women who have not seen men in their entire life. On the other hand, men astonished by the fact that women do not follow such stereotypes that men already had in their mind. With some conversation between males and females, they find out that they would not likely to be co-exist together, male just go back…

At the same time, the penetration into great markets help to spur an increase in overall competition. Also, Carbaugh (2015) reports with a more open market and larger trading market the risk of monopoly and culluison begins to dissolve. With the demand for more good, countries must begin to trim out wasteful practices, maintain lower prices, increase productive efficiencies, and ensure high quality products. In order to meet the challenges of the dynamic effects, countries will often have…

In this paper I argue that China 's change of foreign policy strategy after 1949 can be explained in a realist, liberalism, and constructivist application. Prior to 1949 the Chinese government administered through strong communist ideology. Time went on but during the transition the China we once knew was no more. On the surface it was the same but on a deeper level China was ready to join the other world powers. Specifically I will explain why China changed to a more open-minded mentality. Why…

Nature of Trade Trade is ‘the action of buying and selling goods and service’ (Oxford Dictionary). Trade is important as it allows country’s to obtain goods and services that they would not be able to acquire otherwise. Trading is significant to Australia as it contributes to the economy. The Australian two-way trade service is worth approximately $670 billion, 2013-2014 (Department of Foreign Trade, 2014). Trade is significant as it can recede poverty rates, establish jobs and develop the…

The primary victim of the political and economic crisis of the 70s was the traditional Keynesian policy, which was viewed as the model for progression of states’ economies (Pilling 2014). The decade’s trouble was typified by unprecedented, concurrent high inflation and unemployment rates, which the dominant economic premise of the time, Keynesian theory – was unable to resolve. High inflation and unemployment and the accompanying recession it generated led to the term stagflation. Furthermore,…

INDONESIA EDUCATION SYSTEM; TAMAN SISWA SHS Albert Einstein ever said that "Everybody is a genius" but if you consider that all animals can climb the tree as well as a fish it means you are thoughtless. Indonesia students have to master all subjects and obey the curriculum. Curriculum changing by Ministry of Education changes leadership; therefore, they force students to adhere the curriculum. In practice, the system is not changing only the books they learn are changing. The success of applying…

Women’s Right is the rights for women and girls all around the world. Equal rights of men and women is one of the most important principles of the United Nations Charter adopted by world leaders in 1945; therefore protecting and promoting women’s human right is the responsibility of all States. In addition to gender, women face discrimination due to factors such as their age, ethnicity, disability and socio-economic status. Even after the rights were promoted, there are still millions of woman…

Do you realize that why do people get interested in the English standardized tests? Today, we live in an international world which people can go aboard to study and work variously; therefore, finding a job or further studies becomes challenging everywhere. For example, the National Statistical Office of Thailand (2016) has reported the poll about getting a job of graduate students in January 2016 that 103,000 students are unemployed. According to this statement, the English standardized tests…