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    In the 1950s, there were many wealthy Chinese moved to Hong Kong illegally due to the civil war. After 1997, the SAR government launched a new migration scheme which allows 150 mainland residents move to Hong Kong every day. According to Census and Statistics Department, the percentage of net migration to total population increased is 71.5% in 2005. The problem of not enough housing estates for the rapid growth in population arosed. Other than that, the growing number of locals moved from rural…

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    Olive Tree Symbolism

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    industry in Palestine is being controlled and restricted by the Israeli government. Israel continues to use the Palestinian agriculture as a means to inflict collective punishment on the Palestinian people to confiscate more land in the Occupied Territories’ (OT). Israel continues to confiscate Palestinian agricultural land and aquifers by denying Palestinian civilians access to their crops and their harvest (UN General Assembly, 2014). The Palestinian land had even been inundated with waste…

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    Conjoint Therapy

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    Indigenous community To build a domestic violence free Territory, Northern Territory government developed a domestic and family violence reduction strategy “to increase the safety of victims and their children, reduce rates of intergenerational trauma caused by exposure to domestic and family violence, increase accountability of perpetrators and establish integrated service delivery systems that are sustainable and adaptable” (Nothern Territory Government, n.d.). The government identifies the…

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    not nearly as glamorous as what I was used to. Other than that, I was somewhat confused as to why I was forced to land in another country and then cross the border into Palestine. As I would later understand, there is no airport in the Palestinian territory, and the only other airport was in Israel. If I had landed in Israel, I would have faced a multitude of problems with the Israeli government. As we arrived at the border of Jordan and the West Bank of Palestine, I began the six-hour process…

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    There are numerous comparisons, similarities and differences to be noted between Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and Emily Kame Kngwarreye none more than their art work. Both being from the central desert region of the Northern Territory, Australia and the Anmatyerre language group both Clifford and Emily share simular life experiences, beliefs of the dreaming, geography and views of their country. Both artists produced their work in a matching time and place with simular preferred mediums and both…

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    Like many cultures, the American Indians passed down their own beliefs which describe the creations of Earth and people. Depending on the tribe, location, history, lifestyle and external influences each story contained its own unique variation. The following will compare and contrast the Cherokee and Navajo belief in creation as well as delve into the viewpoints of each tribe and their relationship with the earth, animals and other people. It is hard for a person to understand why particular…

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    Australian media has always been a prevalent force associated with Indigenous Australians. Ever since the mass spread of information through media was invented, it has been used as both a negative and positive way to promote certain agendas. Social media is also a mechanism that is changing the way Indigenous Australians interact and use media, and has had an important impact on Indigenous Peoples around the world. Despite many changes for the better in regards to how the media is used to…

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    Nelson Mandela once said, “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner” (Mandela). This quote signifies everything wrong with the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. The Israelis and Palestinians have barely worked with each other, so they have not been able to make peace and they choose to remain enemies. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict had been on and off for 100 years. After World War II, six million Jews were killed, and the remaining…

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    2. Introduction Australia was a convict settlement as a result of British Colonisation which occurred in 1788 with the First Fleet. The indigenous people of Australia are the Aboriginals. The federation of Australia occurred in 1901 and Australia is a member of the Commonwealth. Australia is situated in the southern hemisphere and is the smallest continent and country in the world. The capital of Australia is Canberra. The population of Australia is approximately 24 million. The language…

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    Biography My Grandpa Harmen Vriend was born on June 30th 1941 in Holland. At the age of 5 he was forced to move to Canada with his family because the Germans were looking for his father Peter Vriend. That was a big problem because often when the Germans captured the Dutch they would put them to work and died oe were near death because of i . As a child my Grandpa was told that "Canada was the land of milk and honey ".Which means that there was an abundance of supplies like food, housing and…

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