that bullying isn’t even an issue here in our country. But recently‚ our eyes have been opened to the reality that bullying is a bigger issue in the Philippines than we originally thought. Out of nowhere‚ cases like the online bullying of Christopher Lao‚ Tito Sotto‚ and the most recent case‚ Pauline Salvosa. It can really make us wonder how a country we thought of as Bully-free can produce such acts of hate towards another. If people can bully others to this extent even the public’s eye‚ what about
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political bulwark against the Cold War superpowers in order to protect the independence of its founding member states—Indonesia‚ the Philippines‚ Singapore‚ Malaysia‚ and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam then joined on 7 January 1984‚ Viet Nam on 28 July 1995‚ Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997‚ and Cambodia on 30 April 1999‚ making up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN. Moreover‚ the area of ASEAN is 4‚5million sq kms (3% of the total land area of Earth). For population‚ ASEAN have 601 million people
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flourishing era for philosophical growth in ancient China. It is in the course of that period that Confucius and Lao-tzu‚ the two most significant Chinese spiritual figures‚ are believed to have lived and taught. The philosophies that they adapted‚ Taoism and Confucianism‚ coexisted in dynastic China‚ appealing numerous followers over the last 2‚500 years. Although both Taoism‚ founded by Lao Tzu‚ and Confucianism‚ founded by Kong Qiu (Confucius)‚ share numerous similarities and emphasize on self-improvement
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islands of Tuvalu and discovers what could potentially happen to the people’s culture if the islands were to submerge into the sea‚ forcing the Tuvaluans to flee. The final article about a unique culture written by Fadiman‚ discusses the birth culture of Laos family and how
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Philippines. These three countries would eventually cooperate with Indonesia and Singapore to draft and sign the Bangkok Resolution on August 8‚ 1967‚ which established ASEAN. The organization expanded when Brunei joined in 1984‚ followed by Vietnam‚ Laos‚ Myanmar and Cambodia in the late 90s. As the organization’s size doubled‚ so did its emblem‚ which depicts ten yellow rice stalks on a backdrop of red and blue. A majority of ASEAN’s members were decolonized only in the years following WWII. Indeed
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reasonably clear conception of what it is. This is made extremely difficult by the nature of the Taoist texts. For every early Taoist book‚ including the Chuang Tzu and the Lao Tzu‚ is in fact an anthology of work by many writers. That the Chuang Tzu is a compilation has long been generally agreed‚ but to deny that the Lao Tzu is homogeneous is still widely decried as heresy. Nevertheless a growing body of scholarship supports‚ with careful and impressive documentation‚ the statement of Fung Yu-lan
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From the US perspective‚ the Vietnam War truly was a war of inheritance. As congress never officially declared war‚ the war became defined by the choices of each successive president. However‚ according to the quagmire theory each president became more limited to what he could do based on what choices his successor made. If this belief is to be accepted‚ then it is necessary to ask the question; did any president have a clear policy about US involvement in Vietnam? If so‚ when did that change? The
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Buddhism is Buddha and the founder of Taoism is Lao-Tzu. Buddha (originally Siddhartha Gautama) was raised in luxury‚ but he watched people who weren’t as fortunate as him suffer. He wondered why people suffer because‚ unlike them‚ he was not experiencing any form of suffering. To answer his question‚ he gave up his luxurious life and searched for a solution by meditating until finally he came up with the Four Noble Truths and became the enlightened one. Lao-Tzu‚ on the other hand‚ was focused more on
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Important Study Notes The Second Indochina War The Ten Components of the War The Second Indochina War (1961 -75)‚ commonly known as the Vietnam War‚ was a complex issue which culminated in the reunification of North and South Vietnam. The war is best understood by recognising its ten component parts: A Cold War Conflict – The Vietnam War was the largest chapter in the Cold War. America and its allies supported South Vietnam; the USSR‚ China and other communist nations provided aid to North
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The Association of the Southeast Asian Nations consists of ten countries namely‚ Brunei Darussalam‚ Cambodia‚ Indonesia‚ Lao PDR‚ Malaysia‚ Myanmar‚ Philippines‚ Singapore‚ Thailand and Vietnam. It is a community which is found in one of the most dynamic regions in the world and is made up of more than 600 million people. Over the past ten decades‚ ASEAN’s share of world GDP and world trade has sharply increased. Its regional integration agenda was meaningfully deepened in the year 2003 when its
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