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What Filipinos need to learn from Hong Kong’s #UmbrellaRevolution

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What Filipinos need to learn from Hong Kong’s #UmbrellaRevolution

A lot of Filipinos have been following closely the massive pro-democracy protests that have rocked Hong Kong in recent days. After Beijing announced that it will be vetting candidates for the coming 2017 election there, Hong Kong residents have taken to the streets by the hundreds of thousands, virtually paralysing the prosperous former British colony…

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China acting not only as a dirty dog, but as a lousy bully and a racist freak

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China acting not only as a dirty dog, but as a lousy bully and a racist freak

Last week, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that a restaurant at the historic tourist city of Houhai in Beijing put up a sign which says: “This shop does not receive The Japanese, The Philippines, The Vietnamese and dog.” This is palpably racism in its worst kind and discrimination of the lowest order! SHAME! I concur…

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Culture, Society