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Why Hong Kong’s #UmbrellaRevolution is unlikely to move Beijing

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Why Hong Kong’s #UmbrellaRevolution is unlikely to move Beijing

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has taken its all-too-familiar stand on the issue of unrest in Hong Kong remaining consistent with its standard approach to managing and negotiating issues of sovereignity over its territories. “I’d like to reiterate that Hong Kong is a special administrative region (SAR) of China, and Hong Kong affairs fall…

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Economy, Government, Politics

Philippine military under the command of a schizophrenic nymphomanic civilian government!

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Philippine military under the command of a schizophrenic nymphomanic civilian government!

Sometimes one wonders what the Philippine military is thinking — and how much more patient it will remain. It is under a lot of pressure to defend the civilian national ego — using rusty unreliable equipment funded by the shifting winds of that ego. This is like being in a relationship with a schizophrenic nymphomaniac….

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Government, Politics, The South