"East Asia has both greatly benefited and greatly suffered from the effects of globalisation."" ... Certain types of physical investment occurred which formed as an important part in globalising the East Asian region. ... Although almost 40% of this went to North America, up to 80% of all FDI to developing nations went to the ASEAN countries(Association of South East Asian Nations) and China with Japan still the most significant investor in South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia2. This outward form of FDI, triggered by Japan, also came to be adopted by the other nations within the East Asian regi...

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Korea, for example, saw the American troops as means of economic gain. ... Racist stereotypes of Asians within American society are strongly correlated with sexist stereotypes of Asian women. These notions foster American participation in Camp-Town prostitution. ... The American military displays their patriarchal tendencies through justification of social manipulation of Asian societies. ... Several reasons have been presented as to why American military men feel as though they can use Asian women to fulfill their sexual desires. ...

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However, the politics in Asia during the same period were more dynamic and nuanced than just the simple East-West divide of Europe. ... Rather than two competing systems, Asia's international order was a clutter of triangles." ... Its immobility may have been the single most stabilizing element in post war Asian politics." The Soviet-Japanese-American triangle drove Soviet policy towards Japan, since the Soviets viewed Japan as a creature of American engagement in Asia. ... With the disappearance of the Soviet threat is it still a useful model for the study of international relations in A...

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Although Asians and Asian Americans have been present on American television screens for decades, [1] few television series have featured Asian or Asian Americans in starring roles. ... Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid (1984): American action film and television, involving martial artists as heroes, tended to be dominated by narratives revolving around Euro-American protagonists. ... American narratives about crime and ethnicity have often dealt with the difficulties of finding the American dream of personal freedom, and the voice over opening for Vanishing Son's credit sequence summari...

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ROLES OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST AND JAPAN IN PROMOTING ECONOMIC COOPERATION IN THE NORTHEAST ASIA The relation between the Russian Far East and Japan is 'near and far'. ... I The Russian Far East Russia is usually regarded as a European country, but it is at the same time an Asian and Pacific country. Already in the period of Perestroika the Soviet Union declared itself as an 'Asian and Pacific country'. ... Since socialism with the Soviet Union as its top had collapsed, the confrontation between America and the Soviet Union had disappeared, and America's hegemony ove...

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But this question is prior to that posed by this Asia Pacific Roundtable; that is, what are the benefits and costs stemming from globalisation? ... They find most resonance in developing countries, and especially those states of Southeast Asia for whom recent economic crises have brought back shades of the north-south contest between the developed and developing world that dominated the international agenda in the 1970s but largely disappeared throughout the 1980s and 1990s. ...

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BIOMES OF THE WORLD RATIONALE FOR HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE WORLD'S ENVIRONMENTS Life on Earth is extremely interesting, as most of us already know from television, if not from our own travels, and it becomes more so when each piece of the complex pattern fits understandably into the whole. One important goal of a biology curriculum should be to educate students about nature, in order to promote empathy and support for the natural world around us, and the interrelationship of all aspects of nature must be an integral part of the message delivered. Biomes (bioclimatic zones) ...

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Vietnamese American communities have developed, grown and preserved a place within American society along with other Asian American groups. ... For other longtime immigrants, Little Saigon helps them communicate with their More importantly, Little Saigon attracts young Vietnamese Americans through the newly built upscale Asian Garden Mall or Phước Lộc Thọ with fresh experiences and characteristics; quite different from the prevalent American mall. Although built and owned by an ethnic Chinese, Frank Jao, Asian Garden Mall is the centerpiece of Little Saigon, exhibiting more Vietnamese ...

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However, Congress was formed for a distinct purpose: to represent the people of the United States of America. ... A quick laundry list of the minorities in the United States being under-represented might read as such: African-Americans, Women, Black Women, Hispanics, Gays and Lesbians, Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, Indians (Native Americans). ... We now examine some of those histories in trying to answer why America's Congress does not look like America's people. ... While some minorities such as Black Americans and women have had notable records in Congress, Hispanics and...

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According to this view, it makes little sense for America to produce textiles at home when they can be produced at a lower cost in Honduras or China (which unlike Honduras is a major source of American textile imports). Importing textile would benefit America as well as China. ... Industrial countries charge on average 1 per cent on their sales to other industrial countries while exporters from South Asia pay 8 per cent. ... Last year the Bush administration announced it would give American farmers an extra $175 billion during the next decades. The yearly subsidy the US gives just to American ...

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Many Americans point to the high Mexican-American drop-out rates and the low number of Mexican-American professionals as a confirmation of this stereotype. ... In response, Mexican-Americans, as well as Anglo-Americans, have searched for ways to counter such misinformation. ... The Chronicle highlighted the high numbers of working-class Mexican-Americans while citing the low numbers of Mexican-American professionals. ... In addition to these statistics, many Americans point to the high drop-out rates as an indication of the Mexican-American lack of commitment and dedication to higher educat...

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-Asian relationships. The head of the East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau, Daniel R. Russel declares that, "The well-being and future of the United States is inextricably connected to the peaceful development of the Asia-Pacific region" ("Bureau of East Asian," n.d.). ... After World War II, all territory under the Treaty of Shimonoseki was transferred to the Treaty of San Francisco, giving control to American forces. The Senkaku islands were then used as an American bomb-testing site throughout the mid twentieth century. ...

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The primary drugs of choice by smugglers were cocaine, from South America, heroin, from Asia and the Middle East, and more recently methamphetamines, which are domestically brewed. ... Nigerian smugglers would travel to South America or Asia to buy small quantities of cocaine or heroin that they could carry back to West Africa for redistribution. ... There are several factors that made West Africa a prime region as an intermediate between South America and Europe. ... The 10th parallel, or "Highway 10", is the shortest route from South America to Africa. ... Once the drugs reach West...

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Australia at Vietnam War In the years following the end of the Second World War, colonies of the Western Powers throughout Africa and Asia were clamouring for self-determination and nationhood. ... Nowhere was this trend more evident than in the region of South-east Asia, where the Japanese occupation, even if it achieved nothing else, destroyed the myth of white supremacy for good and all. ...

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Namely, the reception of Chinese by dominate Americans before and during her period. ... The Chinese Exclusion Act was only repealed in 1943 and naturalized citizenship for Asians was permitted in 1954, long after African-Americans and American Indians were recognized as American citizens. ... At the time of her death, the newspapers were full of stories about keeping Asian children out of public schools. ... Like Howells, Sui Sin Far demands in fiction a truthful depiction of Americans; her rewriting, however, represents an adaptation of mainstream realism because it focuses on Americans who ...

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MARKETS Although motorcycles are sold internationally, 3 main geographic markets comprise the bulk of motorcycle sales North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest is the North American Market (USA and Canada account for about 60% of this market) accounting for 60% of worldwide motorcycle sales. ... The Japanese market accounting for a great chunk of the Asian Market is an untapped one for foreign manufacturers. ... Most Asians consider motorcycles as a basic means of transportation. ... MARKETS Harley is the established leader of heavyweight motorcycles in the North American market, accountin...

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The economic growth of Europe, Asia, the Middle East as well as the Americas is growing after the economic downturn of 2008 that we are ever so slightly beginning to overcome, which provides a ready market for luxurious good. ... Europe and America enjoy a widespread use of the Internet. ...

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Headquartered in London, the HSBC group operates in five regions: Europe; Hong Kong; the rest of Asia Pacific; including the Middle East and Africa; North America; and South America. ... The HSBC brand was adopted by its Mexican subsidiary, G F Bital, early in the year and in September the majority of the bank's North American businesses, including Household International, were united under the name HSBC North America.    ... HSBC has continued to focus on the development of its personal financial services business in Asia especially in China. ... Strategic acquisitions through the yea...

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Our research set out to improve our understanding of the immigration from 1960s up to 1980s and by exploring the rhythms and realities of everyday life both of immigrants and natives people. This research is based on the immigration policy in Britain, which structured the lives of immigrants. We aimed to investigate the strategies people deployed in the time of far-researching changes, to meet their perceived priorities and needs. The first category includes such details as the economic, political and social condition in the countries of emigration. Understanding why immigrants leave their ho...

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LEGO's major profits is built in west Europe and North America, but while LEGO does perhaps not experience considerable development in the Western European, it offers skilled development of even more than 20% in 2012 alone in the North American market. ... The bulk of model businesses outsource production to Asian production facilities. ... Almost all of the businesses have actually decreased their particular prices utilizing Asian makers. 2.3 GDPEST Analysis Lego along with other academic doll businesses are continually ready for almost any issues regarding the governmental industry. ...

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In 2007, H&M entered the Asian market by opening its first stores in Hong Kong and Shanghai and recently in 2014 opened its first store in Melbourne, Australia (Hennes & Mauritz, 2014). ... Western Europe, Asia Pacific and North America accounted for 34%, 30%, and 22% of the global market respectively (Euromonitor, 2012). ...

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American capitalism was ever as powerful as the 20th century. ... More specifically, United Fruit Company, an American company, created relationships with Central America's dictators, manipulated government to gain enormous privilege in that region and left behind labor unrest and economic crisis. ... Refer back to the history of bananas; they were founded in Central America and South East Asia, during the 1800's. ... " (4) May Stacy commented in her book 'The United Fruit Company in Latin America. ... "In their report on Central America, the British could not avoid a...

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It is true that during his reign Japan has seen a territorial expansion in Asia not unlike that of Genghis Khan's Mongolia or Julius Caesar's Rome but the question remains whether Hirohito played an active role in that expansion. ... The inferiority complex felt by Japanese against Western whites was causing the military to campaign towards total domination in Asia. Later known as "Asia for the Asians-, the military campaign took full force with the ultimate annexation of Manchuria in late 1931. Using the Sakuradamon Incident, an assassination attempt by a Korean named I Pong-Cha...

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The film begins with reporters asking a group of green berets questions that enable the soldiers to explain why America must fight in Vietnam. ... At the end of the conference, a skeptical journalist, Beckworth, remains unconvinced and tells Colonel Kirby, "Your brainwashed sergeant didn't sell me," to which Colonel Kirby replies by asking if the journalist has ever been to Southeast Asia. ... By stereotyping the Vietnamese characters as merely savage anti-American enemies and removing the story of the Vietnamese struggle, Cimino, in effect, de-contextualizes the history of the Vietnamese...

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Setting the Scene As suggested by scholars like Loescher (1996, pp 11-92; 2001 pp21-81) and (Erika, 2001; Labman, 2009), the issue of refugee crisis is old wars and conflicts around the world-from Europe to the Balkans, to the old Soviet Union, Asia, to the Americas and to Africa, the story of wars and conflicts can never be divorced from the associated mass refuge crisis. ... But also before then, the war between Russia and Poland did not help as the dismemberment of Russian empire and the associated famine of 1921 many refugees fled to mostly France and Germany .others who could not make i...

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