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    last year, my wife, Sophia, and I narrowed the list of places we wanted to visit to South America or Indonesia; and when a good friend related fascinating stories from Indonesia, it seemed like a sleeping giant that the world knew little about so we decided to go and see it for ourselves. Consider some of these facts: The largest archipelago in the world with about 18,000 islands,

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    Ahmed Abidali Mr. Bludworth 10/6/2015 Essay Portfolio Essay In my Rel 240 class, Introduction to Southeast Asia, I have learned many Interesting things from lectures, broadcasts, videos, and the textbook. For example in the video “Indonesia at the Crossroads”, I learned about how activists seek to return to their country back to its original way. More specifically they wanted to go back to the old traditional and moral values after period of rapid of economic growth. Another aspect of the video that

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    country for every living citizen of Indonesia.1 Objectively, nationalism needs to contain some factors such as, language, race, ethnics, religion, citizenship, and civilization.

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    Introduction Indonesia is one of the largest and most varied archipelagos on Earth that sit between Asia and Australia, and share borders with Papa New Guinea, East Timor, and Malaysia. With continuous economic, democratic, and political growth, Indonesia’s abundance of natural resources and location in the heart of Asia’s trade routes can potentially put its region in the forefront to becoming a region that will power global economic expansion in the future. Indonesia’s first President, Sukarno

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    3 The Lack of Environmental Concern under Indonesia’s Investment Agreements The presences of FDI on tourism in Indonesia, in particular, foreign hotels are not only covered under the GATS, but also international investment agreements. The role of the latter has been increasingly significant as Indonesia has concluded agreements, covering tourism. Specifically, Indonesia has concluded preferential trade agreements (‘PTAs’) that include investment chapters, such as AFTA and ASEAN-Japan FTA although

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    over 200 million, Indonesia possesses attractive prospects for business and enterprise. Alongside the election of President Widodo who intends to increase foreign investment and improve infrastructure, this could serve as an opportune time to get involved with the island nation. As the world becomes increasingly globalized, the propensity to manage internationally becomes imminent. This guide is intended to benefit the international manager in conducting operations in Indonesia. Its purpose is to

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    harvested (“Colonial Period of Indonesia.”) This system was called the cultivation system. After the farmers gave one fifth of their harvest they got a fixed amount of money that has no relation to the value of the crops. “The Dutch and Javanese officials received bonus when their residency delivered more crops…” (“Colonial Period of Indonesia.) This made encouraged them to increase production so that they could get more money. This led to corruption (“1820-1950 Indonesia and Decolonization – Timeline

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    Introduction: The indigenous groups of Indonesia went to brutal extents in attempts to successfully fight for rights and recognition from results of Dutch colonisation. The Dutch colonised Indonesia in 1677, completely taking over the government. Significant figures involved; the different islands of Indonesia, the Dutch East India Company, and the battles Indonesia went to in order to gain back their independence. Long term impacts of the Dutch colonisation upon Indonesia improved and modernised the lives

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    the Chinese in Indonesia Indonesia is made up of many different smaller ethnic groups. Most of these smaller groups are indigenous people of the Indonesian islands, “Javanese 40.6%, Sundanese 15%, Madurese 3.3%, Minangkabau 2.7%, Betawi 2.4%, Bugis 2.4%, Banten 2%, Banjar 1.7%, other or unspecified 29.9%.” (2000 census) Chinese people born in China and Chinese people born in Indonesia make up 2-3 percent of Indonesia’s total population. Although some Chinese people in Indonesia are still considered

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    in the greater integration of the region into the international economy. Six ‘new’ states emerged – Indonesia, Malaya, Burma, the Philippines, Indochina and Thailand. Discuss economic and social change in the region with reference to ONE Southeast Asian state. Economic and social change within Indonesia Introduction After over a quarter century of sustained economic growth, Indonesia was struck by a major economic crisis at the end of the 20th Century. This paper examines the impact

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