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    Introduction According to the vast majority of historians today, Mao Tse-tung was one of the most influential and remarkable men in the 20th century. Born into a simple farmer’s family in the small town of Shaoshan, Mao became the dictator of China for 27 years, and was “responsible for well over 70 million deaths in peacetime” . As well as being responsible for countless deaths, Mao was also considered one of the ‘great theorists of Marxist communism’, ‘sinofying’ Russian communism and creating

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    The film Tanjong Rhu by Boo Junfeng is a recount of the notorious arrest of twelve gay men in an entrapment exercise in 1993. Being a conservative society, Singapore has doled out harsh punishments against the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender (LGBT) community. ‘Singaporeans are [also] disallowed from even speaking in public places about homosexual-related issues” (Oswin, 2008). This essay not only seeks to analyze the film, but also, use the Gramscian theory of hegemony to examine the challenges

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    To examine how the socio-economic status of the Malays corresponds to their political marginalisation, we must first establish that they are indeed politically marginalised. Political marginalisation can be taken to mean low political interest and low political trust, “indicating a feeling of distance to the political sphere of society” (Oskarson, 2010, p.7), and it is intrinsically linked to the theoretical concept of political efficacy, that is, an individual’s feelings of their own potential influence

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    In the past few decades, Japan has experienced a rapid growth with various problems associated with urbanization. Japan has also been facing declining birthrate, aging population, poverty, and overcoming deflation. Urbanization has enabled economic growth but it has contributed to climate change, pollution, congestion, and the growth of slums. Also Social and Economic development cannot be achieved without addressing global warming and other environmental issues. Due to these problems, Japan has

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    The film Tanjong Rhu by Boo Junfeng is a recount of the notorious arrest of twelve gay men in an entrapment exercise in 1993. Being a conservative society, Singapore has meted out harsh punishments against the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender (LGBT) community. ‘Singaporeans are [also] disallowed from even speaking in public places about homosexual-related issues” (Oswin, 2008). This essay not only seeks to analyze this film, but also, use the Gramscian theory of hegemony to examine the challenges

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    Andrew Chan was born on the 12th January 1984, in Enfield, South-West Sydney. Chan was the youngest of the four children, with an elder brother; Michael and two older sisters. His parents; Ken and Helen are both first generation migrants from China, who both spoke Cantonese, his father being able to speak English, however his mother had limited English skills. As Chan was unable to speak Cantonese, he often struggled to communicate with his mother therefore his brother often translated for them

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    Executive summary: GENICON is medical equipment producing company launched in 1998 and now operating in 32 countries. GENICON started its operation in USA but soon realize that it was very difficult to penetrate the world’s largest market with a small capital, and extended its operations to European market which proved very successful. The strategy of international expansion has been very successful as GENICON now operates in 32 different countries including the highly developed to emerging markets

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    The Law Of A Lawyer

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    The role of a lawyer is to understand and apply the law in response to the needs of the client, while maintaining a duty to the courts and exercising professional judgement. I want to be a lawyer who does this by achieving justice wherever possible through the provision of services that are in their best interest of the client. After all, justice is important in society, and everyone should have access to it. As Aristotle said, the only thing that makes us the noblest animals, and separates us from

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    COMPANY OVERVIEW OF DOMESTIC DIRECT COMPETITORS OF SIME DARBY (GENTING BERHAD) Genting Berhad (Genting), a holding company for the Genting Group, operates resorts, casino and plantations. It also develops properties, manufactures paper and generates electricity. The company primarily operates in Malaysia. It is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and employs 36,000people. The company recorded revenues of MYR6,943.8 million (approximately $1,968.3 million) during the fiscal year ended December

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    Khao Do Analysis

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    Khao Do. By Will Slupecki and Phil Gikas Khao Do is a Vietnamese man, who was Born in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam in 1978. When he was two years old when he left Vietnam with his family and moved to Sydney, after moving around Sydney for a while him and his family finally settled in Yagoona in the cities west. While he was a child he excelled in his school work which helped him received a scholarship to st Aloysius college. He has a mother Hien Do and a dad

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