In 1989, Chinese university students started a protest in Tiananmen, right at the heart of the political centre of China in Beijing. They demanded for democracy and were swiftly clamped down by the military. In 2020, Hong Kong started aโฆ
In Chinese there is a famous saying: ไธๅญๆไธ๏ผๆ ๅไธบๅคง. There are 3 aspects of not being filial, of which not having descendants is the biggest act of being unfilial. For a very long time, Japan is known to be the havingโฆ
“If you kill a cockroach you are a hero. If you kill a butterfly you are evil. Morality has aesthetic standards.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Background Who decides what is right or wrong, what is good or evil? The one whoโฆ
โEconomics is a subject that does not greatly respect oneโs wishes.โ โ Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964. In 1792, the United States Mint commenced production of the United Statesโฆ
If violence is not solving your problem, you are not using it enough. The US was founded basically by taking over and killing off almost all of the natives in the country. With violence it started its history. With violenceโฆ
When there is money to be earned, people will jump on it. As the amount gets higher, more competition will come and along with it, its fair share of politics. Any low level political decision will minimally include multiple objectives,โฆ
Electric vehicles (EVs) have been proven to be better for the environment, hence it will be adopted. Because it will be adopted, it has a future. Certain countries have already started building the necessary infrastructure for it and pushing itโฆ
Electric vehicles (EVs), touted as the next generation vehicle to make the Earth a greener place to live in. The effort to push through EVs and phase out gas (also known as petrol) powered cars has been welcomed by manyโฆ
Few years back I was talking to a junior staff about the need to know current affairs, and he asked me this question: “Why should I know current affairs? I just work at my job, save up and live myโฆ
On 13 May 1787, a fleet of 11 ships consisting of 2 Royal Navy vessels, 3 store ships and 6 convict transports left England for New Holland to establish a penal colony. This fleet of 11 ships was known asโฆ
After marriage, most Japanese women became housewives, as is their culture. Beyond a certain age, companies also often showed discrimination towards women in terms of attitude and salary, making the workplace very unfavourable. Pushed by culture and tradition, these youngโฆ
In AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, ejecting molten rock, pulverized pumice and hot ash at 1.5 million tons per second, ultimately releasing 100,000 times the thermal energy of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Pompeii, Herculaneum and several Romanโฆ