When the British colonized most world affairs during Pax Britanica, hundreds of thousands of disadvantage children were sent from around the world including from the U.K. to Australia. These abused orphans faced sexual abuse, violence, and forced labor over a period of decades.  On 16 November 2009, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made an emotional apology [...]

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“I would urge you to sell any sterling you might have. It’s finished. I hate to say it, but I would not put nay money in the UK,” stated by Jim Rogers, co-founder of the Quantum fund with George Soros (Independent 21 January 2009). That is, the bankruptcy of the UK might be imminent. Barclays [...]

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An auction of art works by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge in February have made the Chinese mad. Two rare bronze sculptures (heads of a rat and a rabbit) of Yuanmingyuan or the Old Summer Palace were stolen by the British and the French during the Second Opium War in 1860. These two items [...]

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The word APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) has often been heard in the mass media, but a few people have heard of ASEM (Asia Europe Meeting). The difference between ASEM and APEC is “without Uncle Sam” or “with Uncle Sam.” ASEM, which was established in 1996 will have its seventh meeting this year. However, this year [...]

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