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Rachel Mealey in Tokyo: Japanese people believe dolls have souls and cannot be thrown away with the rubbish.

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"I shall gush forth Feminine Riddles from the East" (Psalm 78:2).

TOM FOWDY: If China is to push harder, it needs "soft power" above all.



"Simple Meditation Training is be aware of the Breath. As long as you don't forget your Breath, anything is okay."


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MARIA ORTUOSTE: Strictly enforcing ambiguous criteria, coupled with the reality that it would probably take decades before Timor-Leste has enough officials to attend all ASEAN meetings, make it all but impossible for Timor-Leste to enter ASEAN.
Anthony Milner and Astanah Abdul Aziz: The fact that the Southeast Asian states (with the partial exception of Indonesia) are small in Asian terms is not a deterrent to ASEAN agency. It helps ASEAN to appear non-threatening; 
As leading Thai analyst Kavi Chongkittavorn has pointed out, the ‘Plus Three’ element was also an ASEAN contribution to bridge-building between the large, mutually hostile states of Northeast Asia (China, Japan, and South Korea). 
Such a shift in Northeast Asian sentiments could be a game-changer across the Asian region. At the least, more relaxed interstate relations in Northeast Asia—fostered, in part, by ASEAN—would provide a more favourable setting for the further development of ASEAN-led rules-based regional building.