Ivory sculpture of a fisherman with net and basket. Japan, Meiji period, 1868–1912 🎣
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ETERNAL LEADERS SIXTO ENRIQUEZ RIVERA AND VIRGINIA MILLANO EVANGELISTA FABRO~RIVERA (Experimenting with Paint 3D)
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Wikipedia: Louis-François Cartier founded Cartier in Paris in 1847 when he took over the workshop of his master, Adolphe Picard.
Robert Moreland: Stir fry traces its lineage back to ancient China, where it emerged as a practical solution to the culinary challenges of cooking over high heat with limited fuel sources. The technique involved quickly cooking bite-sized pieces of meat, vegetables, and grains in a wok—a versatile and efficient cooking vessel.
Jonny and Amy Seponara-Sills: Guyana also has a tiny, but significant, Cantonese population – a legacy of the same forces at work during the days of the British Empire that also relocated large numbers of Tamil and Gujurati Indians there to work as indentured plantation workers. Numerically insignificant, the lasting impact of these Hong Kong Chinese has been on local commerce and the cementing of certain southern Chinese dishes, the most popular of which is chow mein, in the diverse local cuisine.
The Talking Point: In Chinese culture, Fung Wong is Cantonese. It refers to the Chinese phoenix. In Mandarin, it is Fenghuang. 🐦🔥
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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.
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MATT HO: Mainland China has banned imports of pineapples from Taiwan 🍍
This reminds me of my Dad, Sixto Enriquez Rivera, who enjoyed snacking on Uvas. I was his Caregiver.
CHRISTOPHER BODEEN: The crew are Taiwanese and Indonesian.
SCOTT RITTER: Taiwan's future is certain – it will be rejoined with mainland China on terms determined by mainland China.
ERIC TAN~W: The Philippines should follow soon.
China's parliament rules out allowing same-sex marriage #jakpost https://t.co/Mk62DvSMEQ— The Jakarta Post (@jakpost) August 21, 2019
REIH ALONDRES: Congratulations Taiwan 🇹🇼...
From the Philippines 🇵🇭...
Thailand will legalised soon...
KEVIN ZHANG: Ridiculous, disgusting
Nicola Smith: Taiwan hurtles towards "super-aged" status by 2025, meaning that one in five citizens will be aged over 65.
JIN CANRONG: Those who have a clear mind should understand that Taiwan residents can't rely on the US.
VALERIE M. HUDSON: Taipei must realize that it cannot count on the Americans to undertake any competent post-deterrence planning. And Beijing now knows the same.
SARAH B.: most can't handle your truth.
ERIK KOLACEK: I hope we can still be friends, because your blog is the truth.
RAINER BREUL: we have a one~China policy
"#Taiwan is an inalienable part of #China’s territory," says Dai Yuming, interim chargé d’affaires at China’s Embassy in #Israel https://t.co/wDIGjzEPFi
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) October 19, 2021
senior expert on international relations who asked for anonymity: China will teach the US a lesson again, as it will use US mistakes to comprehensively change the Taiwan Straits situation, just as it did in Hong Kong in recent years.
John D.: In a Buddhist context, the staff is a pilgrim's staff or a monk's staff, which the deceased will use on his journey. In the folk tradition, the staff may represent fertility (phallic?) or generational continuity (which, after all, depends on fertility), or it may offer a kind of companionship to the deceased in his grave. Sometimes the staff is stuck straight up on top of the grave mound, making it a kind of lightning rod to attract the spirit or gods. The staff then also mimics the chopsticks stuck into the rice.