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Wikipedia: The earliest mention of dominoes is from Song dynasty China found in the text Former Events in Wulin by Zhou Mi (1232–1298).

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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.

Shrimp Spaghetti 🦐🍝 with Garlic Bread 🍞 cooked by Anthony Hamid Khan

"In the year 1280, the explorer Marco Polo wrote about the prevalence of shrimp in Chinese marketplaces during his travels, noting how vital seafood seemed to be in peoples’ diets. Shrimp and other seafood were primary protein sources in the Chinese diet, with some of the earliest known records of seafood’s popularity dating to the 7th century. Today, seafood is still a significant part of Chinese cuisine, with shrimp among the most popular protein choices in many staple dishes."

Fried Chicken, Lumpia, and Shrimp Fried Rice cooked Anthony Hamid Khan

Wikipedia: Lumpia was introduced to the Philippines by early Hokkien immigrants from Fujian.

"The oldest bones of a definite domestic chicken were found at Neolithic Ban Non Wat in central Thailand, and date to between 1,650 and 1,250 BC."

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Chicken Stir Fry with Scallions and White Rice cooked by Anthony Hamid Khan (Happy Labor Day)

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.

Sofia Carmina Coppola 蕭志美

Vanessa Anne Hudgens~Tucker 王薇薇

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Fish and Rice 🎣🍚

Wikipedia: Asian rice was domesticated in China some 13,500 to 8,200 years ago; 🍚

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Chinese Take-Out 🥡

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Watching from Florida, U.S.A. God Bless your family,,,

Fried Shrimp Spring Rolls cooked by Bebe Khan

Fried Shrimp Spring Rolls

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Thick Guyanese Soup cooked by Bebe Khan 🍲

"In Xianrendong Cave, Jiangxi Province, China, the first example of a soup bowl was discovered and is thought to date back to 20,000 BC."

Guyanese Beef Chow Mein 🍜

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.

Anthony Hamid Khan cooks Pancit for the first time (It tasted authentic!),,, 🍜

Wikipedia: The term pancit (or the standardized but less common pansit) is derived from either of the Hokkien terms 扁食 (lit. "wonton (noodles)") or 便的食 (lit. "convenient food"). In the Filipino language, pancit is the generic word for noodles. Noodles were introduced to the Philippines by Chinese immigrants. They have been fully adopted and nativized into the local cuisine, also incorporating Spanish influences. Pancit is also commonly served at birthday celebrations and Chinese restaurants nationwide often have "birthday noodles" listed on the menu, as the length of the noodles are believed to symbolize a long life. This belief originates from Chinese Filipino customs.

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Zero Sugar Wild Cherry & Cream Pepsi and Pancit cooked by Anthony Hamid Khan for long life,,,

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Basin with Dragon and Phoenix design, Jingdezhen ware, China, Ming dynasty, Wanli era, 1573-1620 AD. Tokyo National Museum

"controlling the narrative is essential to maintaining stability and power"

The Talking Point: In Chinese culture, Fung Wong is Cantonese. It refers to the Chinese phoenix. In Mandarin, it is Fenghuang. 🐦‍🔥

Doreen Ellen Bell~Dotan: Weather is the physical expression of the collective ambient Morality of the people in the area.

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"There are records of people using grapes to create fermented beverages in China as early as 7000 BCE." 🍇

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Wikipedia: Pears were cultivated in China as early as 2000 BC. 🍐

南中国海

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The Task Force Kaligtasan sa Karagatan (TF KsK) of the @coastguardph has achieved another milestone in securing the West Philippine Sea. They have successfully installed five navigational buoys on critical areas - Patag Island, Balagtas Reef, Kota Island, Panata Island, and Juan… pic.twitter.com/Ge3riQDqXK

— Jay Tarriela (@jaytaryela) May 14, 2023

Teodoro López Locsin Jr.: Compliance in good faith with the award would be consistent with the obligations of the Philippines and China under international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to which both parties are signatories. The Philippines, as a law-abiding, peace-loving and responsible member of the international community, reaffirms on this occasion its adherence to the award and its enforcement without any possibility of compromise or change. The award is non-negotiable.

ANTONY JOHN BLINKIN: We also reaffirm that an armed attack on Philippine armed forces, public vessels, or aircraft in the South China Sea would invoke US mutual defense commitments under Article IV of the 1951 US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty.

#OnThisDay in 1951, the Mutual Defense Treaty between the Philippines and the United States of America was signed in Washington, D.C. The Treaty states that both countries would support each other if either the Philippines or the U.S. were to be attacked by an external party. pic.twitter.com/9OY7abJti9

— DFA Philippines (@DFAPHL) August 30, 2019

ANTONIO TIROL CARPIO: ,,,so, a tiny rock in the Middle of the South China Sea is very valuable.

關羽

"The Philippines submits that Chinese historic maps dating back to 1136, including those purporting to depict the entirety of the Empire of China, consistently show China's territory extending no further south than Hainan" (Para 195, Award of 2016 July 12, The South China Sea Arbitration).

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Is this a UFO?🛸

No. It's a Chinese armed helicopter named "Super Great White Shark", designed for the future digital battlefield and on display at an airshow in north #China's Tianjin pic.twitter.com/rzJ1jusGQe

— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) October 17, 2019

习近平: scale up training and War preparedness, promptly and effectively deal with all sorts of complex situations and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests.

DARREN EVERETT CRISS

王毅: We need to Cherish the hard~won friendly Situation.

LEYLAH ANNIE FERNANDEZ

And yet, there they are. Two @USNavy aircraft carriers operating in the international waters of the South China Sea. #USSNimitz & #USSRonaldReagan are not intimidated #AtOurDiscretion https://t.co/QGTggRjOul

— Navy Chief of Information (@chinfo) July 5, 2020

FILIPINO~PERSIAN RICHARD JAVAD HEYDARIAN: Manila may thus once again explore the possibility of teaming up with multinational companies to resume sea exploration.

SOFIA TOMACRUZ: Experts including retired Philippine Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio and internationally-renowned lawyer Paul Reichler had pointed out that like the Philippines, countries should invoke the Hague ruling and call out China's expansive claims. This, they said, was one of the best ways to enforce the award. 

The ruling has been regarded by maritime law experts as one of the best and most effective arguments under international law to thwart China's encroachment of Southeast Asian countries' exclusive waters.

"The Australian Government does not accept China’s assertion in its note of 2020 April 17 that its sovereignty claims over the Paracel Islands and the Spratly Islands are ‘widely recognized by the international community’ (noting the protests by Vietnam [No. 22/HC-2020, No. 24/HC-2020 and No. 25/HC-2020] and the Philippines [No. 000192-2020] in this respect)."

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

NARUSHIGE MICHISHITA: Rising powers have a tendency to go out of control. It happened to Japan in the 1930s. Unfortunately, when Japan was rising rapidly and losing control of itself, nobody was there to stop Japan.

RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE: Now, plenty of critics, both sides, claim about nothing has been done to retake forcefully or physically the South China Sea. China is claiming it. We are claiming it. China has the arms, we do not have it. So, it is simple as that. So what can we do? We have to go to war and I cannot afford it. Maybe some other president can, but I cannot.

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Wilson Lee Flores: ,,,We should not forget that we have an ancient friendship with China

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Yen Nee Lee: More than five years on, Beijing-friendly postures have hindered Philippine oil exploration efforts in the sea.

JEREMIAH JACQUES: Many Americans today may not believe that the country’s will to use its power is breaking, but the U.S.’s allies in Asia, such as the Philippines, can see it plainly. As a result, some of these Asian states are preparing to realign with China.

JEREMIAH JACQUES: The Trumpet takes a keen interest in this shift because it is furthering three prophetically significant trends: The deterioration of U.S. power, the coalescing of “the kings of the east,” and the rise of China.

RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE: I have nothing against America.

MICHAEL RICHARD POMPEO: The PRC cannot lawfully assert a maritime claim – including any Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) claims derived from Scarborough Reef and the Spratly Islands – vis-a-vis the Philippines in areas that the Tribunal found to be in the Philippines’ EEZ or on its continental shelf. In line with the Tribunal’s legally binding decision, the PRC has no lawful territorial or maritime claim to Mischief Reef or Second Thomas Shoal, both of which fall fully under the Philippines’ sovereign rights and jurisdiction, nor does Beijing have any territorial or maritime claims generated from these features.

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Bradley Devlin: Expanding and cementing control over the South China Sea will also increase China's control over the region's massive energy reserves.

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EU officials: the EU should reinforce its strategic focus, presence and actions in the Indo-Pacific

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习近平: Human History will keep surging forward like a River with moments of calm waters and huge waves.

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Providing peace and stability to the Atlantic Oceanhttps://t.co/s6n8vjljjU

— RT (@RT_com) December 7, 2021

"US Navy Cmdr. Robert Briggs and Cmdr. Richard Slye monitor the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning from the pilothouse of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin on April 4."

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Hal Brands: China could use swarms of small drones, launched from container ships, to hit targets on the U.S. West Coast or Hawaii.

"The Sierra Madre, a rusted warship that has been grounded on the Second Thomas Shoal since 1999, has been kept in place as a way to reinforce the Philippine claim to the shoal. Photo: Asia Times files / AFP via Getty / Jay Directo"

Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, Jr.

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