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Long Pham

Rise of China can benefit world: Kevin Rudd |Asia-Pacific |chinadaily.com.cn - 6 views

www.chinadaily.com.cn/...content_15601638.htm

rise kevin benefit world

shared by Long Pham on 21 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Rise of China can benefit world: Kevin Rudd
  • "I believe we can embrace the rise of China in a manner that is good for China, good for the United States, good for the West, and good for the rest as well,"
  • our Chinese friends
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  • collectively
  • global collective futures
  • According to Rudd, the world faces three dominant issues in the near future: financial stability in the aftermath of the financial crisis; global sustainable development and climate change; and the rapid development of China as a global economic leader.
  • play a major role as the international system struggles to deal with the effects of the European Financial Crisis.
  • Similarly, as a country already well- experienced with the dangers of air pollution and carbon emissions, China could help promote the importance of a global climate change agenda.
  • "The international community must accept that it's entirely legitimate for China to have a louder voice at the global negotiating table,"
kazzy wazzy

Rethinking Muslim stereotypes | Matador Network - 0 views

matadornetwork.com/...rethinking-muslim-stereotypes

shared by kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12 - No Cached
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      Picture of a smiling supposedly Muslim woman - Gives a good image to the readers?
  • very one-sided story.
  • A reminder how
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      An expression that "reminds" the audience - The misconception of muslims
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  • SHE HAD A FRIENDLY FACE
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      In CAPITAL letters, the writer immediately introduces the sentence - Possibly shows that the physical appearance doesn't matter
  • I knew she was Muslim even before we had spoken because of the hijab that she was wearing
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      Stereotypical view on Muslims - The writer already had a view on Muslim characteristics, even before he spoke to the woman
  • quizzical
  • feverishly
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      - Quizzical --> puzzlement = The writer is confused about how she is able to come out from the Muslim country => Emphasizes the confusion going on in the writer's brain
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      Blurt --> Say sth without precaution = One fact was completely denied by the lady's statement => Illustrates how stereotypes that people convey can be very different than what it actually is 
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      Diction - Feverishly --> Struggling to so something? = Hard to process information => The information of the woman was so unexpected, the word emphasizes that fact
  • blurted
  • what should I say… allowed,
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      Not how academic/formal papers are written in
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      Stalling  - States that this website is a community website/blog post
  • ill at ease
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      "Ill as ease" = Anxious/uneasy
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      "ill at ease" adds to the negativity
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      Negative sounding words - Perhaps stresses his idiotic attitude?
  • I felt stupid, embarrassed at my ignorance
  • I had never been to an Islamic country and had no Muslim friends
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      Obvious that he'll get influenced by the stereotypical view by others
  • two sides to every coin
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      Reference to the first quote in the beginning - Backs up the idea of the  "one-sided story"
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      -> She completely understands what she is talking about
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      Diction - A sudden word that aren't normally used in daily conversations? => Sounds as if she was restrained from something that is very strict
  • battered
  • subdued
  • She was dressed formally in a pantsuit and I guessed it was for the benefit of the conference
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      "I guessed" - Assumption made from his stereotypical view on Muslim culture => Going to a "Western style" meeting (wears pantsuit) but keeps her identity as a Muslim
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      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      Diction - Choice of good, positive sounding words => Adds to the fact that the Muslims are actually nice people
  • liberated
  • twinkle
    • kazzy wazzy
      kazzy wazzy on 24 Sep 12
       
      Comment section on the bottom - Characteristic of a blog post (community website) => Sharing of opinion
  • happy
  • Archived Responses to Rethinking Muslim stereotypes
Marina Yamamoto

Disabled people face a tidal wave of prejudice and discrimination | Social care network... - 4 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...-wave-prejudice-discrimination

shared by Marina Yamamoto on 20 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • But the growing gap between the positive rhetoric underpinning the Paralympics and the day to day experience of thousands of disabled people in Britain raises big questions. Isn't it a betrayal of every Olympic ideal?
  • More to the point, isn't it a betrayal of the rights and needs of all disabled people, old and young, in a civilised society?
  • Disabled people are far too important for the Paralympics to be used as a fig leaf to hide the oppression and discrimination they seem increasingly to face. Ultimately this can only bring the games into disrepute
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  • We must also recognise the wider complicity many of us have in disability policies. The government would hardly be pursuing them, against a significant minority, unless it calculated it had public opinion on its side – opinion prepared to go along with the view that in hard times, disabled people should no longer expect so much and need to tighten their belts too.
  • The Paralympics show just what disabled people are capable of, with support and when they are valued. Cuts in disability benefits, social care and mainstream services, meanwhile, are likely to make it impossible for other disabled people to come close to their potential.
  • But let's not hold our breath.
  • There is little chance of a similar protest against disability discrimination by medal winners at the London Paralympic Games. But for many disabled people such a high-profile protest would be timely, in the face of a tidal wave of prejudice and discrimination against disabled people.
  • Marina Yamamoto on 20 Sep 12
     
    For FOA with Yoan!
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