Essays on Southeast Asia

The uncertainty of the United States when it comes to the incidents of the grey zone is problematic. However, Washington does not like to be drawn into encounters with China in the rocks of Western Pacific. Regarding the Sino-U.S in the regional perception, the leadership of the United States will be shaped by the extent to which it is willing to confront the attempts of China in creating facts on the water via its creeping incrementalism (Schreer, 2015). The doubt of the U.S willingness to copy China has led to friction particularly within the alliance between Japan and the ...

Introduction

Zika virus also termed as ZIKV is a known to have gained worldwide attention, especially in the USA, South East Asia, and Australia. The Zika belongs to the Flaviviridae family which comes under the genus Flavivirus (Wikan & Smith. 2016). The Zika virus is spread though day time mosquitoes belonging to the Aedes family. Some of the most common mosquitoes to contain and spread Zika include A. aegypti and A. albopictus. The name of Zika originated in 1947 where it was first isolated from the Zika forest in Uganda. Based on evidence, the Zika virus was associated with varying viral ...

The United States foreign policy during the Cold War was as much dependent on diplomatic efforts as much as it was related to both direct and indirect military conflict. The Cold War was a time when American practitioners of international relations thought deeply about what was the best and most effective way to deal with the existential threat of communist expansion.  Most notably the United States relied on an overall approach to foreign policy which relied on containment of communist expansion by supporting regimes which were friendly to the American cause of fighting the Soviet Union.  During the Vietnam ...

Introduction

South East Asia comprises of eleven countries both in the mainland Asia and maritime. The region extends from East India to China. Mainland countries include Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The mainland countries are extensions of the Asian continent. The region has a diverse culture with Muslims being found in all the mainland countries in addition to other indigenous religions (Andaya 1). However, the Muslims tend to coalesce in the Southern Thailand region and Western Burma. Other regions where there are Muslims include the central Vietnam whereby the most dominant Islamic tribe is the Cham people.

Similarities and Differences

Maritime Southeast ...

Issue and Solutions for Various Minority Groups in South Asia

Introduction The term “South Asia” is given to the nations occupying the southern section of the Asian continent. This area is dominated by the region of the Indian Plate, to include the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (United Nations Statistics Division: Composition of Macro Geographical Regions, Geographical Sub-Regions, and Selected Economic and Other Groupings). South Asia’s population is said to be about one-fifth of the world’s total population, and thus it is known to be the most densely populated geographical region in the world (South Asian Regional Gateway: South Asia ...

Introduction

The low cost carriers (LCCs) have been enjoying very fast growth in the past several years. Airlines like Ryan Air, Southwest, Lion Air and Asia have become dominant forces in their respective regions. Opportunities for growth and expansion abound especially in the light of changing consumer preferences and habits stemming from the global financial crisis. To take advantage of emerging opportunities, Air Asia needs to go public and raise funds for expansion. While its business model has so far been very successful, certain aspects of it operations and business model need to be modified for it to be able ...

(Diapers and Wipes for Babies) In the present rapidly changing business environment, companies have to implement different changes and innovations to remain competitive. Such changes may refer to all the companies’ operation. For example, it may be necessary to add new products to the general product list of the organization in order to remain profitable and expand presence in the market of the certain country or region. As such, in the healthcare industry the company can develop some new products that relate to the consumer healthcare goods. This essay is devoted to the opportunity for GlaxoSmithKline to start manufacturing ...

The Dutch East Indies, today known as Indonesia, has through the history seen different colonizers that governed the country in different periods of time. There were and still are different perceptions of the different colonizing countries among Indonesians. The Netherlands and Japan are one of the most important countries that impacted the country’s nation building. The paper will answer the research question in what ways were the Japanese different than the Dutch regarding nation-building in the Dutch East Indies. There were some similarities and a lot of differences in governance. The historical context played a vital role in ...

Children are often considered treasures for families especially as they would be the voices of the future. They must be given the capacity to study, grow and become productive citizens without fearing to work or be abused in any way. However, some children are forced into slavery and trafficked into sexual workers. Although action has been enacted by the international community to stop child sexual trafficking, there are still regions – such as South Asia, which still has high cases of child trafficking. Considering this issue, it is a question as to why child sex trafficking continues to persist in ...

Corporate Activities:Alibaba Group

About the paper Corporate finance activities are now deeply embedded into the core business environment of any business entity. Be it for the quest for growth, additional capital or corporate governance, all such crucial decisions are related to the environment of corporate finance. To learn more about such business aspects, in this paper, we will discuss two corporate finance activities undertook by Alibabe Inc. These two activities are related to mergers and acquisitions and alteration to the capital structure of the company.

Mergers and Acquisitions: Alibaba to Invest $1 Billion in E-Commerce Startup Lazada

On 13th April, 2016, Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. announced its biggest every overseas acquisition ...

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In the modern world today, we face as a global culture the inclination of civil wars and political crises and displacement of peoples. The quote mentioned above refers to the displacement of people due to natural and political disasters. When these disasters transpire, individuals are typically living in sub-standard living conditions. What ends up happening as a result is that people are exposed to living conditions with lower sanitation that were seen many centuries ago. This subjects these populations to diseases that they may have not been subject to previously. In order to combat this epidemic, we have to ...

The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco), which now also includes all states in the Caribbean just turned 40 years since signature in 1967. Its importance as a model for other non-nuclear areas, is constant to peace and international securities contribution, which stood and continue placing today in the center of the political and legal interest. Its parallelism with the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) but without Latin American treaty has affected the principle of legal equality of States and has not been an expression of "unequal rights and ...

Introduction

Even though the concept of evolution is a typical narrative, it remains one of the most highly contentious of the topics. Major disagreements persist in the field, particularly when the evolutionary origin and physical modification of primates are the subject matter of discussion. Because of these differences, lots of significant finds in the field have attracted considerable amounts of opposition from experts depending on the species, or the side angle of evolution one recognizes (Ravosa and Dagosto). Disputes often center around locomotion and posture – whether a particular species was fully upright or could walk bipedally, brain size (intelligence), sexuality ...

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the origins of the Buddhism, how did it all start and where is its origins? The reader will retrieve an insight about its beliefs, teachings and ceremonies; what is the core of this religion? The exact rules and scriptures by which the Buddhists live with, what are the forbidden acts and the favourable ones? The paper will also answer to the most important question; what is the reason behind its spread? This paper will demonstrate the evolution of this religion throughout different centuries and the obstacles it faced during its spread. ...

For the past few decades, there has been an increase in natural calamities that have been as a result of human activities. An increase in the overall atmospheric temperatures, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, mass extinction of entire species, flash floods and fluctuating weather patterns have become a common occurrence. Scientists raised alarm over this issue and slowly global warming has become a stark reality and imminent threat to the survival of humanity in years to come (Oreskes, 2004). With this in mind, there have been several global meetings aimed at charting the way forward and coming up with ...

1. Since 1949, when the Chinese Communist Party won the Chinese Civil War, China has undergone many social and economic changes, for both ideological and practical reasons. When the communist party came to power, China had just ended a civil war, which had widespread negative effects on the economy of China. This lead to a phase of recovery which lasted a few short years. Also, the goals of the ruling government had changed; in order to be a communist nation, China would have to rapidly industrialize. This caused the institution of several five-year plans, the first of which began ...

A primate city is the one that is in the largest hierarchy in the country or region. These primate cities contributed greatly to the development of Southeast Asia. The Southeast Asia as a whole depended mainly on the Primate cities as their major source of income. In most of those countries that were lucky to have primate cities, they helped greatly in building and boosting the economic status of the country. They depended on the cities for economic, social and political development of the country. They contained the major resources which the country needed to make major developments. At ...

“Colonialism is a relationship between an indigenous (or forcibly imported) majority and a minority of foreign invaders. The fundamental decisions affecting the lives of the colonized people are made and implemented by the colonial rulers in pursuit of interests that are often defined in a distant metropolis. Rejecting cultural compromises with the colonized population, the colonizers are convinced of their own superiority and their ordained mandate to rule (Jurgen 16).” Apart from the economic and political incentives, race too played an important role in the colonization process. It was the feeling of superiority and the need to enforce it ...

Vietnam is the country located in the Southeast Asia. It is one of the rising economy in the Southeast Asia. The economy of the Vietnam is one of the fastest growing economy of the world. There has been steady growth in the economy of the Vietnam since long time. Before the 1980s the economy of the Vietnam was highly centralized planned economy. It have shifted to the socialist oriented market economy after 1980s. The economy of the Vietnam is based on the agriculture. They use both directive and indirective planning. The data presented on the table provides a clear ...

One of the major effects of industrialization in Southeast Asia is the emergence of the Utopian cities developed in order to cater the needs of the wealthy and the middle class citizens whose income allows them to purchase properties such as high-rise condominiums near the city centers near their workplaces. This paper explores some of the side-effects created by monopolizing the public spaces into a commodity marketed only to those people who belong to the rich and the middle class.

A Framework

Relevant Information Phu My Hung Area Located in the District 7 of Ho Chi Minh. Highly urbanized area created ...

Introduction

The countries covering the South East Asia region have had a population surge during the past decade and at the same time the population is expected to continue increasing by around 25% of the current figures. This overly populated region is hence subjected to high degree for demand of commodities in order the needs of the consumers can be met. The high number of citizens in the particular countries has also resulted in the increase of waste materials released to the environment either in solid, liquid or even gaseous forms. The high demand for goods and services have burdened the ...