Through love, eternal life is able to transpire.
Through love, richness beyond measure is able to be achieved.
Through love, the strength and the will required is abundant to succeed.
With faith and commitment, love will facsilitate the ablity to fulfill your dreams..
despite the loss of hearts and broken scenes.
Love, therefore, is the embodiment of all we wish to be.
The Asia Department
I.) The Impact of Religion in Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto.
Throughout Asian history, religion has shaped the peoples of India, China, and Japan into the countries that we know today. Through religion, political institutions were able to administer its people according to the dominant theological and ideological thought. However..
II.) Fissures in Asian Societies: Phillipines, India, and China.
Throughout modern Asian history, the influence and intervention of foreign countries have greatly disrupted the socio-economic, ethical, and political fabric of these lands. Like growing pains an adolescent endures while striving to find his or her identity, these lands, too, suffered.. (heavily based on the novels "Dusk" (F. Sionil Jose), "Raj" (Gita Mehta), and "Red China Blues" (Jan Wong).
III.) The Survival of China's Warlords (1916-1927).
Throughout China's long and rich history, periods of flux and influx have occurred in cycles, causing stability at one moment and disaster the next. Otherwise known as the Dynastic Cycle, in which the Mandate of Heaven favors emperors of good mettle, while withdrawing it's Mandate from those whom are not, has often marked the periods of ascension and glory, and as well, periods of dissension and decline. In one such period, the Warlord Period (1916-1927), it can be said that..
IV.) The Buddhist and Confucian Influence on Korea.
Throughout Korean history, religion has played a major role in shaping the social, ethical, and administrative fabric of its society. Although much of Korea's culture was adopted from China, it was able to remain distinct by adding its own innovations to sinocized inventions. With a strong nationalistic sense, Korea..
V.) Democracy in China and Japan?
Throughout Asian history, there has been a natural, yet problematic, evolutionary process towards democracy. With the advent of a global economy and increased communication, westernization and its influences have spread throughout the world. With this increased exposure, the people of Asia..
VI.) The Odd Couple: Confucianism and Legalism
Throughout China's history, philosophy, namely that of Confucianism, has been the foundation for the ethics, social interactions, and governmental policies of the Chinese people. As a result, Confucianism has been the most discussed and studied when learning about Chinese history and..
VII.) Overseas Chinese in Vietnam and Thailand
Throughout Southeast Asian history, overseas trade has greatly contributed to the development of nations into the places that we now know today. As the locomotive of regional economies, a network of trade and services had developed in order to facilitate their growth. Dealing mainly in natural resources and, all the while..
VIII.) "Arthashastra", The Handbook of Kings
Throughout history, totalitarian governments have ruled by instilling fear unto their subjects. With a closed and gauntletted fist, people were held tightly in rein and punished severely for non-conformity. Oftentimes, these periods of rule were..
IX.) Japanese Occupation: The Root of Nationalism
Throughout Southeast Asian history, the one event to have had a drastic effect on its nations and its course is the Second World War, namely that of the actions of Axis member, Japan. Between 1941-1945, Japan would embark on conquering all..
