Reflexiones internacionalistas

Lately, I have not written anything about  economy or politics in China, but due to the recent events being held in Hong Kong, I believe that it is important to say something about it. Since there are many aspects involved in this matter, I will limit myself to what I know about Hong Kong, what I saw while I was there, and obviously, my arguments related to the matter of why Hong Kong, in my opinion, should remain independent in most of its affairs. I will first talk about what is Hong Kong to me, and how it is regarded by the international community in general. Second, I will explain why Hong Kong is unique, particularly in economic and political aspects. Third, I will focus on the part of the possible implications if Hong Kong is put under stricter controls by the Chinese Communist Party. Lastly, I will conclude by relating the situation given in Hong Kong to others seen in China regarding protests, (like the one held in Tibet on 2008) in the sense of Hong Kong as another po...

I was a bit reluctant towards writing something in detail about a country of the Middle East. Outside from Syria, I have not really spent much time in reading in detail about the countries, or their history, except for the part of religion and how Islam affects people's lives in the region. This time, my surruonding circumstances and people have brought me to put the issue of Lebanon into the attention of my readers, because I believe that what is happening there should be put onto the world's attention. Lebanon is of the smallest countries in the Middle East, and by far, of the most complex ones. The country has a long history of wars ranging from being 'created' by the agreement between the European powers, to the fact of suffering a civil war in the last decades of the twentieth century. Lebanon  has a unique feature in regard to diversity: it is the only country in the region where people with different religious backgrounds have had a reasonably peaceful cohab...