Xe nhanh – Fast car

500 Greatest Songs of All Times

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Đây là bài hát của ca sĩ kiêm nhạc sĩ người Mỹ Tracy Chapman (sinh ngày 30-3-1964), phát hành vào ngày 6-4-1988, là đĩa đơn chính trong album phòng thu đầu tay cùng tên của cô.

Khi Tracy Chapman xuất hiện trong sinh nhật thứ 70 của người xây dựng hoà bình Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013), bài hát lọt vào top 10 bản hit tại Hoa Kỳ, đạt vị trí thứ 5 trên Billboard Hot 100. Tại Anh, bài hát ban đầu đạt vị trí thứ 5 trên Bảng xếp hạng đĩa đơn Vương quốc Anh vào năm 1988. Continue reading Xe nhanh – Fast car

Individualism

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Individualism advocates the primacy of the individual and his/her independence, interest, goal and opinion over external forces such as the power of the state or the norms of the society. With the advance of Internet, which gives everyone the power to communicate publicly worldwide, individualism has been rising at an extreme speed.

But that rise has brought about so many problems for almost every human society in the world, due to the weakening of society’s rules and orders – children listening to parents less, same thing with students and teachers; many countries are in political and social chaos – even politicians put their individual selves above the unity and interests of their countries; the youth lose directions and have little idea about their role and responsibility in their community. Most young people care about fashion, entertainment, good foods, hot spots, vaping… and have zero idea about what they should do for their community, be that their school or their country. Continue reading Individualism

The Red Sea crisis proves China was ahead of the curve

The Belt and Road Initiative wasn’t a sinister plot. It was a blueprint for what every nation needs in an age of uncertainty and disruption.

JANUARY 20, 2024, 5:46 AM

By Parag Khanna, the founder and CEO of Climate Alpha. FP

An aerial view shows stranded ships dotting bright blue water as they wait to cross the narrow Suez Canal seen in the distance at its southern entrance in the Red Sea.
An aerial view shows stranded ships dotting bright blue water as they wait to cross the narrow Suez Canal seen in the distance at its southern entrance in the Red Sea.

Over the past two months, a sudden surge in Houthi rebel attacks in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea to the Arabian Sea prompted the world’s largest shipping carriers to halt transit through the Suez Canal for several weeks—with even more rerouting their vessels as the United States and Britain launched strikes on Yemen and the situation has escalated.

Continue reading The Red Sea crisis proves China was ahead of the curve