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Category: 🌍 English Edition
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China’s Debt Dilemma and Its Global Consequences
Introduction The rise of China has been one of the defining stories of the 21st century. After a relatively closed economy in the late 1970s, China has emerged as the world’s second-largest economy and a formidable global actor. Many have hailed its growth model—driven by manufacturing, exports, and increasingly by digital innovation—as a miracle. Yet…
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Silent Cries in Darussalam: Student Suicides and the Crisis in Banda Aceh
The recent rise of student suicides in Banda Aceh reveals a deep crisis at the heart of the city’s academic life. Behind each tragedy lies a hidden story—of financial pressure, broken families, predation, and despair. Drawing from decades of experience teaching in Darussalam, this essay exposes the social and institutional failures that push students to…
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Never Split the Difference: Chris Voss on Negotiation as Survival
Chris Voss’s Never Split the Difference (2016) is a groundbreaking book on negotiation, rooted in his career as the FBI’s lead international hostage negotiator. Unlike traditional negotiation manuals that emphasize compromise, Voss argues that compromise often means losing. Instead, he teaches tactical empathy, calibrated questions, mirroring, and psychological insights that turn negotiations into opportunities for…