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Foreigners are not always right; "Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West, There is too much Asia, and she is too old." - Rudyard Kipling.(Chaff from the Grain)

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From: Manila Bulletin
Date: 20070109
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Byline: HECTOR R.R. VILLANUEVA

A CENTURY later, how wrong indeed was the prognostication and conclusion of Rudyard Kipling. If he were alive today to witness East Asia's rise to pre-eminence and economic hegemony, he would have been surprised beyond belief.

Like Kipling, don't believe everything that foreigners will tell you since they neither have the wisdom of ancient civilizations nor the inscrutability of the East.

For these reasons, the Philippines should put its best foot forward and spread the red carpet for the ASEAN Summit this week in Cebu despite dire ...

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Foreigners are not always right; "Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West, There is too much Asia, and she is too old." - Rudyard Kipling.(Chaff from the Grain)

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