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Cultural Differences Between Australia and Singapore
Both Australia and Singapore are former British colonies in the eastern hemisphere that used exploited foreign labour to build the nation’s economic infrastructure. Despite the shared British origins, the two countries have a very different attitude to recognising the British history in national symbolism. They also have very different orientations to social justice, use of cheap foreign labour, juries and political pluralism. Continue reading
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Cultural Differences Between Australia and Japan
In many ways, Japan and Australia are polar opposites with vastly different attitudes to multiculturalism, rules and the history of their respective countries….yet both at the political and population level, Australian and Japanese people seem to get on very well. Continue reading
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Cultural Differences between Australia and Russia
Both Russia and Australia are ruled by institutions of European origin, but the two countries exist at opposite ends of the political spectrum. Russia is defined by its strong man orientation where individuals gave feelings of strength by subordinating to the leader of a group they belong to. This manifests as race-based nationalism in which the leader of Russia shows strength through military strength internationally and killing dissidents locally. In contrast, Australia has more of an individual orientation with almost no nationalism. This manifests as a great deal of following on the international stage and politicians trying to show they are one with the people domestically. Continue reading
Cultural Differences Between Australia and China
After 850,000 years of hunter gathering, Chinese civilisation came from a conquest of nature. Power came from the conquest of rivals. Decline came from building walls and shutting down to the world.
In contrast, Australia’s civilisation came in the form of a British prison. It’s rise came from providing equality of opportunity. Continue reading
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