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...honor the U.S. President, who lived four years of his childhood in the Indonesian capital. Locals visited, too, but they weren't as pleased. "Indonesians mostly came to protest," says park groundskeeper Yunus. "They didn't want the statue here." Less than three months after a local Obama fan club raised $10,000 for the monument, it was quietly moved in February to a nearby school where Obama had studied. "I'm not against Obama," says Protus Tanuhandaru, one of the Indonesian founders of a Facebook page that collected nearly 60,000 fans calling for the figure's removal...
...proving that Islam need not be the enemy of political freedom. Back when Obama lived in Jakarta, where his American mother was an anthropologist and aid worker, Indonesia was ruled by a dictator and mired in poverty. Today, it is a proud member of the G-20 club of wealthiest economies. While much of Indonesia is still poor (18% live under the poverty line), the country is finally using the profits from its plentiful natural resources, such as natural gas and a horde of minerals, to lift up its citizens. "Foreigners used to think of Indonesia as a place...
...Further south, China has surpassed the U.S. as ASEAN's third largest partner in commerce after the E.U. and Japan. The Southeast Asian club has signed trade pacts with Japan, India, South Korea and, most importantly, China, paving the way for a regional economic bloc that could rival the E.U. Note that the U.S. isn't involved. "If we are closer to China now, it is only because the U.S. has neglected us," says Kavi Chongkittavorn, a Thai columnist who writes about foreign affairs. Wirjawan, the head of the Indonesian investment board, jokes that, "If I want to get Americans...
...momentum is on the Republican side, but November is still a long ways off,” said Harvard Republican Club President Mark A. Isaacson ’11, who is also a editorial columnist for The Crimson. “There...
...nature of Yardfest is quite different from most of the smaller club events that are located in common rooms or dining halls. The latter events, small-scale and exclusive by their nature, do little to foster school spirit. Yardfest has a proven ability to excite the student body and draw out a big audience: Around 7,100 students came out for Sara Bareilles and Ratatat last year, and about 7,000 showed up in 2008 for Wu-Tang Clan and Gavin DeGraw. With mainstream hip-hop artist Kid Cudi, known best for his hit song...