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The IN Section details various ways (e.g. foreign diplomats setting up offices in other countries, animal diplomacy, humanitarian aid, etc) in which a country establishes good diplomatic ties with other countries. Zoom in on ONE form of diplomacy and write about
a) its importance (supported by details and examples from the article(s) you have read) in one paragraph of about 80 words and
b) the problems/issues that arise (e.g. tension when an animal on loan dies prematurely abroad; issue of sustainability, etc.) in another paragraph of about 80 words

To answer question b), you are encouraged to refer to articles beyond those in the IN Section.

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The people in the article, the Singapore Government, have established good diplomatic ties with other countries by aiding other countries with help like allowing Ukrainian refugees to enter Singapore to seek shelter from the Russo-Ukrainian war that is on going in Ukraine.Additionally, there are some companies in Singapore that are providing financial support to the people who are living in Afghanistan and Singapore air force and the Australian air force partnered together to ship relief shipments with two Apache helicopters to help the citizens who are staying in Australia

Even though we are able to provide some support to the countries in need, we may not be able to protect from exterior dangers like the Taliban and the Russian army as we do not have the power to protect them forever, but we are able to support those citizens who are staying in those countries when they are in their lowest times.

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Gifts that keep on living: How animals help keep global ties alive(Damien)

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Gifts that keep on living: How animals help keep global ties alive(Damien)

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a)China gives, or rather loans, giant pandas to countries like a stamp of approval of their friendship. This shows that even big countries like China have to keep good friendships with other countries. Even when China could not loan their pandas, they found another way they could show their friendship toward other countries by "renting" their pandas for a cheap price. But when China is in a conflict with those they loaned pandas to, the animals would be taken back by China like when in 2010, after China expressed anger over then US President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, it took two panda cubs from the US back to China.
b)When Australia loaned Singapore Koalas, koalas’ , sourcing their food was no easy job during their stay in Singapore. To cater to their specific diet of eucalyptus gum leaves, the food had to be shipped to the Singapore Zoo twice a week. Every branch of leaves had to be washed before getting shipped from Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, located in Queensland, Australia. Singapore has to go through such measures especially because if the Koalas pass away not from old age, tensions between Australia and Singapore would arise.

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One form of diplomacy which I believe to be important is the establishment of embassies and consulates in foreign countries. It allows for easier communication and cooperation with the country's government and represents strong ties with the country. The embassy's consulates also help with communicating with citizens from the host and home country. One example of embassies being used is in Wuhan at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, where China and Singapore worked together to bring home Singaporeans stranded there during its lockdown.

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As these embassies also act as representation for its home country, they are also targeted for protests or attacks. These acts are often done to send a message to both the host and home country. Examples include the siege on the Iranian Embassy in London, and the protest at the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington.

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the importance of commemorating international friendship day is that we can bridge the gap between race religion and other different determinants that obstructs friendships.

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a) Diplomacy is a very important factor that can affect the safety of a country's citizens. This can be seen from "The goal of diplomacy is to maintain peaceful relations between countries." and "Without diplomatic relations, there are
higher chances of violent conflict, such as war, occurring." Diplomacy can conserve safety and peace to one nation to prevent any harm from being caused to the citizens. This diplomacy  includes negotiating trade agreements, implementing new policies that
affect the countries involved, and tackling disputes. These are extremely important factors that maintain the safety of a country.
b) All embassies will normally have a consular section. This means that while there will be only one Singapore embassy in the country you visit, there may be a number of consulates. As for a consulate, its main function is to perform administrative duties, such as issuing visas
and attending to queries from citizens of its
home government or host country. These would usually be found in cities with
the most tourists. In China, the Singapore embassy is located in Beijing, but there are consulates in Chengdu, Guangzhou and Shanghai. If you are overseas and encounter problems – say, you lost your passport – you can approach your country’s embassy or consulate for help. There, you can apply for either a temporary passport or emergency travel documents.

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The Singapore Red Cross’ (SRC) first batch of humanitarian aid supplies comprising food, clothes and blankets,
worth US$100,000 (S$136,000), reached Ukraine on
March 4. They were distributed by the Ukrainian Red Cross
Society and the International Federation of Red Cross and
Red Crescent societies. On top of that, SRC will be donating $2.4 million in aid for Ukrainian refugees.

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Gastrodiplomacy has existed for centuries and it is one of the most important forms of diplomacy to build relations with others. Research has shown that families that regularly eat together most likely have better relations to their family members compared to the families that don't. The same can be said with different countries. Countries like Australia, USA, South Korea and Singapore use the power of food diplomacy to better build relations with other foreign leaders. The reason why this method of diplomacy is so effective is due to the sharing of culture amongst countries and how eating together creates bonds around the table. This results in different countries appreciating the others' culture and allows them to learn more about their similarities and differences thus, possibility of eliminating any hostility or cautiousness the other party might have towards them.

The problem with this is that things can go wrong when a single mistake is committed. Gastrodiplomacy is a method in which you must be able to carry on a conversation (be well-spoken) and not carelessly let the wrong words slip through your mind as often times, this one mistake might send a bad impression on the other party. Secondly, the food must be prepared with utmost precision because if someone gets food poisoning after consuming the food, it might be taken as a threat to the other party thus increasing hostility from them and the entire event will backfire instead.

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a) Singapore has received animals such as pandas from China, Koalas from Australia and Komodo dragon from Indonesia. These animals represents the approval of the countries' friendship and the strong friendly ties between them. Donating animals to countries is also used to celebrate the milestone of the countries' friendship. The importance of being in good terms is that no problems or wars will arise between the two countries, and that whenever our country needs help, there are other countries that are willing to lend a helping hand to us. Giving animals also helps to prevent the countries' relationship from being estranged and tension.
b) One of the issues includes not being able to provide sufficient food for the animals, Example, during the koalas' stay in Singapore, the workers in Australia faced difficulties to gather food source. As koalas has a specific diet of eucalyptus gum leaves, the food had to be shipped to the Singapore Zoo twice a week. Every branch of leaves have to be washed before getting shipped. Another issue is that the animals may not be friendly. For Example, the Komodo Dragon from Indonesia, it can grow up to 3m long, have curved and serrated teeth, a yellow forked tongue, strong limps and strong tail.

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Russia weaponizing lies as it wages war against truth(Kah Chuan)

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Russia weaponizing lies as it wages war against truth(Kah Chuan)

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This article is important as it warns reader about false information that they might have consumed.An example is the Netherlands-based investigative journalism website Bellingcat, which has been updating a public spreadsheet to debunk claims about the situation in Ukraine.Such false information may lead to social conflict or misinterpretation about many things.

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Animal diplomacy
1. Animals such as the famous pandas, Kai Kai and Jia Jia were loaned from China to represent a gesture for friendship with Singapore. Turns out close relations with other countries can also be maintained through animals! Pandas are endemic to China, so gifting them to another country is very remarkable and shows the trust between the countries. Another example is when Australia sent in four Koalas, Paddle, Pellita, Chan and ldalia, to Singapore for a span of 10 months to celebrate 50 years of friendly ties between the two countries as well as to congratulate Singapore's 50th birthday.

2. But what would happen to the animals if the two countries experience tension? Sadly, the animals would be negatively affected. Just like when China expressed anger towards the USA in 2010, US president Barack Obama was in a meeting with the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader outraged China, making them take back two panda cubs from the US

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Many would think that the main spotlight is on human diplomacy, which is true. As war breaks out in different areas of the world, it is important to establish diplomatic ties with other countries to survive. However, this is not the only way to exchange hands with other countries in the world. Take pandas Kai Kai and Jia Jia for an example. These lovable adult pandas were loaned from China as a gesture of friendship. This is also a gesture of panda diplomacy. There are also other types of animal diplomacy, such as koala, komodo dragon and even horse diplomacy. However, that they all have in common is, that these animals are exchanged in a form of friendship.
There are also many problems that come along with this exchange. When connections between 2 countries break apart, animals are also affected as they are dragged back to their country. For instance, In 2010, after China expressed anger over then US President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, it took two panda cubs from the US back to China. Some animals could also die along the way to the country.

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a) The importance of diplomatic relations is to prevent chances of violent conflict, such as war, occurring. They make good relationships with other countries. for example in china, the Singapore embassy is located in Beijing, but there are consulates in Chengdu, Guangzhou and Shanghai.If we are at overseas and encounter problems, like losing lost our passport, we can approach Singapore country’s embassy or consulate for them help.
b)All embassies will normally have a consular section. This means that while there will be only one Singapore embassy in the country you visit, there may be a number of consulates.As for a consulate, its main function is to perform administrative duties, such as issuing visas and attending to queries from citizens of its

home government or host country

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a)Diplomacy is important so that unique animals are seen all around the world.
In the article it shows that animals can be rented by other countries.This is beneficial to both countries,as money is earned for one country and special animals are seen in the other country.The sent animals might reproduce and this helps the population of the animal.this can also be sent as a present to other country to celebrate certain things.

b)However there is certain rules that must be followed to prevent tension.For rented animals it must be taken care and ensured that it is healthy or else great fund must be paid for the problem of the animals.

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a) We think that humanitarian aid is the most important as it saves lives and provides assistance through various ways such as donating money and basic necessities. For example, the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia has brought about the importance of humanitarian aid. The Singapore Red Cross donated supplies worth S$136,000 to the Ukrainian refugees and another S$2.4 million to them. The Taiwan government also donated one month's salary to the people helping with the relief efforts. A South-Korean actress, Lee Young-ae has also donated $112,500 to the Ukrainian refugees.
b)  Humanitarian aid may be helpful to countries who require help but these aids can be very expensive and hard to afford. countries have to sacrifice a lot of money and resources to support these countries that need help and can only be used on certain types of problems which shows that not all problems can be solved through humanitarian aid. Also humanitarian aid cannot really influence others to take action to support the government and help other countries that require this help. Countries also cannot be influenced by these actions as they may feel that it is too costly so send these aids for the country or state in need.

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Building bridges across the World. (Ju Tai)

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Building bridges across the World. (Ju Tai)

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a) Diplomacy is important in sustaining relations between countries, such as Mr Peter Tan who has helped take care of Singaporeans in distress in Japan, while promoting good relations to Japan and ensuring the relations are protected. He also went to Malaysia in order to oversee relations, from water talks to land swop deals. Diplomacy also promotes the upholding of international law, striving to conduct relations on equal footing with other countries, and holding one's own principles, all of which are existential to a country's survival.
b) If an issue arises, such as a bomb blast that happened in Jakarta, consulars had to contact Singaporeans who had e-registered with them and many more who were not, as to help protect them. If a loaned animal has died in another country's zoo, there will be outrage in the loaning country's community, and diplomats are required to help discuss terms with each other and how the country is able to adjust the relations of both country in the wake of the shocking death.

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Gifts that keep on living: How animals help keep global ties alive yong xuan

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Gifts that keep on living: How animals help keep global ties alive yong xuan

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Keeping these ties well and secured are important as they can help set up good international relations and also show much cultural significance and will often seem disrespectful for declining. For as such china, loaned pandas to Singapore to establish their approval of their friendship, when they could not do so, rather than stopping this exercise, they instead opt to rent them out, showing how important these ties are to even countries like china.
Koalas are an icon of Australia. They also hold
deep cultural meaning for Aboriginal Australians, who view them as totems.
to keep koalas in Singapore cost a lot, but despite this, they still tried keeping them and shows how much singapore wants to keep this tie with australia, despite the chore.

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Seasoned representative of the republic on a mission to promote good relations:
The importance of upholding international law, legal rights and obligations , to strive to
conduct relations on an equal footing, while being flexible to achieve a balance of benefits; and three, to hold one’s own
principles, and not fear responding to unreasonable demands or tactics.

some examples of problems that arise which taught him about adaptability are: In South Korea, the people often face North Korea’s threats to turn Seoul into a “sea of fire”, he said. The country often shows aggression every time South Korea gets a new leader, such as in 2013, when it elected its first female president Park
Geun-Hye. As for Japan, tremors and
earthquake warnings are a way
of life there. He said: “Even at the kindergarten level, the children receive earthquake briefings continually."

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The Singapore Government has established good diplomatic ties with other countries by sending foreign diplomats to other countries.Mr Peter Tan, 54, has lived in cities such as New York, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and Tokyo for his job as a diplomat for Singapore. His job as a diplomat in Japan is to help Singaporeans in Japan who have problems while they are in the country, such as Covid-19 problems or the loss of passports. While he was in Japan, he has worked together with chefs from a Tokyo based-supermarket chain to produce a Singapore style Bento Box.

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(humanitarian aid)
a) humanitarian aid is important as it provides life-saving assistance to people who are affected by conflicts, and is vital in reducing the impacts of crises on communities. humanitarian aid is aimed at saving lives, meeting people's basic needs and assisting the recovery of an affected community. an example of humanitarian aid from the article is the singapore red crosses' generous donation of humanitarian aid supplies which consists of food, clothes and blankets worth $100000 USD, and an additional donation of $2.4 million to aid the ukrainian refugees. this act of humanitarian aid has definitely saved countless ukrainian war victims and will continue to do so.
b) the cons of humanitarian aid is that there is a possible risk of corruption. aid funds and materials can be lost through theft, appropriation and deliberate mismanagement, which is a huge issue as the aid might not go to the people who truly needs it, and people may lose trust in international aid organisers, and may be reluctant to donate in the future.

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a) Countries can establish good diplomatic ties with other countries by giving humanitarian aid. When countries give humanitarian aid, they give material and logistic assistance to people who need help. This shows that the country shows concern and care to the other country and supports them. The Singapore government helped some countries, for example Ukraine, Afghanistan and Australia when they needed help. They gave Ukraine food, clothes and blankets, worth US$100,000 (S$136,000) during invasions of Russia, hosted a charity to raise awareness for Afghanistan people, and sent two helicopters to Australia to help with flood relief efforts, which transports emergency supplies and required personnel, and sent a relief shipment containing tents, blankets, ready-to-eat meals, water and medical supplies via another aircraft. This concern and care can help to build a strong relationship within countries, therefore, giving humanitarian aid can contribute in establishing good diplomatic relationships with other countries.
b) When giving help to countries, improving diplomatic relationships, some countries may face issues. The problem that arises from humanitarian aid is that the help may be insufficient and the country being helped may not feel the sincerity from the countries offering help. For example, when Australia experienced floods in the east part, the Singapore government sent two helicopters to help at first. However, the help the two helicopters might offer can be negligible. The people that can be rescued from the flood are not a lot, and the Australian government may not feel the sincerity of the Singapore government. Therefore, humanitarian aid may cause negative impacts on diplomatic relationships.

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Food diplomacy is a social activity of eating with a political or business intention. (page 14)
a)Using food diplomacy to generate food awareness of Singapore. Food culture used to foster good relations between countries such as, Singapore and Malaysia.
Take Nasi Lemak both generally breakfast favorites of Malaysia and Singapore, but can be eaten at any time of the day can be found at a restaurant or hawker Centre. The Singaporean version of Nasi Lemak is typically served with coconut rice and accompanied by a wide variety of dishes with popular choices such as fried anchovies and peanuts and fried egg. The chili that goes with the rice is usually savory. The Malaysian version of the dish is served with chicken rendang or curries and the chili accompanying the dishes are usually sweeter as compared with its Singaporean counterpart. Both countries may have a different ideas of what the dish Nasi Lemak would be, but it still shares the same concept of recipe loved by not only the locals(Singapore) but our neighbors(Malaysia) too.

The menu reflects how similar the peoples,  cultures and foods are in our two countries, how closely the two countries are similar with one another. The diplomacy is not just confined to politics and economics, but encompasses ''the exchange of ideas, information, arts, and other aspects of culture to enhance the understanding of our nation.''  It also strengthens relationships between countries in doing so enhance social and cultural cooperation.

To be connected through food is something that we can share with one another that allows us to create memories and traditions. Even across different cultures, preparing and eating food is something special. Anywhere you might travel, people agree that food is one way to express feelings, create memories, and connect with others.

While Covid-19 has limited the opportunities to have similar gatherings, the pandemic has also brought the countries closer together in other ways. The strengthen bond allows both sides of the countries to depend on each other whether for help and comfort. (Piggyback)
The start of the land and air vaccinated travel lanes on Monday was significant as they allow for the renewal of kinship and friendship bonds, and the reuniting of families who have not been home for a long time.
b) A vaccinated travel lane between Singapore and other neighbors like Japan will have to overcome a series of obstacles. He cited “quite a bit of domestic sentiment against opening too fast” in Japan, where risk aversion towards Covid-19 remains prevalent.

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Humanitarian aid.

A) Humanitarian aid is important. It saves lives, and lessens the suffering of others. So what are some examples humanitarian aid? Humanitarian aid includes donating money and basic necessities, such as food, to individuals or countries that need them. One example would be Afghan people getting financial help from an NFT auction. More than nine million Afghans have been displaced from their homes while almost half the country’s population is starving.In partnership with the UNHCR, Singaporean blockchain company Mars Panda hosted a charity NFT auction on March 4 to raise awareness and funds for the Afghan people. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are unique tokens on a blockchain that are mostly used to represent digital art.
Celebrities and artists like Dan Williams pledged unique pieces for the auction, and football club Valencia jerseys,
signed by their respective players, were featured as well. This is a very different type of humanitarian aid compared to the ones we usually hear about, but this would definitely help the people in Afghans, even if it were to be a small fraction of it.
B) However, there are some cons with humanitarian aid. One of them would be that humanitarian aid may not always achieve its aims. Many humanitarian projects fail. Each failed project means people have not received the assistance they need and resources have not been used optimally. Although immediate assistance should be provided to people in need, questions persist on how much this helps in the long term. Actual impacts of humanitarian interventions can be hard to measure. Another problem would be that it can cause dependencies among communities and nations that receive it. As assistance is provided from outside, it can result in a lack of innovation and development. This means people become reliant on aid and fail to develop the economic and political structures needed to move forward. Aid should be used to immediately save lives and reduce the impact of disasters. Too often aid is given that stifles local markets and innovation, preventing growth. It would make them too dependent on others, and they cannot progress by themselves in the long-term.

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a) I think that animal diplomacy is very important. For example, the loaning of the pandas Kai Kai and Jia Jia from China to Singapore. This is a gesture of friendship between these two nations and it is practiced by many nations through the gifting or loaning of animals. These chosen animals usually hold a significance towards the country, and symbolises the sharing of cultures and friendship towards one another. This builds a strong sense of trust, and is a peaceful way to strengthen ties, avoiding conflict and pursuing peace.
b) However, providing sufficient food source for animals that are not used to such climates and environments is not an easy job. For example, Koalas loaned by Australia to Singapore had their food shipped to the Singapore Zoo twice a week, just to cater for their specific diets. Taking care of these animals are important, as it shows that the country that received these animals care about their diplomatic ties with the other country. These animals are like the bridges between the friendship of two nations. If such animal died, it would indicate to the other nation that they did not really care about that diplomatic tie and friendship. Therefore, going out of the extreme mile to take care of such animals is important as it is the symbol of friendship.

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Gifts that keep on living: How animals help keep global ties alive (Jiajun)

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Gifts that keep on living: How animals help keep global ties alive (Jiajun)

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Countries like China, Australia, Indonesia loan us their chosen animal that holds significance to them to us as an approval of their friendship. Pandas loaned by china, Koalas from Australia and the komodo dragon from Indonesia. This means that is any of us need help they will help us just like friends do and loaning the animals suggests that the relationship between the countries will not have tension.