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The Political Economy of Manufacturing Protection: Experiences of ASEAN and Australia

Christopher Findlay and Ross Garnaut

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Protection is a persistent feature of economic policy in developed and developing countries alike....

Redesigning Learning for Greater Social Impact: Taylor's 9th Teaching and Learning Conference 2016 Proceedings

Siew Fun Tang and Swi Ee Cheah

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These conference proceedings explore the design of pedagogical intervention and learning cultures,...

Surah Yassin & Tahlil Arwah

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The purpose of this app is to aid the muslim community to recite the verses of the Al-Quran (Surah...

Birds of South-East Asia

Craig Robson

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The up-to-date text covers the identification, voice, habitat, behaviour and range of all the 1270...

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May 10, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Kevin Kwan | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance

8.4

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Nick Young and Rachel Chu are both professors at NYU and have been dating for a couple of years. With the summer off, Nick invites Rachel home with him to Singapore to attend his best friend's wedding and spend the summer exploring the place he grew up. Nick hasn't told Rachel much about his family and she has only met his cousin, Astrid, but she is ready to take this next step in their relationship. What Rachel doesn't know is that Nick's family is among some of the wealthiest in Singapore and when Rachel steps off that plane, her life will never be the same.

I feel as though I cheated myself a bit when I read this book because, I had already read the sequel [bc:China Rich Girlfriend|22674105|China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2)|Kevin Kwan|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1419179404s/22674105.jpg|42179165] so I knew what was going to happen. Although it was very interesting at this point to get the back story. I'm not quite sure what I would do if I were in Rachel's shoes. Nick didn't tell her about the status of his wealth, because he was sure she would be able to handle it. But after being constantly asked about her family and where she comes from and finding fish guts in her hotel room, Rachel decides that she might not be cut out for this kind of life. She loves Nick a lot, but having to deal with his family is a whole other ballgame.

I really like the characters Kevin Kwan has created in this series. The book made me laugh out loud and cry to myself. It make me want to travel to Singapore or China and see this first hand. Although, with my financial status, I would never be able to come close. I hear there are talks of a movie for this http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bookmark/crazy-rich-asians-author-kevin-804381 and I would definitely go to see it. Not sure if there are more books to come for this series, but I'm looking forward to reading more by Kevin Kwan.