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There was a time in the late 1950s when “Made in the Philippines” was not a joke and there was ample reason to believe that the rising spirit of capitalism would somehow extricate the country from agrarian and colonial bondage.

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It wasn't too long ago that Chinese New Year pertained only, well, to the Chinese. Just like Ramadan to the Muslims and Yom Kippur to the Jews, this annual shebang was deemed foreign, exotic and farthest from the Filipino imagination. True, you always knew when the Chinese were at it again because those ubiquitous tikoy or rice cakes would be passed around. But to make a big deal, prance about in the streets or otherwise do those silly things the celestials do, that was pushing it a little too far.

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It wasn't too long ago that Chinese New Year pertained only, well, to the Chinese. Just like Ramadan to the Muslims and Yom Kippur to the Jews, this annual shebang was deemed foreign, exotic and farthest from the Filipino imagination. True, you always knew when the Chinese were at it again because those ubiquitous tikoy or rice cakes would be passed around. But to make a big deal, prance about in the streets or otherwise do those silly things the celestials do, that was pushing it a little too far.

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