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Featured Article: Frederik Willem de Klerk

F. W de Klerk
Frederik Willem de Klerk (March 18, 1936 – November 11, 2021) was the last State President of apartheid-era South Africa, serving from September 1989 to May 1994. De Klerk is best known for engineering the end of apartheid, South Africa's racial segregation policy, and supporting the transformation of South Africa into a multi-racial democracy by entering into the negotiations that resulted in all citizens, including the country's black majority, having equal voting power and human rights. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela in 1993, for his role in the ending of apartheid.

Popular Article: Janos Kadar

János Kádár
János Kádár was a Hungarian politician, the communist leader of Hungary from 1956 to 1988. He twice served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, from 1956 to 1958 and again from 1961 to 1965. Kadar ruled Hungary in the aftermath the failure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Convinced by the Soviets that the revolution could not be allowed to stand, he played the role of pragmatic politician, both viciously treating the revolutionaries while attempting to improve the standard of living of his country, making small incremental changes rather than achieving the larger political goals of the revolutionaries.

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Jing (essence), Qi (breath energy) and Shen (a divine or human spirit) are known as the "Three Treasures" in Daoism (source: Jing Qi Shen)

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