They are scared of any form of unity.
So far, China has astutely used economic incentives and diplomatic acrobatics to dispel any form of unity among Southeast Asia countries on the South China Sea disputes.
It hopes for at least a paper form of unity that might, in time, become genuine: a bi-zonal, bi-communal state, with two local governments each running most of its zone's own affairs, plus a central one for international matters, and, not least, a single central bank.This week's negotiations follow a breakthrough last autumn.
Many were the nights when the music he was broadcasting – gentle, ferocious, perplexing – offered a form of sonic citizenship: unity through diversity, juxtaposition and newness rather than comforting old standards.
It emphasises that the Mind, Body, and Spirit are interrelated and that there is a form of monism and unity throughout the universe.
At the other end of the cognitive process, we find an equally interesting form of unity, what we might call unity of behaviour: our ability to coordinate our limbs, eyes, bodily attitude, etc.
In this sense, explanatory unity, which rests on metaphysical assumptions about components and their properties, also involves a form of ontological or metaphysical unity.
They are doing a form of prayer that acknowledges unity, not political or religious solidarity with each other, but in praise of the mystery of oneness within all living beings, all things, all molecules even.
We hear two apparently distinct forms achieving a kind of unity, even as we register and appreciate difference.
The UN idea today is for some form of unity: a bi-zonal, bi-communal state, with two local governments running most of their own affairs and one relatively weak central one for international matters; plus a single central bank.For a total of some 870,000 people, that sounds plenty.
