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Gabriel K.

Show BioHide BioGabriel Jongmin Kim is currently a senior at AISG. This is his fifth year at AISG, and he is one of the two editor-in-chiefs for The Beacon 19-20. Before he came to Guangzhou, he lived in various places around the world, including Yangon, Los Angeles, and Seoul. He is mostly interested in writing about school events, global politics, business, and historical events.

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17-18 Boys APAC Basketball: Finishing the Season

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From January 31 to February 4, boys varsity basketball team travelled to Taejeon, Korea for the APAC basketball tournament. This is the last tournament of the season and perhaps the most important one as well. This year, Taejeon Christian International School ... More »

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GISAC Basketball Tournament: A Payoff of Season’s Sweat

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Last Saturday, on January 28, 2018, the GISAC basketball tournament was held in AISG’s Science Park campus. Six different international schools in Guangdong province gathered to compete and showcase what they have learned during the past three months of the ba... More »

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Korean Military Service: Unjust Call of Duty

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Every November, 12th grade South Korean students who attend schools in Korea take perhaps the most important test of their lives, the 수능 (College Scholastic Ability Test), comparable to Chinese public schools’ 高考 and AISG’s IB May exams. After these tests are ... More »

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Boys Varsity Basketball Tri-Cities: Here’s What Happened

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From December 1-3, AISG boys varsity basketball team travelled to Western Academy of Beijing (WAB) for the Tri-Cities tournament. One school from Guangzhou (AISG), one school from Shanghai (SASPD), and two schools from Beijing (WAB & ISB) brought their best ef... More »

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Gender Discrimination: Are We Equal?

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Through the Female Lens: Prerna Kanji There are numerous ways in which women are discriminated against in society, which men will never be able to understand. For as long as history has existed (it appears) that in most cultures, women are not considered equal... More »

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To Specialize or Spread Yourself Thin

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At any school, whether it is public, private, or international, there are students who are academically successful in all subjects but aren’t outstanding. These students’ report cards are mostly A’s and B’s and have no failing grades. On the other hand, there ... More »

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The Importance of Disobedience

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From the moment we are born, we are taught to obey and follow the instructions of anyone who has more authority than us. As a result, children obey parents, students obey teachers or professors, privates obey the general, and employees obey the employer. Under... More »

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China’s National CCP Congress: Learn the Basics

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On October 18, 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was held in Beijing. This very important gathering of China’s top leaders takes place twice a decade, and here, future plans on how to govern the nation are discussed among th... More »

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Vanishing Freedom of Speech: We Need it Back

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In the modern world, democracy is the prevailing form of government. Each country has its own history of combatting monarchy, colonialism, or other brands of authoritarianism to achieve democracy and has created its own constitution to guarantee the rights of ... More »

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Bright Changes to MUN

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After school on September 5, students who were new to Model United Nations (MUN), gathered in Mr. Parker’s room to learn about the basic procedures and the background of MUN. One of the students who attended the meeting, Junior Sophia Lopukhin, explains, “it w... More »

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Liu Xiaobo: Overlooked Activist

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Exactly 55 days ago, on July 14, 2017, Liu Xiaobo, the first Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died under state custody in Shenyang, China. Despite being the first, his death was not commemorated by the government or by the majority of Chinese citizens. Inst... More »