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How can locally oriented campaigns contribute to global rejection of petrochemical expansion?

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Linking messages of community pride with political opposition to intrusion by petrochemical companies has interesting implications for collaborations across communities. Does this message enable partnerships in other regions and nations, and what is its relationship to the not-in-my-backyard/NIMBY mentality? How may it be interpreted in differing cultural and language contexts? 

FPG's Beginnings: Ox-drawn Cart of PVC Resin

This replica is a display in the Formosa Plastics Museum in Taoyuan, Taiwan. It depicts the original ox-drawn cart that the company first used in the 1950s to transport PVC resin.

Ox-drawn cart of PVC resin

Portrait of Founder Wang

This is a portrait of Wang Yang-ching (王永慶), founder of Formosa Plastics Group, displayed in the Formosa Plastics Museum in Taoyuan, Taiwan. 

Portrait of Founder Wang found in Formosa Plastics Museum

Institutional and State-Sanctioned Risks

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The United States has pride itself in their progressive turn to address racism, however, they have done so without directly addressing the root cause in fundamental issues of race, gender, and sexu

Found image: 50 shades of Latinx

The United States adopted the term Latino in the 2000 U.S. Census. The term Latino means Latin and was created to refer to people who are from Latin America.

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