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true, but he did "create" an extraordinary city state.
by kmlx 6y ago
true, but he did "create" an extraordinary city state.
- coldtea 6y agoIf it wasn't convenient for many players (from western to asian neighbors) to have a neutral tax-haven state in the area, it would have ended up like any small Asian/African/Latin American state.
- cageface 6y agoI think of it as the Switzerland of Asia.
- ignoramous 6y agoSwitzerland of Asia would probably be the GCC countries: the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain. Singapore is more like Luxembourg/Monaco of Asia.