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Slavery has a long and rich history in Asia, including china. (N.b., unrelated but all Thai people were enslaved to the monarchy) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wi

• socialdemocrat 4y ago
  They point out it was not chattel slavery though. But labour costs certainly must have played a role. Adam Smith remarked in his book the Wealth of Nations that Chinese workers seems to have much lower pay despite China being no less developed economically.