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It mentions Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia. Indonesia and Thailand have both had recent civil wars and failed peaceful transfers of power. It presumably help
by nonameiguess 4y ago
It mentions Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia. Indonesia and Thailand have both had recent civil wars and failed peaceful transfers of power. It presumably helps South Korea quite a bit to have a more or less constant US military presence for 70 years. Malaysia seems to be doing pretty well. If you eliminate Singapore, Hong Kong, and Macau, and only consider countries that aren't just a single city, it's only behind Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea for East Asian GDP per capita. Average 6.5% annual growth for 50 years.