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Would really love to see the LDP decide to open up immigration for folks from ASEAN member states. The JICA's infra projects in the region are a strong soft pow
by 0max 3y ago
Would really love to see the LDP decide to open up immigration for folks from ASEAN member states. The JICA's infra projects in the region are a strong soft power play, and are getting delivered faster than anything funded by the Belt and Road initiative (or at least when I look at the different projects in Metro Manila, they are).
- prottog 3y agoI would certainly prefer to drive on a JICA-built bridge than a OBOR one.
- galaxytachyon 3y agoNot sure how true it is but an Asian friend told me the race that an Asian hates the most is another Asian... Looking at the immigration policies of China and Japan, I think he might be right.
- jutrewag 3y agoYeah but all that can change in the span of a generation. The old die and things change quickly.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoIt can -- maybe. So far don't see that happening.
- 0max 3y agoOn the flip side, you have subreddits like 2asean4you where nationalist rhetoric is acknowledged and lampooned in their memes. There's also so much shared between cultures in the region, like how kakigori evolved into Halo Halo in Manila or how Takoyaki is popular all over the Philippines. Most of the names of our popular foods have names rooted in Hokkien/Southern Min.
- midoridensha 3y agoI've met a bunch of Chinese people here, some of whom are naturalized Japanese. How much more open do you think it needs to get, open borders?