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> Fleee Bhutan while you can Leaving Bhutan for Australia and the US (often on a Refugee visa) is extremely popular in Bhutan nowadays [0]. If you live in the
by alephnerd 2y ago
> Fleee Bhutan while you can
Leaving Bhutan for Australia and the US (often on a Refugee visa) is extremely popular in Bhutan nowadays [0]. If you live in the Bay Area, there is a large Bhutanese (as well as Nepali, Indian Tibetan, and Himachali) diaspora in the East Bay.
> Their GDP numbers are 5% growth every year? That seems impossible
They are a large energy exporter who exports much of their energy to Northeast India and Bangladesh.
That said, most infrastructure is owned and operated by Indian conglomerates like Tata Group or Indian SoEs.
> Bhutan is about 20% debt/gdp from a venezuela level collapse. If by some magic they dont collapse there, they are about 40% from a greece like collapse
The Indian government will prop up Bhutan no matter what. Several of India's forward deployment bases are located in the country, and it is critical for defending much of Northeast India from China.
If Bhutan gets even the slightest bit wobbly or shifts direction, India would probably "absorb" Bhutan the same way it did Sikkim in 1973.
[0] - https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bhutans-jobs-woes-drive-an-exodus-australia-2023-07-28/ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bhutans-jobs-woes...