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It's hilarious that we think of Singapore as competing with China where China has 1000x more people. Singapore is pretty impressive.
by ergocoder 8mo ago
It's hilarious that we think of Singapore as competing with China where China has 1000x more people.
Singapore is pretty impressive.
- badc0ffee 8mo agoWell, 230x.
- ergocoder 8mo agowell, ok, less impressive
- woooooo 8mo agoLook at the map, all ocean travel between East Asia and India/Europe basically has to go past Singapore. They've been a trade and financial center with a substantial chinese population for a long time.
- miyuru 8mo ago> Look at the map, all ocean travel between East Asia and India/Europe basically has to go past Singapore. Same can be said about Sri Lanka.
- woooooo 8mo agoIts less funneled although most straight lines will approach the southern tip of India. Singapore is one of 2 possible ways through Indonesia and its the shorter one.
- charlieyu1 8mo agoChina could only compete with Hong Kong after they crippled Hong Kong hard enough.