Southeast Asia
Beginning of paper
Geographically, ’s composition of islands and peninsulas
resembles many of the world’s most highly economically developed areas such
as Great Britain, Japan, South Korea, Italy and Taiwan; nonetheless, most
of lies in economic dispair. ’s tremendous
ethnic diversity has hindered economic gr ....
Middle of paper
.... Europeans
divided and ruled.” These Colonial Powers extracted resources from these
countries and utilized the natives as a source of cheap labor.
Consequently, when the Europeans ended their colonial reign over Southeast
Asia, the countries in this realm were left with little or no industry of
their own. When the colonial powers freed Southeast Asia they constructed
borders that were not beneficial, or would have naturally occurred, in this
realm. For instance, it is improbable that witho ....
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