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At that time, China was isolationist, and communist-run. There wasn't much trade happening in between China and the rest of East Asia (or really China or anyone else, except other communist countries). Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea all came up together as capitalist countries using each other a...

Rest of posters: please ignore this pointless emotional BS & answer my question which was: Do people in Bangladesh want to move to China or think about it as an option? More likely, most people in Bangladesh would still love to move to the "West".

LOL. Point taken ;) Don't know where else to post it & I wanted opinions.

Anybody thinking abut it? I'm American & I'm toying with the idea. They're investing hugely into green technology right now, their education system is the best in the world, so not surprisingly more innovations are coming from there. China's looking like the place to be in the next 30-40...

People on this forum have brought up religion when I said before that it's important for individual countries in South Asia to do well if the whole region is going to do well. I didn't give you the benefit of the doubt. By the way, your post isn't true at all. "Every country for itself" isn't...

I think its better and stronger for South Asia as a whole to do better. That's the way its worked through put history with all other regions and there's no reason it should be different here. Don't bring in religion here. The only thing that really talks in politics is money and power. And...

Actually, I was pretty excited to see that bicycling is growing in popularity in Dhaka. In 2 years, 18,000 people started bicycling as primary transport in Dhaka, which couldn't be better. The guy who got the ball rolling plans to have 5% of commuters out of cars and onto bicycles by 2014. To...

The recent news on the thread from M.J.H has been fantastic :-). I'm super excited to hear that Pran is building a huge plant. That probably means more people in Dhaka are thinking about cycling, which is excellent news. Hopefully, people will see the huge time saving advantages of bicycle...

That's a bleak thing to say. And its disastrous for South Asia as a whole if India remains a poor country. Let's hope India's economy can become stronger because its a huge market and possible trading partner.

See - this is what I mean. No Korean I've ever met from Korea would say something like this about other Koreans. Maybe the problem is you're dealing with Bangladeshis like you - aka the lowest common denominator. The Bangladeshi people I am around aren't hateful like you :)

A decent amount.

Stay with your third-world mentality while the educated people of the world laugh at you :)

I agree. Koreans & Bangladeshis like you are very different. For one thing: Koreans would never insinuate that other Koreans aren't capable of success. But most importantly: Koreans are VERY nationalistic. When Korea was going through a major crisis in 1999, Koreans donated >$1.8BILLION...

Before lee Soo man, Korea was following Japan.

On the subject of military coups/dictatorships: has anyone read about the "miracle on Han river"? It's about South Korea's development starting in 1961 when President Park Chung-hee essentially turned Korea into a dictatorship. He violated human rights, and Korea was highly censored. But between...

The person I really admire is Lee Soo Man. He started SM entertainmen in South Korea with $200,000 in 1988. Before him, kpop didnt exist and the korean entertainment industry was blah. In 2008, he was worth $200,000,000 ($200M). I know other people have done much better. But Lee Soo Man is the...

Why would you be on a highway for distances 8-10miles? I've been to bd. People go very short distances in a car. Like literally 5miles - and it takes them 1.5hrs. They go through the same roads rickshaws are on. If its not feasible for your parents, it's feasible for you and the person you'll...

Lets see "millions of Africans rootless FOREVER". Let me give you a little bit of history: the African slave trade brought 400,000 Africans to America. Not millions. Either this professor doesn't know anything about American history or African history, in which case he really shouldnt be...

Where did the people who were uprooted for slave trade end up? Are they alive today? who are these "millions of africans who were left rootless"? Or are you trying to tell me European colonists are uprooting Africans today and leaving them rootless?

Actually, at least in NYC, I get around a lot faster on my bike than in a car. Bikes are a lot smaller and more maneuverable than rickshaws so they don't cause the same congestion. I also don't have to follow the same traffic rules as cars. For distances less than 8-10 miles, it makes a lot...