Singapore is a poor example as its largely controlled by China at this point. Their sovereignty is eroding and in a few decades the Han Chinese will dominate society there.
Its so over.
Thailand is a better example. Un-colonized. Un-bowed. Un-broken. Maintains strict cultural identity despite enormous external pressures from all directions.
Absolutely, but that's also true of many SE and even E Asia countries. Singapore unfortunately is surrounded by muslim hordes and is essentially a city state being degraded by Chinese. It doesn't have the history or cultural/religious background and sadly, I don't see it lasting. It will never have a military of any size.
Thailand went from stick huts to skyscrapers under King Rama 9th. They successfully resisted European colonization for centuries (with the help of Czar Nicholas no less) and have a strong religious and cultural base that is built on solid ground. Foreigners sre welcome but not easily accepted in the culture. A great balance.
Isn't Singapore mostly ethnic Han Chinese to begin with? Unless you are talking about Mainland China Chinese that would be a different thing. Singaporian local Chinese (mostly Hokkien and Cantonese ) that have been there for generations are different from mainland Chinese
Singapore's problem isn't that its authoritarian its that it doesn't close its borders enough. Its not nationalistic enough and is more like a business city than anything else. . Plenty of authoritarian countries in history have closed borders. Most countries throughout history were run by authoritarian monachies with closed borders and survived just fine for thousands of years.
Literally every 40 years. They can't help themselves.
Singapore is a poor example as its largely controlled by China at this point. Their sovereignty is eroding and in a few decades the Han Chinese will dominate society there.
Its so over.
Thailand is a better example. Un-colonized. Un-bowed. Un-broken. Maintains strict cultural identity despite enormous external pressures from all directions.
Absolutely, but that's also true of many SE and even E Asia countries. Singapore unfortunately is surrounded by muslim hordes and is essentially a city state being degraded by Chinese. It doesn't have the history or cultural/religious background and sadly, I don't see it lasting. It will never have a military of any size.
Thailand went from stick huts to skyscrapers under King Rama 9th. They successfully resisted European colonization for centuries (with the help of Czar Nicholas no less) and have a strong religious and cultural base that is built on solid ground. Foreigners sre welcome but not easily accepted in the culture. A great balance.
Isn't Singapore mostly ethnic Han Chinese to begin with? Unless you are talking about Mainland China Chinese that would be a different thing. Singaporian local Chinese (mostly Hokkien and Cantonese ) that have been there for generations are different from mainland Chinese
Well, I guess I consider Cantonese totally separate and not a subgroup. Mainland China is indeed taking over though..
Singapore's problem isn't that its authoritarian its that it doesn't close its borders enough. Its not nationalistic enough and is more like a business city than anything else. . Plenty of authoritarian countries in history have closed borders. Most countries throughout history were run by authoritarian monachies with closed borders and survived just fine for thousands of years.
Thailand is not a good example either, its full of LGBT and tranny shit . The first tranny beauty competition came from Thailand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_International_Queen
They certainly have that there, vut the core society is very conservative.
To a Buddhist, everyone was both male, female, an insect, a dog, etc.
A certain painter wrote a book on that.
the stasi were never removed from power. just elevated into the government after the end of east germany