How Asia’s wild west shakes up the modern world
James C. Scott, an anthropologist, shed light on an ungovernable region
The seaports of Asia are synonymous with globalisation, trade and integration. The ships which go through the hubs of Shanghai, Busan and Singapore connect the world’s producers and consumers at speeds which would once have been unfathomable. They are the sinews of the modern world.
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