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Originally posted by Zeld2.0
Take a look at Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. They became the "big tigers" of Asia 2 decades ago and honestly speaking, w/o them and even China a lot of what the U.S. has wouldn't be here today.
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From what I know, the US made Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore bastions of capitalism in asia by building them up through American foriegn aid and American government funded businesses for one simple reason: to fight communism. If the US didn't pump money into Taiwan in the 50s, they would never have become an economic power. Same thing with Japan and South Corea to a lesser extent. If the US didn't pump the money into their economies it would have used for its own. Without Japan, Korea and Taiwan, America would be much the same as it is, with maybe a few less video games and cell phones. America benefited from them just as much as we benefited from trade with Mexico, Cananda, and Europe.