Abstract
Over the past centuries, South-East Asia has served as, variously, a supplier of luxury goods to the lands to the north and the west, a centre of production of raw materials and resources needed by industrialised countries, a low-cost manufacturing centre, and a supplier of capital and investment, most especially to mainland China. Through all the various phase of its development, South-East Asia’s economy has had one common feature: it has been largely based on exports. Unlike China, the United States or Western Europe, the internal market alone has never been enough to fuel strong economic growth.
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Rae, I., Witzel, M. (2008). The Future. In: The Overseas Chinese of South East Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230593121_11
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