[lbo-talk] Kees van der Pijl

Grant Lee grantlee at iinet.net.au
Fri Jun 27 19:07:45 PDT 2003


Hi Yoshie,


> Japan has done better economically than all
> other Asian nations, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East,
> because it never became a Euro/American colony and was subject to the
> fewest malign foreign interventions in the age of colonialism.

Some would argue that Japan has done better because it was a "second division" imperial power itself. (As was Australia.)

regards,

Grant.



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