East Asian Models

Current day Vietnam is composed of geographical kingdoms with different histories. What is now the northern part of current Vietnam had its political identity formed...

Researchers date the beginning of Indo-Thai cultural relations to 350 BCE, i.e., more than 2000 years ago. Bharat’s trade relations with East Asian countries...

Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world with a total of 17,508 islands of which 6000 are inhabited. Its five major islands are...

After attaining independence from British colonizers in 1957, the Federation of Malaysia was formed in 1963 with Malaya, Sarawak, Sabah, and Singapore as its...

Similar to Singapore, Hong Kong too is mainly known for its entrepot activities. It is composed of 263 islands. The largest three islands are...

In the period between the 1630s and 1640s, the Dutch launched several campaigns to gain control of Taiwan. They controlled Taiwan until 1661 when...

Singapore had human settlements from the second century though not many details about it are known for that period. It was identified as an...

After Japan, covered in Part 1 of this series, we cover the spectacular story of South Korea’s journey to development from a colonized and...

The ongoing struggle of Bharat to launch itself onto the path of economic development has been patchy and obstacle-ridden even more than 70 years...