Colonization

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Colonization continues to be blamed for the state of the world's poor.

The rich countries in the world today either:

• were colonial powers (United Kingdom) or were no colonial power (Switzerland)
• occupy land rich in natural resources, which until recently was occupied by aboriginal peoples (Norway or Canada), or
• (what's the correct answer here?) embarked on a campaign of modernization? involving government-funded universal education, protection of certain industries, followed free market policies (Hong Kong)...

Examples of former colonies that have successfully developed:^[1]

• Taiwan
• Korea
• Singapore

...and to a lesser extent:

• Malaysia
• China

Contents 1 Questions 2 See also 3 Interwiki links 4 Notes

[edit] Questions

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• Does the history of non-colonies - Thailand & Japan - give us any insight into the path of development?
• Was (occupied) Japan better off than former colonies in the late 40s?

[edit] See also

• Neo-colonialism

[edit] Interwiki links

• Wikipedia: Colonization
• Wikipedia: Postcolonialism

[edit] Notes

1. ↑ This is a spectrum of course, but it is hoped that by looking at the most successful, we may see some patterns, as well as challenge false generalizations. A far more thorough and rigorous analysis would be useful and no doubt has been done - but where?^{suggested project.}