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Zackback
Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Location: Kyungbuk
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 Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:51 am Post subject: What are the best economies in Asia right now? |
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1. Japan
2. South Korea
3. Taiwan
4. China
Last. North Korea
Sound right so far?
Ok not all of Asia but how do these other countries rank?
Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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| Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:46 am Post subject: |
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| How did you forget about Singapore? In terms of GDP per capita, Singapore is probably doing better than any other country in Asia except for maybe Brunei (which is only due to oil). |
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Unposter
Joined: 04 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Why do you put Japan first (post-Fukushima) and China 4th? Is this just a value question or is it a pure economics question or somewhere in between? |
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Zackback
Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Location: Kyungbuk
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| Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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Where are your lists?
I didn't mention Singapore because I don't care about them right now. Start your own list and include them and don't forget about the others like you did last time! |
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silkhighway
Joined: 24 Oct 2010
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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| It depends on what you mean "best economy". I believe the best economies in terms of growth right now are Vietnam and Thailand, in that order. The worst would probably be Japan. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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| silkhighway wrote: |
| It depends on what you mean "best economy". I believe the best economies in terms of growth right now are Vietnam and Thailand, in that order. The worst would probably be Japan. |
Thailand? Really?? I doubt that due to the political instability and flooding in the Bangkok area last year.
Grew .1% last year and expected to grow 5.56% this year |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Zackback wrote: |
Where are your lists?
I didn't mention Singapore because I don't care about them right now. Start your own list and include them and don't forget about the others like you did last time! |
Last time? What are you talking about? I do not believe that I am the one making lists ranking countries' economies.
After you listed a number of southeast Asian countries, I merely pointed out that you had left out a prominent country (Singapore) from that region which would normally be on the top of such lists along with Brunei when it is the GDP per capita being ranked. Of course, I also could have mentioned East Timor, but that would have been pointless given it's poor economy. |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| silkhighway wrote: |
| It depends on what you mean "best economy". I believe the best economies in terms of growth right now are Vietnam and Thailand, in that order. The worst would probably be Japan. |
Thailand? Really?? I doubt that due to the political instability and flooding in the Bangkok area last year.
Grew .1% last year and expected to grow 5.56% this year |
However, the political instability does seem to be taken care of for the time being. I heard that Thaksin's sister made some kind of deal with the military with it essentially being that she would not do anything too radical in exchange for the military not to carry out another coup. Meanwhile, the Thais people have been become much more united as a result of the flooding catastrophe. |
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Zackback
Joined: 05 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:24 am Post subject: |
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| Is North Korea the only country worse than the Philippines? |
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:50 am Post subject: |
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| Indonesia is doing very well at this time. They have a large enough population to develop a strong internal economy, lots of resources, political situation is good and seems to have a stable future. China well there are some big bumps in the road and no one really knows how stable the government is. The chinese are a tough group to govern and the communist are not really popular among the young middle class. |
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GreatUnderachiever
Joined: 08 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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| rollo wrote: |
| Indonesia is doing very well at this time. They have a large enough population to develop a strong internal economy, lots of resources, political situation is good and seems to have a stable future. China well there are some big bumps in the road and no one really knows how stable the government is. The chinese are a tough group to govern and the communist are not really popular among the young middle class. |
Do they care about politics in China? NO - they care about money and how to make more it !  |
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crisdean
Joined: 04 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Zackback wrote: |
| Is North Korea the only country worse than the Philippines? |
Maybe Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos,... |
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Patong Dong
Joined: 06 May 2003
Location: On Nut
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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Meanwhile, the Thais people have been become much more united as a result of the flooding catastrophe.
Actually the flooding resulted in a fair bit of division. A big problem was that in order to save parts of Bangkok, upcountry areas were allowed to flood. There were also big conflicts between the governor of Bangkok and the government on who was in charge. And there was fighting in Bangkok with people organizing and tearing down flood walls and threatening to open dams wider. All in all, the fractured chaotic response one has come to expect from Thailand. |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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For major indexes (in order by performance this year)
Japan
Singapore
South Korea
Hong Kong
Australia
China
For others (not in order but all performing well this year)
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Taiwan
Thailand |
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tideout
Joined: 12 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:18 am Post subject: |
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| PRagic wrote: |
For major indexes (in order by performance this year)
Japan
Singapore
South Korea
Hong Kong
Australia
China
For others (not in order but all performing well this year)
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Taiwan
Thailand |
Shouldn't Vietnam be somewhere in there? What's your guess? |
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