Asia’s Meaningless Borders

Michael Backman

Chapter 13 in Asia Future Shock, 2008, pp 89-96 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract What good are Asia’s borders? Many are not much good at all. Tourists, expatriates, and business travelers tend to observe them, but in many instances the locals don’t, either for trade or immigration. Add to that legal migration and Asia’s nation-states are becoming increasingly meaningless. Asian governments can sign all the regional economic integration agreements they like but for the most part this is not driving Asia forwards. It is simply catching up with reality. And in decades to come, Asia’s borders and its governments will be even more meaningless, as goods, services, and people circulate to wherever the opportunities are, regardless of the preferences of the region’s governments.

Keywords: Malay Peninsular; Guest Worker; Regional Economic Integration; Legal Migration; Business Time (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230592421_13

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