from one of my Hong Kong staudents who also spent a year in Singapore

[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

>Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 17:04:22 EDT
>From: mtam@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Ivan Ming Chit Tam)
>Posted-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 17:04:22 EDT
>To: farber@central.cis.upenn.edu
>Subject: Re:  PETERS: NOW IS NOT TIME FOR U.S. TO TURN ITS BACK ON ASIAN
>JUGGERNAUT
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>Yup, I think this is the prime time for USA to help out the Asia countries in
>their quest to market economies. At the same time it is perhaps also worth it
>to look at how Asian's industries are managed. Surely, US can take this 
>opportunities to build up good relationships with these countries, 
>both for political and economic reasons. And if US doesn't other developed
>countries will.
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>Nevertheless, I think at times it will help if the government can seperate the
>idealogy (human rights) with econmics, understanding that a typical Asian
>country does not start by having full blown democracy (look at the turmoil
>in Soviet Union). Once the basics of living are assured, people will have 
>time to think about what is a good system and hence pususe the ideal.
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>I think US is the only country with most experience in market economies, 
>perhaps it should use this aspect as the base of her future global leadership.
>Wouldn't this model fit better for both the global leadership fans and the 
>home economic fans. (Surely, there must be a lot of subtle issues, that I 
>don't understand).
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>Just a two cents opinion.
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