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Colonial Borders Were Never Accidental
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2026-05-16 20:54:42
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Writing about Southeast Asia always hits me the same way: the borders of modern Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand — they look geographic but they're economic. The British drew lines around tin deposits. The French drew lines around rubber. What frustrates me is how rarely this gets said plainly. Modern political disputes in the region are arguments about lines drawn by commodity traders in London in the 1870s. Does anyone else think about this when they see headlines about South China Sea territorial claims?
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