They are the most amazing economic ants on Earth, ‘Sugar King’ writes in memoir
THE overseas Chinese made enormous contributions to South-East Asia. They are the unsung heroes of the region: the poor men and women who migrated and blazed trails into the jungle, accessing the timber wealth; Chinese workers who planted and tapped rubber, who opened up the tin mines, who ran the small retail shops.
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