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It’s no surprise to me to that, in one generation, Hong Kong and Singapore got richer (per capita) than their former colonial masters, Great Britain.
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And India is still dirt poor. Is there a difference in values between China and India?
The real reason is that, just like the Chinese people in the U.S., Hong Kong and Singapore are both inhabited by highly selected, most intelligent and hard-working narrow subset of the Chinese people who had the opportunity to immigrate to either. The same thing is happening in Beijing and Shanghai.
But I guess you could attribute that to Asian values too. If you’re inherently capable of high achievement, Asian values of your parents ensure that you go far. If you’re not, your parents will give up on you, send you to a farm and make another baby.
