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I wish they left space to discuss the Japan’s Furusato Nōzei and China's Hukou system and how they impact non-residents.

For example, if your hukou is registered to a rural community, you do not have access to the same level of public healthcare that people with Shanghai hukous have.

edit: replaced 'Jūminhyō' with Japan’s Furusato Nōzei

Why do we group East Asia with South Asia? We don't group the Middle east with Europe

India's capital Delhi's recent air quality woes spring to mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAoJYJR8o3g

This is such a terrible article.

Comparing India and Indonesia to China and Japan is like comparing Mexico and Brazil to Canada the US.

Just because they’re in the same continent doesn’t mean they’re comparable.

The article argues they are miserable because their governance is subpar with many factions controlling different aspects as well as lacking coordination with neighboring peripheral governing bodies and all this ends up in poor services for residents. People more there for opportunity and the opportunity appears better in those miserable places than in the hinterlands... and so they move.