IRMO Brief 11/2019, "The Role of the Philippines in the World"

Introduction

‍First association most people have when they think about Asia are countries like China, Japan or India, as they are big countries, present for a long time on the world map. During the past decades, Hong Kong and Singapore have also gained a lot of attraction worldwide as business and finical hubs of Asia. These are indeed the key players in Asia but the biggest continent in the world is not only composed of these few states.

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