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Re:Singapore says contact tracing data may be used for crimi... by kmlx on Monday January 04, 2021 @04:20AM (#25629147)
true, but he did "create" an extraordinary city state.
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Re:Singapore says contact tracing data may be used for crimi... by coldtea on Monday January 04, 2021 @04:31AM (#25629198)
If it wasn't convenient for many players (from western to asian neighbors) to have a neutral tax-haven state in the area, it would have ended up like any small Asian/African/Latin American state.
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Re:Singapore says contact tracing data may be used for crimi... by cageface on Monday January 04, 2021 @05:02AM (#25629407)
I think of it as the Switzerland of Asia.
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Re:Singapore says contact tracing data may be used for crimi... by ignoramous on Monday January 04, 2021 @05:51AM (#25629713)
Switzerland of Asia would probably be the GCC countries: the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain. Singapore is more like Luxembourg/Monaco of Asia.
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