GEOG 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mekong, Popular Orthodox Rally, Free Market
15 Dec 2016
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Opened economic zones (xiamen, shantou) to the west (usa, britain, japan, etc. : no taxes, encouraged foreign investment, pumped in money to start up the zones. China is now doing so well it has its own domestic economic zones with cheap labour and factories. Growth that has resulted from globalization needs energy: coal factories to produce power, dams on almost all major rivers. Intersection of mekong river between thailand, burma/myanmar, and laos. Was a prominent place for opium growing, drug trafficking, money laundering: casino in burma (good way to launder money) People are(cid:374)"t allo(cid:449)ed to ga(cid:373)(cid:271)le i(cid:374) the other countries so they come here for large sums of money. People from burma cross the river to come to thailand and work: can make /day in thailand and only /day in burma, pay thai guard to cross border. Can be pushed onto other parts of the world (esp. Religion, economics (neoliberalism: communication and transportation technologies.
