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28. On the concentration of land in the Philippines—the most inequitable in Asia—see Mark Mitchell, “This Land is Your Land,” Far Eastern Economic Review, March 29, 2001, p. 27. On the increase in the economic prominence of the Filipino Chinese during the 1980s and 1990s, see Lim and Gosling, “Strengths and Weaknesses of Minority Status for Southeast Asian Chinese at a Time of Economic Growth and Liberalization,” pp. 285–317; Rigoberto Tiglao, “Gung-ho in Manila,” Far Eastern Economic Review, February 15, 1990, pp. 68–72; and Wilson Lee Flores, “The Top Billionaires in the Philippines,” Philippine Star, May 16, 2001, pp. BL1–3.
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29. On the growing economic role of the Chinese in Cambodia and Laos, see Dan Eaton, “China, Vietnam, play out old rivalry in Cambodian visits,” Agence France-Presse, November 12, 2000, and Dana, “Mastering Management,” p. 12.
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30. The World Bank, Globalization, Growth and Poverty: Building an Inclusive World Economy (New York: The World Bank and Oxford University Press, 2002), chapter 1.
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31. Clifford Geertz’s description of Mojokerto’s bean curd industry can be found on pp. 66–70 of Peddlers and Princes.
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32. On Indonesia’s struggling tofu industry today, see Dan Murphy, “The IMF and the Economics of Jakarta Tofu,” Christian Science Monitor, May 10, 2001, p. 8; “Indonesia’s Soybean Imports Still High,” Jakarta Post, July 23, 2001, p. 10; and “Tempeh Makers Left Without a Bean,” Jakarta Post, August 21, 1998.
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33. The story of the phenomenal rise of the CP Group is based primarily on the group’s website as well as on Hamilton and Waters, “Ethnicity and Capitalist Development: The Changing Role of the Chinese in Thailand,” pp. 275–77, and Carl Goldstein, “Full Speed Ahead,” Far Eastern Economic Review, October 21, 1993, pp. 66–68.
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34. Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Talcott Parsons, trans. (London and New York: Routledge, 1992) (1930).
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35. For additional reading from a variety of perspectives, see Francis Fukuyama, Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity (New York: Free Press, 1995); Lawrence Harrison, Who Prospers? How Cultural Values Shape Economic and Political Success (New York: Basic Books, 1992); Joel Kotkin, Tribes: How Race, Religion, and Identity Determine Success in the New Global Economy (New York: Random House, 1993), pp. 165–200; and Thomas Sowell, Migrations and Cultures: A World View (New York: Basic Books, 1996).
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36. My discussion of the Chinese in Indonesia during the Suharto period draws heavily on Michael R. J. Vatikiotis, Indonesian Politics under Suharto (3d ed.) (London and New York: Routledge, 1993), and R. William Liddle, “Coercion, Co-optation, and the Management of Ethnic Relations in Indonesia,” pp. 273–319, in Michael Brown and Sumit Ganguly, eds., Government Policies and Ethnic Relations in Asia and the Pacific (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997).
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37. The statistics regarding Chinese economic dominance are from Leo Suryadinata, “Indonesian Politics toward the Chinese Minority under the New Order,” Asian Survey 16 (1976): 770–87, and “A Taxing Dilemma,” Asiaweek, October 20, 1993, pp. 57–58. See also Michael Shari and Jonathan Moore, “The Plight of the Ethnic Chinese,” Business Week, August 3, 1998, p. 48.
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38. Michael Shari, “A Tycoon under Siege,” Business Week, September 28, 1998, p. 26. See also William Ascher, Why Governments Waste Natural Resources (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999), pp. 74–77.
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39. Vatikiotis, Indonesian Politics under Suharto, p. 14.
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40. On the recent forest fires in Indonesia, see Alan Khee-Jin Tan, “Forest Fires of Indonesia: State Responsibility and International Liability,” International and Comparative Law Quarterly 48 (1999): 826–55. See