tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post113330277713934832..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Asia Times on an East Asian SuperstateMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1133547022273980542005-12-03T02:10:00.000+08:002005-12-03T02:10:00.000+08:00The historical note seems suspect, given that many...The historical note seems suspect, given that many places in East Asia didn't have "state" governments, as we would recognize, until modern times...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1133314655309152802005-11-30T09:37:00.000+08:002005-11-30T09:37:00.000+08:00I agree. One also thinks of Kenya-Tanzania and the...I agree. One also thinks of Kenya-Tanzania and the East African Union that failed, the various attempts at Arab and S American unity....Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1133311856112328932005-11-30T08:50:00.000+08:002005-11-30T08:50:00.000+08:00however, a "union against of small states" is also...however, a "union against of small states" is also hard to maintain, as history has demonstrated.<BR/>(warring states in China, and also loose alliances in ancient greece), simply because there are too much difference and tendency for some to cheat.Sun Binhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1133311492278244202005-11-30T08:44:00.000+08:002005-11-30T08:44:00.000+08:00very unlikely.but a common market like the EEC cou...very unlikely.<BR/><BR/>but a common market like the EEC could be feasible.Sun Binhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.com