The debate about the power of naming is long-running and contentious, engaging citizens and colonizers, academics and activists.1 “South” of China, “East” of India, Southeast Asia were names that came primarily from people not native to these regions who imagined these areas as a region through acts of war and nation building.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Vietnam’s Phu Quoc island pushing to become a special economic zone
The total investment in the SEZ would be US$15.4 billion involving 241 projects.