Wang Gungwu: Do small states = weak?

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Wang Gungwu: Do small states = weak?

14 Jul 2017 05:46PM (Updated: 17 Jul 2017 10:20AM)

"Smallness in itself doesn't mean weak," says historian Wang Gungwu, chairman of the East Asian Institute. Just ask the Swiss, the Mongols or the Manchus. Read the commentary.

Watch the full Insight episode on the issue of small states.

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