The rubber industry in Asia today consists primarily of the cultivation of Hevea brasiliensis in various countries, primarily Indonesia and Malaysia, and the export of raw rubber and manufactured rubber products throughout the world. The industry owes its existence to Western imperialism, which developed rubber cultivation in subject territories until rubber became a prime reason for continued European political dominance in the Far East. In the process, the industry helped to change radically the economic and social dynamics of indigenous rubberproducing societies and even their ethnic composition. The rubber industry was, as well, at least partially responsible for embroiling.....
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