There are several countries in Asia that are more poor than people think, and in terms of economic conditions, they are even worse than Africa.
Due to the extremely backward conditions and the lack of many jobs, many people are forced to be laid off at the age of 30 and become "retirees".
Saying that they are retired, they are actually unemployed, poverty breeds all kinds of criminals, and the chaos in their country also makes tourists from other places dare not set foot in it.
But even such a country is eyeing the West, why is that?
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The Siege of Burma
When it comes to Myanmar, many people think of parks that specialize in deceiving people into committing telecom fraud.
In Myanmar, it is precisely because of poverty that such criminal dens breed, in fact, Myanmar has many famous tourist attractions.
But because Myanmar is so chaotic, there are tourists who go there once and never come back, so this makes other tourists feel uneasy.
As a result, Myanmar's tourism industry has not developed, and the political factors in Myanmar are very complex, and various forces are intertwined, and a major war will break out if you are not careful, and it is the people of Myanmar who will suffer in the end.
In terms of Myanmar's natural resources, their country is not a poor country, and if they are developing at a normal rate, they will be able to live in peace and contentment, if not rich.
Myanmar has many jade mines, but it is one such country that ranks among the poorest countries in the world in terms of poverty.
Their common people actually work every day, but after a year of labor, they can't even maintain their own food and clothing.
In the 19th century, Burma was occupied by the British, who claimed to be helping Burma, but actually made it a British colony.
They took a fancy to Burma's rich natural wealth, so they plundered wildly, and the Burmese became slaves of the British.
The British, who let the Burmese grow crops that sold at a higher price, bought them from the Burmese farmers at very low prices.
As a result, the Burmese peasants toiled for a year, not only were they exploited by the British, but they also did not have enough to eat.
The Burmese did not dare to resist under the guns of the British, because the difference in military strength was so great, just like the primitive society and the industrial age.
After Japan began to invade and expand everywhere, Burma fell into the territory of the Japanese, and the Japanese exploited the Burmese more ruthlessly than the British.
Later, the Japanese colonizers left Burma due to defeat, but the internal forces of Burma began to bite each other.
In order to better solve the domestic problems, they simply adopted the method of closing the country to the outside world, which immediately cut off the connection between Myanmar and the world.
Because of the years of war, the Burmese people have no good way to make a fortune, and the current situation in Myanmar is more like a situation of warlordism.
Each time they occupied a region, they overturned the decree of the previous ruler and enacted new laws, ostensibly for the common people, but behind them were hidden the intrigues of the warlords.
Because they don't know how long their regime will last, the money of the common people is constantly going into their pockets, which makes the already poor people of Myanmar even worse.
Don't look at the backward medical conditions in Myanmar, its annual fertility rate is very high, and the children are not educated after they are born, and there are no good medical conditions, so they can only live with their parents in starvation and hunger.
Since there are not many jobs, children are exposed to criminal channels from an early age.
Some children follow criminals to rob or do other things to earn food, and there are children who grow up with their parents in the garbage dump in search of food, and their lives are simply unimaginably poor.
Bangladesh
In addition to Myanmar, the second impoverished country is Bangladesh, which is said to have dirty water in India, rich in various harmful elements.
In fact, the birthplace of the Ganges River is Bangladesh.
Bangladesh's urban environment is inferior to India's, probably because the two countries are neighbors, so their development history is relatively similar.
In Bangladesh's most prosperous city, people smell like public toilets, because there are not many public toilets on the streets of Bangladesh, so people have already developed the habit of defecating in the open.
For Bangladeshi nationals, they are used to the smell, and if they don't, they feel a little unaccustomed.
This not only gives the city a bad smell, but also pollutes the water resources.
Imagine how disgusting it is to have a large amount of feces floating in a river for drinking, and these bacteria must enter the human body with the water.
In addition, Bangladesh does not have such high-tech water purification equipment, and the pollution of water resources has brought many diseases to Bangladeshi people, but they seem to disagree, because it has become the norm to get sick from drinking water in Bangladesh.
Due to the backwardness of industry and agriculture, the crime rate in Bangladesh is increasing year by year, and the government is helpless because they cannot think of a good way to make their citizens rich.
Including in agriculture, Bangladesh has adopted the same method of arriling land as the mainland in the 60s, they do not have modern agricultural equipment, and everything can only be done by pure labor.
Even if everyone is tired and out of breath, the work efficiency is not as good as working a machine for several hours.
Land in Bangladesh is limited, especially for agriculture, and most of it is still barren because they don't have as many machines to reclaim it.
The most prosperous city in Bangladesh is like a large village, the only difference is that there are several high-rise buildings in this village.
Bangladesh was not so poor before, when it was part of the State of Pakistan, but for various religious reasons, Bangladesh declared independence in the 70s.
After independence, Bangladesh thought that it would take off all the way, but what they didn't expect was that after leaving Pakistan, their economy would decline all the way.
India was very supportive of Bangladesh's independence, so Bangladesh sent people to India for help.
As everyone knows, the culprit behind Bangladesh's split from Pakistan is India, and they want to take advantage of Bangladesh's independence to gradually annex it.
When India showed its shameless fangs, Bangladesh panicked, so they wanted to join Pakistan, but by then there was no way back.
Today's Bangladesh not only has poor living standards and low economy, but also faces various threats.
Especially in India, a neighbor, Bangladesh's military strength is obviously not enough to compete with India, so the Bangladeshi government lives in a state of panic.
Cambodia
As one of the poorest countries in the world, it can be seen from the average salary data in Cambodia a few years ago that it was almost a few hundred to 1,000 yuan per person.
But this figure is still overestimated, because the target of the statistics is still middle and high-income people.
Although it is a poor country, Cambodia's consumption level is not low, because most of their materials rely on imports, and since they are imported, they are naturally expensive.
There are rich and poor in every poor country, and the huge gap between the rich and the poor makes it seem as if they live in two worlds.
The wealthy people of Cambodia live on vast estates, and they are two worlds apart from the ordinary people who live outside in wooden huts.
Don't underestimate the rich in these poor countries, their lives are no different from those of most rich people in the world.
Like Myanmar, Cambodia has a high level of corruption, and after the rich have completed their initial capital accumulation, they will try their best to oppress the poor, which makes the rich richer and the poor poorer from generation to generation.
Cambodia's education level is about the same as that of Myanmar, and in the 70s of the last century, there was a great upheaval in Cambodia that shocked the world, which was the Khmer Rouge massacre.
The massacre targeted intellectuals within Cambodia as well as ordinary people with reactionary tendencies. Whoever the Khmer Rouge condemned, his life would end at the moment of condemnation.
That massacre has not yet relieved Cambodia's strength, and it has turned Cambodia's political landscape upside down.
Many intellectuals fled abroad, and many patriotic intellectuals insisted on staying at home, but when they saw the atrocities of the massacre, they completely lost hope in this impoverished country.
Cambodia is not able to develop, and their political factors alone are daunting, let alone bringing foreign investment to their country to develop other industries.
However, recent data show that Cambodia has also developed somewhat in recent years, and it is expected to "graduate" this year and leave the ranks of underdeveloped countries. But it is not known whether it will be able to break away in the end.
"Graveyard of Empires"
Everyone must have heard of this name, yes, this is Afghanistan.
Many people think that Afghanistan does not belong to Asia, but in fact Afghanistan is also a country in the Asian region.
Although the national economy of Afghanistan is extremely poor, their land resources are quite abundant, and if there is no war in Afghanistan, then they will certainly be able to develop rapidly in a short period of time with the help of foreign industry.
But unfortunately, the United States has been eyeing Afghanistan, because there is no modern industrial equipment, so even if there are rich mineral resources, it cannot be exploited.
The war waged by the Americans in Afghanistan has left the Afghan people living in misery, but the Americans don't care so much, they just want the abundant oil in Afghanistan.
Because Afghanistan is mountainous, this has greatly reduced agricultural land, and many people are facing a situation where there is no land to grow.
They have no other job and can only live on handouts from others or charity.
Charities in Afghanistan are also not domestic, because there are few decent charities in Afghanistan at all, and they are generally provided by foreign countries.
Afghanistan faces many predicaments, and the country's natural environment is not very good. Some people say that Afghanistan is a very unlucky country, but in fact it is exactly that, not to mention the poverty of the country, and the bullying of a world power.
Due to the drought in many areas, some people have no food to eat, and even drinking water is a problem.
Even if some countries want to help them, Afghanistan's own industry is simply poor, which makes some countries have the heart but not the power to help Afghanistan.
The wars waged by the United States in Afghanistan for many years have kept Afghanistan's economy in a stage of regression, and the United States has also left many crashed planes and the lives of US troops in Afghanistan.
However, for the sake of Afghanistan's abundant resources, the Americans still attacked Afghanistan year after year, and it is worth mentioning that countries like Afghanistan also have Laos.
It is also because of the United States that it has become what it is now, but the situation in Laos is much better than in Afghanistan, at least in some of the more prosperous cities in Laos, the people are still quite enjoyable.
All in all, the poorest countries in Asia are poor for a very good reason, mostly due to the intervention of Western countries, and it is very difficult for them to rise.
But I believe that under the impetus of the times, their situation will improve, at least, ordinary people should not pay for the mistakes of the state!
Resources
1. Poverty in Asian countries is different – BFA Report on Poverty Reduction in Asia (Excerpt 1) – The Paper, released on December 16, 2020
2. Report: Understanding the Current Situation of Poverty in Asia from Three Dimensions - Report on Poverty Reduction in Asia (Excerpt 2) - The Paper, released on January 8, 2021
3. Least Developed Countries - Baidu Encyclopedia
4. Cambodia is expected to "graduate" out of the ranks of least developed countries this year – Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, released on April 10, 2024.