This isn't an AH challenge about painting the world pink, but rather about economic development in the Japanese and British Empires.
I'm reading Does Conquest Pay, about the exploitation of nations in the modern era, and it turns out, boy, does it. But he unintentionally raises an interesting question.
Under Japanese Rule, annual GDP growth in Korea was around 3%; in Manchuria and Taiwan, it was around 4%. For India, British economic growth barely beat Malthus over the entire period of rule. By 1940, half of all Taiwanese children, and a third of all Korean and Manchurian children were attending primary school.
These sorts of numbers make the British achievement in India a bit... unimpressive. So, how can we get a British Empire that rules India as competently as the Japanese did East Asia?
I'm reading Does Conquest Pay, about the exploitation of nations in the modern era, and it turns out, boy, does it. But he unintentionally raises an interesting question.
Under Japanese Rule, annual GDP growth in Korea was around 3%; in Manchuria and Taiwan, it was around 4%. For India, British economic growth barely beat Malthus over the entire period of rule. By 1940, half of all Taiwanese children, and a third of all Korean and Manchurian children were attending primary school.
These sorts of numbers make the British achievement in India a bit... unimpressive. So, how can we get a British Empire that rules India as competently as the Japanese did East Asia?