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I previously asked about Africa in regards to this. However, I would now like to shift the focus on Asia (in a broad sense; including the Middle East); thus, here goes:

Which Asian countries (again, including the Middle East) other than Japan were the most likely to begin industrializing in the 19th century had things gone a little differently for them?

As for me, I suspect that Korea could be a candidate for this; indeed, had King/Emperor Gojong managed to begin his reforms and industrialization earlier and had the Russo-Japanese War been completely avoided afterwards (for instance, by having Russian Tsar Nicholas II die of typhoid fever in 1900 like he almost did in our TL), then Korea might have been able to begin industrializing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Anyway, any thoughts on this?
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