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Philippines is very close to south China yet did not sinicize. Philippines was on the earliest places in SEA to adopt rice agriculture yet was extremely underdeveloped in comparison to Japan. Instead its relations were with the Indonesians and this was very light as such.
Taiwan is even more of a mystery as it is adjacent to Fujian and had Iron and rice agriculture. Not only was Taiwan underdeveloped but also lacked any influence from Indian or CHinese.
Why was it so?