Political stability, a young well educated population and the rise of Asia as an economic dynamo have created a boom in one of the largest Muslim countries in the world, which also sits on the fault line between two continents.

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The ethnic-Chinese business networks across East Asia were a crucial source of capital during the economic boom.

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Then Europe's economic recovery and the boom in East Asia pushed up their prices and spread them more widely.

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East Asia's spectacular rebound owed much to America's economic boom.

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