Some of the foreign brides, from countries such as China, Mongolia, Vietnam and the Philippines, have been beaten, forbidden to learn Korean or abandoned by their new families.

这些外籍新娘来自中国、蒙古、越南和菲律宾等国家，她们有些曾被殴打，有些被禁止学习韩语，还有些甚至被赶出家门。

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' This meme is getting around in China and is what accounts for statements starting two years ago as regards the South China Sea to Vietnam or the Philippines saying openly 'We are a big power and you're not a big power and therefore you should follow what we say.

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Its ability to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion, say, or even to back up the Philippines or Vietnam in a clash with China over a contentious rock in the South China Sea relies on its willingness to see these conflicts become wars involving the superpowers or even nuclear confrontations.

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Without that, its attractions may come to seem limited: Thailand lacks the ultra-cheap workforce of Vietnam, the language skills of the Philippines or the relatively efficient bureaucracy and educated workforce of Malaysia.

ECONOMIST: Thailand