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To subscribe to the magazine, click here . North is becoming East Asia's new economic divide. Skirting Thailand's northern border, and passing eastward between the Philippines and Taiwan, it neatly divides East Asia into two rapidly diverging economic zones. To the north, Asia's economies are booming. To the south, progress is looking distinctly shaky.