Should ASEAN become the EU of the East?

Should ASEAN become the EU of the East?
If so, how can this be achieved?

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China should take the reins

EU are actually rich, even Eastern Yuro ones that are considered shitholes are still richer on average

There's only one rich country in Southeast Asia

Brunei Malaysia Singapore.

>Malaysia
>rich
I know they have better roads than this shithole but that's really pushing it

basically just need everyone to commit, build stronger bilateral relations

then finesse the shit out of india/china/US

By kicking out Myanmar

A better flag, for starters.

Swindle money from China by acting as if you guys are pro-china. When you got enough money for next 20 years, then backstab them like a gigachad and do the Chinese massacre as always.
After 20 years act as if you're good since president has changed and nothing is same as before and do it again.
Easy money.

lol china and eventually india will prevent that from happening

India should join ASEAN.

EU was a mistake, so why should an asian version exist?

No. Make your own sekkrit club.

well we are doing that for China and West. There's reason why we didn't vote abstain at UN this month, to keep the gibs flowing to fuel new capital.

Doesn't your country have your own subcontinent group?

We are quite rich. The problem is corruption leeching those riches.

SAARC is retarded, Pakistan just shits over everything. Afghanistan is dead.

India, Nepal, Bhutan should join ASEAN. Then we can dump our cheap goods especially agriculture into you.

Please get back to our containment general bro, you gonna attract the Korean and he will make a thread about why we Vietnamese don't use moon runes anymore

For what purpose?

First we industrialize.
Until we have our own production, we will always be a slave to great powers.

You cannot stop him

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>inb4 hindutva retards will do everything in their power to turn asean into mega india

you WILL change your name from Philippines to Maharlika

How bout I hindut your va-gina

Push your export of Masala tea and we will consider, please break the monopoly of China boba

Umm boba is taiwanese sweetie

>maharlika
dead meme. we WILL keep our spanish name and you WILL cope, seethe and shit

india has been patron to SEA nations for centuries, i can actually see it happening, but not by letting you get into the sekrit club, more like privileged partner or something

No, too many Filipinos for my liking

No thanks. Indogs will flood our market.