馬來西亞
位於東南亞,被南海分成東馬和西馬兩個部份。馬來西亞大約60%的食物仰賴進口,因此2022年受到全球糧食短缺影響,一度宣布禁止雞隻出口,衝擊到隔壁的新加坡。全球通膨更讓馬來西亞的民生消費受到打擊,進而拉低人民對執政黨巫統的信賴度,政壇可能會再有一波震盪。除了糧食短缺和通膨,馬來西亞在2022年更是面對嚴重的缺工問題。馬來西亞是出口導向國家,勞力密集和危險的製造業、建築業和棕櫚種植業一直以來都高度仰賴數百萬的移工。但疫情期間封鎖國門,再加上馬來西亞最大的兩個移工來源國–印尼和孟加拉–認為馬來西亞並不重視勞工權益,進而封鎖派遣計畫。馬來西亞的缺工連帶影響全球供應鏈,加劇了全球通膨危機。
看2022Year Founded: 1963
Located in Southeast Asia, Malaysia is divided by the South China Sea into East Malaysia and West Malaysia.
A former British colony, it gained independence in 1957 and became the Malaysia we know today after the secession of Singapore in 1965. With agriculture and natural resources as the economic foundation in the early days, Malaysia is now one of the top 40 economies in the world, after more than four decades of transformation through diversified development.
The country is ethnically diverse, and because the Constitution specifically secures the rights of Malays and indigenous peoples, conflicts between ethnic groups would be used for political gains from time to time. I made a point to ask for input from Malaysians and they all agreed on one thing: everything about Malaysia is great except the government.