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Originally Posted by Nite
I feel SSP really doesn't seem to understand what Dubai is? it's a city built on trade first and foremost, That means it's the centre for a vast trading network.
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A lot of Westerners think of Dubai as some oil wealth paradise for Arabs and wealthy whites from elsewhere. In reality, it's the premier trading hub for the Middle East and often for South Asia as well.
If Mumbai or Karachi were better cities and India and Pakistan run by more functional and less corrupt governments, Dubai might be less important. But that's not the case. So a lot of business between Europeans and Indians is done in Dubai. This is something North Americans really don't understand. The closest analogy is maybe Taiwan and China.