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Nation-Building · Treatise · 13 min read

What Were Proton and the Look East Policy?

When Malaysia decided to learn from Japan, what it wanted to learn was not just a car, but a method to become an industrialized nation

In 1985, the first Proton Saga rolled off the production line. It was proof of the nation's industrial ambitions, and also a question that remains incompletely answered today: can protection buy technology, and can national will create competitiveness?