It is worth noting however, that the
period of dictatorships in East
Asia, was
during the
Cold War when western allies were busy forming alliances as opposed to the situation now where they act as global watchdogs for human rights and respect for the rule of law.
And in Southeast
Asia researchers determined «the two
periods of most frequent typhoon strikes in Guangdong (AD 1660 — 1680, 1850 — 1880) coincided with two of the
coldest and driest
periods in northern and central China
during the Little Ice Age.»