我們於湄公河畔相遇，一起展開了奇特的人生旅程。我們想通過此平台，給華文讀者訴說湄公河的小故事。間歇性更新文章。

The Past and Present of Large Plantations in the Mekong River Basin (2): Rubber Becomes Mainstream

Jun 25, 2021 (edited)

In the early 20th century, the profitability of plantation agriculture in British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) inspired the development of plantations in French Indochina. In addition to the emergence of small rubber producers, the colonial government encouraged large-scale private investment in rubber plantations by granting large tracts of land and forced unpaid labor to build a road network to more remote areas of Cochin (South Vietnam's Mekong Delta).

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育成和音的湄公河誌

（間歇性更新文章。）每一個湄公河流域的小故事，其實背後都有著大道理。妻子和我於湄公河畔相遇，一起展開了奇特的人生旅程。過去20年深度參與湄公河流域的一些發展項目，見證了這個地方的變化。誠意邀請各位讀者，每月付出20港元，讓我們有更多資源逐一訴說這些令人動容的故事。(*Image by Richard Mcall from Pixabay)