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Small nation, big gateway

Jul 15, 2025 4 mins read

Landlocked in the Himalayas, Bhutan was a sparsely populated, subsistence farming country for centuries. When it opened up to the world in the mid 20th century, the rugged mountains that sheltered the nation became a major challenge to planned modernisation.

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