Yeah I know remnants still exists, France still indirectly controls a lot of african nations' currency etc but why did they have to relinquish direct control?
Yeah I know remnants still exists, France still indirectly controls a lot of african nations' currency etc but why did they have to relinquish direct control?
Alternately -- and this is what China appears to be attempting in Xinjiang -- you can invest in the area and its people, and treat remaining insurgents relatively lightly (compare the scope and conditions of incarceration in Xinjiang, whatever they may be, to the constant, indiscriminate drone warfare/operator terrorism the U.S. has done in Iraq and Afghanistan).
The "problem" with this method is that it runs counter to the exploitative aims of colonialism.