As China and Japan fight over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, Yeap Swee Chuan is benefiting. Yeap is president and chief executive officer of Aapico Hitech, a Thai auto parts maker that supplies Toyota and Honda as well as small and midsize Japanese companies. The company's stock price has more than doubled in the past year, and Yeap expects his head count to increase by as much as 15 percent in 2013. Japanese executives often talk to Yeap about security concerns over their investments in China. "They like to go to a country where they feel safe," he says. Thailand "is friendly and warm-and the golf is fantastic."
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