You're wrong about China in particular, but right in general. What thwarted the terrorists' plans in China was China putting literally millions of Uyghurs and other minorities in prison camps: https://hrf.org/whats-happening-in-chinas-concentration-camps-qa-with-uyghur-camp-survivors/ and China flooding Xinjiang with ethnic majority Han immigrants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_to_Xinjiang - Israel has tried economic development in Gaza. Israel had greenhouses there before 2005 when Israel withdrew in a gesture of goodwill and then Gazans destroyed the greenhouses. Israel's tried developing a tech sector in Gaza but Hamas just murders the families of the Israelis involved. https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/14/palestine-tech-industry-hamas-israel-war In the end the Middle East conflict will end only when Palestinians choose peace: https://medium.com/non-violence/palestinians-started-the-attacks-only-palestinians-can-stop-the-escalating-violence-4181a1528c0b