East Asia

Throughout the 20th century, the fate of East Asia was deciding by wars. In 1950 the war between North and South Korea began. When Korea was liberated from Japan, the victorious allies decided to divide Korea in two parts, where south belonged to the US and north to the USSR. Therefore, Communism was established in north and capitalism in south. However, Kim Il-sung the leader of North Korea wanted to unify Korea and he was hoping to get a support from the USSR. Josef Stalin rejected his offer,…

aren’t experienced in this form of literature, or informed of it’s popularity. In the third section I will look specifically into the genre of shoujo manga and its contrasting relationship with hegemonic masculinity, along with it’s spread throughout East Asia. In my fourth and final section, I will look at the effects that manga has on a global scale, and how helped to revolutionize as well as it’s effects on a global…

P1 Thesis: Although East Asia may have been benefited by the change in religion, and by agricultural advancements, the changes that occurred in East Asia were more harmful to the majority of the people in early East Asian civilizations, because the Mongols terrorized many East Asian civilizations, and change in leadership affected many people negatively. P2: The Mongols terrorized many East Asian civilizations. P3: In the video “The Barbarians”, one historian said, “There was no limit to their…

Throughout this course we have not only gained factual knowledge about East Asia but also a framework that we can use to understand other countries and cultures around the world. To consider ourselves global citizens, we must have an understanding of the world and the way it works. From learning about the history of East Asia, we now have a better understanding of why it works the way it does today, and that makes us less ethnocentric and more empathetic toward others. This course has allowed me…

modern-day currency (Watson, Peter 2005). Trading between countries has been happening for ages. Trading around the globe effected how religion, culture and resources were distributed throughout the ancient times. Northern Africa and China, in Eastern Asia, had major roles and much experience when it came to trading in ancient times. While the Chinese and people of Africa were trading, the Mayans and the Aztecs were also trading with each other. The ways of trading was completely different from…

The East Asian media has become an important tool for conveying important ideas, knowledge, and skills that influence both commercial and political-engaged forms of pop culture in the society. East Asia, especially japan has rich cultural and in the recent past, they have incorporated this in the mainstream media as a way of promoting the contemporary cultures. The East Asian countries highly regard their culture and as such, they have made it an important aspect of their modern day technology.…

process, places the United States prevails as the top destination for international students, especially from East Asian students. Each year, the number of students from East Asian countries keeps rising (Institute of International Education, 2015), for this reason, I decided to conduct a qualitative research study to understand the reasons that motivate international students from East Asia to pursue an overseas higher education versus a domestic higher education. The main question that this…

Proliferation of literatures on comparative development studies revolving around the DS paradigm are attributable to rise of the East Asian countries known for their success in sustaining high economic growth over a long period of time coupled with a relatively stable political regime taking a proactive approach in its economic development initiatives. Indeed, this East Asian Miracle has frequently been cited as a strong empirical evidence supporting the DS approach (Leftwich 1995; Wade 1990;…

Hierarchy, and Transition in Post-Cold War East Asia Goh focuses on the Sino-U.S rivalry and collaboration over the decades. Goh also examines the behaviors exhibited by other powers like Japan, South Korea, and ASEAN countries. Goh’s objective in this book is to analyze and discuss the complicated international relations realities in East Asia in the post-Cold War era. The Struggle for Order: Hegemony, Hierarchy, and Transition in Post-Cold War East Asia is written from an “international…

It is widely accepted that the features of the developmental state model played a vital role in East Asian states, guiding them to historically unprecedented industrial transformation, and it is unanimously agreed upon that the developmental state model was successful in economic growth of the East Asian countries such as Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. However, the puzzle we have to solve is whether the developmental state model delivers development without limitation, or if the model is doomed to…