Brazil’s economy is amongst the top ten in the world, largely due to its agricultural and mining sectors. Coffee, soybeans, iron ore are among the many exports of Brazil; in 2015 Brazil exported 189 billion dollars. Brazil’s government is a presidential republic and contains twenty-six states. Dilma Rousseff was recently impeached in 2016 and Michel Temer is now Brazil’s new president. President Temer hopes to end the corruption that is taking place in Brazil, despite the current allegations…
WWII caused many problems surrounding the Japanese and American relations therefore, causing tension between the once mutualistic relationship. The Japanese wished to expand their power and influence by dominating the Asian world consequently, this is known as the “Sphere of Influence”. The Japanese would raze the technology stagnant Chinese and rule over the many islands to fuel the growing demand for natural resources. The U.S was against Japanese imperialism and therefore they put sanctions…
chinese influences are everywhere.Can China rise peaceful?Can America maintain it number one position in the future? what will be the relationship between America and China?If China become number one will most of the world be communist countries like China or will they still be democratic countries? Can one day Chinese Yuan be the most traded currency on the planet? In chapter 11 “ China faces the future” page 322 it state that there are many reasons to feel that China can sustain its current…
In the late 1860’s samurai intellectuals were increasingly in favor of Western ideas being installed in Japan in order to raise their nation to the level of the US and of Europeans nations. They believed that to accomplish this they needed to reform their education system, their government and their society. During this period, this movement which originated from the Meiji’s government Westernizing changes in culture (clothing, nutrition and western weaponry) went beyond the government’s…
Up to this point, this article has been the most captivating one I have read. I was truly enthralled and did not want the article to end. The trilateral relationship of the Filipino, Indonesian, and Taiwanese people is based the migrants desire to earn money and maintain a decent living standard and the citizens’ need to fill open slots and ensure the power stays in the hands of the powerful. I know that’s a somewhat simplistic version of the article, yet that, in my opinion is basically what…
The U.S. and Japan are at it again, except this time, it’s a battle of superior technology. One of the leading robotics industries, MegaBots, is facing off with it’s Japanese rival, Suidobashi Heavy Industry. The topics I’ll be covering in this paper are more information about MegaBots and where they came from and how they built the mech, how they plan to make a sport out of it, and the history of Suidobashi Heavy industry. Now onto the history of MegaBots. The history of Megabots seems all…
Traditional Asian society is considered to be the time prior to the 1700s. In the years following that time, different influences have transformed these traditional societies into the modern states that they are today. These influences have changed the way that Asian societies function and these changes also vary by the region of Asia. The government, religion, and family all influenced the way that Asia was shaped into the modern state that it is today. The government clearly had a role on…
European powers during the Opium and Sino-French wars, and then again during the Sino-Japanese war, China’s longtime status as regional hegemon had come to an end. By the end of World War II, China was already undergoing a profound process of internal change, and disengaged to a large extent from the international arena, particularly as its civil war intensified. In 1949, the Communists finally prevailed, and the remaining Nationalists retreated to Taiwan. Only four years prior, the Allied…
China’s Cultural Awareness The People’s Republic of China is the third largest country in the world and considered the Middle Kingdom. With bordering thirteen countries to include Russia, Mongolia, India, Myanmar, Laos, and Korea. It also borders the Yellow Sea, the South China Sea, and the East China Sea. The People’s Republic of China is composed with many different terrains such as tropical, desert, mountains, plains, and hills. The highest point being Mt. Everest between Tibet and Nepal…
Since the end of the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949, Republic of China (ROC), also known as Taiwan, and mainland China, People’s Republic of China (PRC) had been in a state of conflict for the rightful control of the nation. The Nationalist party that retreated to ROC had established a new democracy and had the political recognition as China until 1979 when PRC was recognized as the official political head by the United States and most countries. The Taiwanese democracy provided many…