The Asia-Pacific experienced monumental change throughout the nineteenth century and saw the United States establish itself as a prodigious power. This paper will outline the three main driving factors behind America’s pivot towards the Pacific and analyse the various developments that occurred during this period. Firstly the quest to expand trade and exploit economic opportunities in the Pacific will be investigated and how it incentivised thousands to travel across the ocean. Secondly the desire
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ING Insurance Asia/Pacific ING is one of the 20 largest financial structures in the world and within the top ten in Europe. A dutch-founded company, ING offers a variety of products lines in the insurance industry. It offers insurance services in the Americas, in Europe as well as in Asian countries. ING also does retail and wholesale banking all over the world. ING was the first European enterprise to enter the life insurance market in countries such as Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. Life
2005, p.12-13) as below: • Telstra Consumer and Marketing is responsible for serving metropolitan consumer and small business customers with a full range of products and services includ... ... middle of paper ... ... focused primarily in the Asia-Pacific region because at this current time, there is a large growth in this telecommunications in this regional area and there provides the largest source of profit for the company (Telstra Annual Report, 2005). Telstra also obtained a 35% equity interest
“For more than 50 years, the alliance between Japan and the United States has been the cornerstone of security in the Asia Pacific region” (Clinton, 2011). In its fiftieth anniversary, the alliance faced a tumultuous year, but appears to have recovered following North Korea’s shelling of Yeonyeong Island, the arrest of a Chinese captain following a collision with a Japanese Coast Guard ship, and the collective joint effort after the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11 dubbed Operation
Not only has Australia’s engagement and relationship with its Asian-Pacific neighbours had just only now begun to develop, but it has also now only recently been seen as an important goal to achieve. Multiple stages and events had allowed this change of attitude to take place, these of which allowed both the government as well as its people to at the very least take notice of its neighbouring countries. These important events and stages all aided to give a mindset that differs from the pre World
America’s well–entrenched racism against Asians resulted in enhanced levels of brutality against Japanese soldiers, when compared to the other enemy soldiers they encountered during World War II. Legislation in the United States demonstrated racism against Asians for decades. Asian immigrants and citizens fought these discriminatory rulings, only to receive opposition against their plight. Persistent racial discrimination towards the Japanese caused a sense of resentment of Japanese soldiers in the
Japan in World War 2 is usually looked as the bad guy when in reality they were a nation faced with economic and political collapse and had little to no choice but in go to war in Asia and the United States. The beginning of the war for Japan lay in european imperial competition in Asia and the quest of modernising nations for wealth and power. Japan's rapid industrialisation, like that of the United States and Europe, require privileged access to resources overseas. To Japan, to be a modern power
establish a "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" under Japanese hegemony with relative success. Japan had been able to achieve regional victories using surprise attacks to shape and maintain limited warfare. In 1895 and in 1905 Japan had gained significant objectives against China and Russia by striking the enemy and forcing negotiations for settlements. It is no surprise that in 1941, Japan sought to achieve the destruction of American military power in the Pacific using a similar military strategy
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Far across the Pacific Ocean and the familiarities of the West is a region wildly different from conventions akin to liberal democracies; the region of the Asian South-Pacific encompasses the area from China to the south, and India to the east. While each country included may have similarities beyond geographic location, it is important to distinguish between each as they are, due to state sovereignty and the prevailing issue of nationalism. Main superpowers in the area are, aside from India: China
This essay analyses the Australian-China bilateral relationship since 1945 and in particular its political significance to Australia. Many global factors have influenced this relationship, including the advent of the Cold War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the collapse of the Soviet bloc European nations. In addition, internal political changes in Australia and China have both affected and been affected by the global changes. It will be analysed that Australia’s bilateral relationship with
War requires a great deal of sacrifice and more often than not, results in a great deal of pain for an entire nation. For some, the humiliation of defeat may be worse than any physical pain one car endured. As Pearl Harbor and the Coming of the Pacific War by Akira Iriye shows, Japanese leaders decided that war with the USA was in the best interest of their nation, knowing full well the cost of war. The Japanese leaders` anxiety over the self preservation and self defence of their nation, their
Northern China and most of the South East Asia afterwards. In December 1941, Japan attacked US and European Territories in the Pacific Ocean. Japan then quickly conquered much of the Western Pacific. However, in 1942, Japan lost a critical Battle of Midway near Hawaii. During 1944 and 1945, Japanese began suffering major reverses in mainland Asia in Burma and South Central China whilst the United States defeated the Japanese Navy and captured key Western Pacific islands. On 6-9 August 1945, US dropped
Oceania, also known as the Pacific Islands is home of many native Islanders. Citizens of Oceania have a wide range of indigenous and distinctive cultures. Most of the cultures consist of Folk Culture and Local Culture. Through their unique customs, the Oceania citizens are never victims of assimilation. With only 14 countries, 28 languages and, a population of fewer than 6.5 million people, Oceania is meager in size, but immense as a civilization. There are a number of religions in Oceania such as
prior to the 1910s. (Saaler & Szpilman, 2011) A few decades later the spiritual concepts of pan- Asianism were “distorted by Japanese militarist government into a brutal ideology of imperialism that seemed fixed on conquering, rather than liberating, Asia.” (Hotta, 2007, p. ix). This meant that it went from an ideal originally associated with Asian independence to a way to justify aggressive imperialism against fellow Asian countries. In the 19th century Japan became a modern imperial nation as they
imperialism in East Asia. Over time Pan-Asianism has been a flexible concept, however the main idea has always been the unification of Asian people against the West. (Aydin, 2008) In the early 20th century Pan-Asianism had huge cultural power and a powerful hold on elites around Asia. A few decades later these “spiritual” concepts were “distorted by Japanese militarist government into a brutal ideology of imperialism that seemed fixed on conquering, rather than liberating, Asia.” (Hotta, 2007, p
other empires the Spanish had a relatively good relationship the entire time that they were trading with the Japanese. Although the Spanish wanted to stay in favor of the Japanese, their relationship came to an end so that they could protect the Pacific Trade. In contrast to the other empires it was the Spanish that ended the relationship rather than the
During the mid-twentieth century, the economic outlook for East Asia, particularly Japan and Korea was bleak. The total Japanese death toll from the Second World War was well over three million[1] and its cities and infrastructure were ravaged by firebombing from Allied aircraft. Two of its cities were destroyed by atomic bombs and the further exacerbate the situation, the Far Eastern Commission demanded that Japan be de-industrialized to prevent it from ever becoming a threat again at the cost of
Populating the New World Upon the arrival of the first European explorers to the "New World," they encountered what they believed to be primitive savages. These creatures that ran about in the shape of humans showed no aspect of humanity and aroused wonder and curiosity on the part of the Europeans. When the Europeans travelled further into the heart of the land and saw the buildings of the Maya, Inca, Aztec and other ancient Indian nations, they were unable to attribute these massive structures