INTRODUCTION Asia is the largest and most populous continent in the world, sharing borders with Europe and Africa to its West, Oceania to its South, and North America to its East. Asia is often divided into culturally and geographically similar regions. Although definitions, names, and borders can vary, generally the regions of Asia include West […]
Read More »The important characteristics of the revolution lay in the fact that it was anti-Manchu, anti-traditional and anti-foreign with a strong dose of nationalistic ferment. The Revolution of 1911 brought the Manchu rule in China to an end. Obviously the dynasty had lost its moral basis to rule China. It was but inevitable that an incompetent, […]
Read More »Economic domination of the West The country was partitioned into so many spheres of influence by the Western powers. In their respective spheres of influence each of the powers opened mines, constructed railways, etc., and started exploiting the region as if were a colony. This economic domination of the West resulted in the impoverishment of […]
Read More »6. Modern communication system and press The improved means, communication, the extended posts, telegraphs and railways helped the rapid spread of revolutionary ideas throughout the empire. Added to this was the Chinese vernacular press which now included a number of reformist and revolutionary papers, carrying the new ferment far and wide. 7. Indifference of provincial […]
Read More »By 1911, the Manchu dynasty had ruled China for two hundred and sixty seven years. While the dynasty displaced dynamism and vigour during a greater part of its life, it became comparatively weak and inefficient in its closing phase. By the middle of the 19th century, the Manchus had to face several problem. There was […]
Read More »Bandung Conference The Bandung conference which is otherwise known as the Asian-African conference was convened on April 18, 1955 and continued up to April 24, 1955, at Bandung in Indonesia. The proposal of such a conference was represented by 29 Asian African countries at the 1st meeting of the Colombo powers during April – May […]
Read More »The emergence of the Third World The independence movement led to the emergence of a series of countries that did not belong to the Western bloc or the Soviet bloc. These countries had various features in common, including underdevelopment and rapid demographic growth, and they became known collectively as the ‘Third World’, an expression coined […]
Read More »SEATO The SEATO was nor not of communist fear. After the establishment of the communist regime in china in 1949, the fear communist advance spread in SEA. In order to check the communist influence in that region & the neighboring pacific region the U.S. & the western powers tried to establish a regional collective defense […]
Read More »Capital – Manila During the geographical exploitation Magellan, the Portuguese navigates discover Philippines in 1521. It consist of a group of 7000 islands of which the 5 Luzon, the Visayan Island, Mindanao, Palawan & the Sulu Archipelago. It is situated in the pacific ocean Soult’s of Farmosa and is named after the Spanish king Philip […]
Read More »Introduction The peninsula of Malaysia occupied a very important among the states of S. E. Asia. This comprises of 11 states of Jonor, Pehang, Negeru, Sembian, Selangor, Perak, Kadah, Perlis, Kelanton, Trengganu, Penang & Melekah. Malaysia is the world’s largest producer of rubber & tin. The Malayans proper (a southern branch of the mongoloid race) […]
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