Asian Studies

    The British plays an important role in Indias history. While the English venture in India started as early as 1600, following the formation of the English East India Company, the extension of the British formation in the country could be traced during the 18th century (India, 2002).  This involvement could be broken up into points the first t mid-century and the other at the end at mid-century.      At the start of the British involvement, the focus was...

Answers to QuestionsBook Overholt, William H. 2007. Asia, America, and the Transformation of Geopolitics. Cambridge Cambridge University Press.What is the authors view of the future of East AsiaThe end of the Cold War will usher a new age of confrontation and fear. The author offers the following scenarios (as to the future of East Asia)Cold War institutions would remain in place. An uneasy balance between mutual economic progress and geopolitical competition is the likely result of conflicting...

Being widely acclaimed to be authors masterpiece, Chikamatsus The Love Suicides at Amijima, directly confronts the question of what it means to die in love-suicide.  Along the lines of the play, Chikamatsu portrays this everlasting passion They swore in the last letters they exchanged that if only they could meet, that day would be their last (Chikamatsu, 1997, p.178).  Although Chikamatsu Monzaemon composed The Love Suicides at Amijima back in the eighteenth century, theme of love has...

Senator Hiram Fong is one of Americas most celebrated citizens.  Against staggering odds, he rose to become the first Asian in American government.  Born the seventh of eleven children to an indentured servant and maid, he grew up poor.  One is compelled to wonder how this man, who came from less than optimal beginnings rose to the top so swiftly.  Firstly, it is his strong work ethic and unwavering desire to achieve the American dream that drove him to the upper echelon of Hawaiian...

Korea was formerly a unified nation until 1948 when it was split into North and South Korea. North Korea is a single party communist country that was founded by Kim II-Sung. South Korea on the other hand is a democratic, capitalist and developed country. The division of Korea into two can be attributed to the United States and Soviet Union influence on the region. After Japan colonized Korea in 1910, resentment and animosity between the Japanese and the Koreans increased as Japan made efforts to...

Regarded as the Land of the Rising Sun, the country of Japan is known all over, not only for its beautiful landscape and magnificent sceneries but also for its rich history and promising future. Japan today, is considered as one of the most developed nations in the world with very high standards of living. In fact, it boasts as the second largest economy by nominal Gross Domestic Product. It also holds the fourth place in terms of product exports as well as the sixth position for product import...