Topic > Asian Affairs - 1838

1. “Becoming rich and glorious” was a quote from Deng Xiao Ping, a member of the Chinese Communist Party. They got richer, faster than anyone ever has. Today the economy is 10 times bigger than it was then; it has grown 300% in the last 10 years alone. Incomes increased every year. People in China are becoming millionaires there more than anywhere else on earth (Time Asia.)2. Techno-nationalism is an expressive and rigorous category for understanding the impact of technology on society and vice versa. They reflect the fundamental assumptions made by analysts about the position of technology in the world and denote ideologies, rather than political or technological realities. The Meiji Charter oath is a declaration of intent for the centralization of government. The Charter Oath was a very important public document issued in April 1868, a few months after the Meiji Restoration ended the Tokugawa shogunate and installed a new Japanese government. It was issued in the name of Emperor Meiji, the text was written by a group of young samurai, mainly from the domains of southwestern Japan, who had led the overthrow of the Tokugawa and the "restoration" of imperial rule (Hasegawa and Noronha). The Charter Oath appeared at a time of considerable uncertainty in Japanese society, as people across the country were unsure of the new government's intentions and priorities.4. The Self Strengtheners' concern was to protect China's independence and led them to reject foreign loans and rely only on domestic resources. This forced them to rely on a “slow” modernization policy.5. The Long March took place from 1934-1936. It was the survival of the communist party. The Long March was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Communist Red Army… half of paper… a three generation owned business. Their goal is to eliminate costs from the value chain in the production of consumer goods, especially clothing. They are one of the largest supply chain networks in Asia. They are coordinated supply chains and managerial entrepreneurship. They build economic networks at scale, using their sources across borders, innovate different markets and create their “global mindset”. Their business focuses on product design and development, through raw materials and factory procurement, production planning and management, quality assurance and export documentation, up to shipment control (Li and Fungus). Their strengths are speed and reliability, competitiveness to match the prices of the competition with other companies; they process things in a few transactions to get things done faster by shipping to different countries to produce.