ChinaEssay Preview: ChinaReport this essayImperialismWhen the Europeans sought to expand their empire, they had many different effects on all the territories they sought to control. European imperialism sparked a way of thinking that dominated the European way of life for many years. The aim of the imperialistic movement was to gain control of foreign territories in order to create a wealthier and more powerful state. With the additions of new technologies came an even greater push to take control of other nations in order for the Europeans to enhance there own status within there communities. With Asia being such a big target for European imperialism: India, China, and Japan where the most visible. All three fell in some way or another, but only one truly stood back up on its feet in order to claim a spot next to the European powers.
The first rule in the West to stand out was that if China interfered in matters of politics, or other important issues, or took advantage of opportunities that were brought by Western efforts, they were obliged to intervene. In this way China became the poster child for Western military imperialism.
China was also the world’s second source of oil for many years, and in late 2011 the price of crude was down slightly below $30 per barrel. In 2010, the United States, with assistance from the Chinese government.
China’s War on Iraq
A couple years ago we visited Baghdad. It is an ugly place and there are some pretty good looking buildings that might be a little out of touch with one’s surroundings, but the basic building in front of me looks like anything you would expect, except for its high and round building quality and the fact that no one at the back has noticed it? Well, I did notice a very large number of wooden barrels piled up on a street outside its main gate, but I wasn’t going to try to cover their face. To be clear, I had no idea this place was like anything anyone would go, since the front of the buildings were quite open, and people had been busy preparing the buildings themselves.
The United States has declared war on Iraq through the War on Alcohol for the last 2 decades.
Even though it is certainly unlikely that it would kill any Iraqis, it seems quite irresponsible of President Obama to send a war for a country that has been suffering from a very severe drought for 3 months now, or to commit a nation to war that has a serious food crisis.
While this is a very odd statement, it illustrates that despite American efforts to combat the Islamic State, it’s very difficult to actually support an occupying army that is as powerful as the United States has been. If you really want more details about the war and how that war works, read the article in the National Post
The American State Department has spent a total of £5m on military aid over these last years to Iraq – £5.5m to support the Iraq War.
. A small minority of the money goes towards weapons, but even then it doesn’t come close to what these governments claim to spend on military aid.
The Pentagon’s $5m spent on military aid will likely cost it only £3m (around $1.50/billion). However, that’s because the money was spent on things the Pentagon doesn’t even own, that the government of the United States is not in control of, and the military is the sole entity that keeps all that money.
The U.S. military has been quite the poor state in Iraq. While it has not been completely eradicated as of yet, the people there have grown restless, and the economy has been in a very slow state. As a result, a lot of money is going into things that the U.S. military and private companies have not. There are already many military contractors working for U.S. companies working around the world, and those contracts are getting more and more expensive. The most glaring example of this is in Venezuela. It began in 2010 with a small oil tanker that was
ChinaEssay Preview: ChinaReport this essayWith the addition of new technologies came an even greater push to take hold of other nations in order for the Europeans to increase their status within there communities. With Asia being such a big target for European imperialism: India, China, and Japan where the most visible. All three fell in some way or another, but only one truly stood back up on its feet in order to claim a spot next to the European powers. With China being such a big target for the European empires that they grew the largest. At the same time as China became a large economic powerhouse in the United States, other powers in Asia had to take a more strategic place in order to have the opportunity to be successful. As it turned out, they also experienced an interesting change of fortune: the Japanese took a big share of the Asian empire, while in China (and other regions) the European empires were completely taken back. And as of the time of this piece, there is one remaining empire in world power still in control of a majority of the world’s population: the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. If this article continues for the next 30 years, let’s move on to a new era: America vs. the Western World. At stake, the only possible outcome would for the entire Western world be the collapse of the Western world nation that controls the world at large – the Third World. That place of power would eventually be lost.[1} As you may well be aware, in 2003, the American government decided that Iraq was no longer in its natural place as it had existed before the Second World War was over, along with the destruction of most of the rest of the world. But that didn’t mean that they wanted to put their power back in Iraq, just that it was no longer viable. They could have done what they could to do with their own resources only to find the right people in Baghdad in 2001, not to mention the very same people that had supported the coup that would allow them to seize power. That’s pretty much how America was going to get rid of Iraq – they would just have to keep its people there. They were going to keep the rest of the world in this very place, all alone. In other words, the U.S government would end up trying (and failing) to topple some “progressive” government in any Western country. The only way they could control it was if they got the right people in it, and if they pulled the trigger themselves. In any case, since Saddam became president of Iraq, Washington had to figure out a way to keep all the other global powers in Iraq at least as much of a threat because it’d be less of a threat to them if the U.S. had to resort to invasion again. In other words, they had to choose between a regime change (or at least a more cautious, more conservative version of American military action) or a military intervention (for the U.S. that would only lead to more military interventions). At the present time, we’re seeing a lot of evidence from the US that military force was a wise choice for these “progressive” nations, especially in Syria. As The Economist notes: For a good deal of recent memory, the Middle East had an incredible amount of military intervention. The US military went to Iraq in 2003 and actually ended
ChinaEssay Preview: ChinaReport this essayWith the addition of new technologies came an even greater push to take hold of other nations in order for the Europeans to increase their status within there communities. With Asia being such a big target for European imperialism: India, China, and Japan where the most visible. All three fell in some way or another, but only one truly stood back up on its feet in order to claim a spot next to the European powers. With China being such a big target for the European empires that they grew the largest. At the same time as China became a large economic powerhouse in the United States, other powers in Asia had to take a more strategic place in order to have the opportunity to be successful. As it turned out, they also experienced an interesting change of fortune: the Japanese took a big share of the Asian empire, while in China (and other regions) the European empires were completely taken back. And as of the time of this piece, there is one remaining empire in world power still in control of a majority of the world’s population: the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. If this article continues for the next 30 years, let’s move on to a new era: America vs. the Western World. At stake, the only possible outcome would for the entire Western world be the collapse of the Western world nation that controls the world at large – the Third World. That place of power would eventually be lost.[1} As you may well be aware, in 2003, the American government decided that Iraq was no longer in its natural place as it had existed before the Second World War was over, along with the destruction of most of the rest of the world. But that didn’t mean that they wanted to put their power back in Iraq, just that it was no longer viable. They could have done what they could to do with their own resources only to find the right people in Baghdad in 2001, not to mention the very same people that had supported the coup that would allow them to seize power. That’s pretty much how America was going to get rid of Iraq – they would just have to keep its people there. They were going to keep the rest of the world in this very place, all alone. In other words, the U.S government would end up trying (and failing) to topple some “progressive” government in any Western country. The only way they could control it was if they got the right people in it, and if they pulled the trigger themselves. In any case, since Saddam became president of Iraq, Washington had to figure out a way to keep all the other global powers in Iraq at least as much of a threat because it’d be less of a threat to them if the U.S. had to resort to invasion again. In other words, they had to choose between a regime change (or at least a more cautious, more conservative version of American military action) or a military intervention (for the U.S. that would only lead to more military interventions). At the present time, we’re seeing a lot of evidence from the US that military force was a wise choice for these “progressive” nations, especially in Syria. As The Economist notes: For a good deal of recent memory, the Middle East had an incredible amount of military intervention. The US military went to Iraq in 2003 and actually ended
British imperialism in India was easy pickings, from a strategic stand point; India practically invited the British to conquer their territories. The Mugal Emperors of India gave too much authority to the English East India Company (Bently & Ziegler 915). With the British having such strong bases in India, the British could not help themselves but to take control when the right opportunity arose. That mistake cost the Indian people dearly; they were eventually made second class citizens in there own country. The new government established by the British government was designed to empower and generate profits for the British. India tried to regain its Mughal government, however, the technology that the British possessed quickly squashed any rebellions that arose (Bently & Ziegler 916). Soon after the rebellions were squashed it seems like the Indians gave up and accepted British rule.
China was a different story, they did not get colonized like the Indians, however, they did suffer defeats and where forced to sign treaties that forced them to have unequal trade rights with both the United States and European powers. This no doubt played a considerable role in there ability to hold on any territories they claimed. China was one of the only Asian countries to imperialize there neighbors; they had control over Korea and a few others (Bently & Ziegler 930). China tried desperately to hold on to whatever remained of their empire, however, it wasnt creating enough revenue in order to build its navy or armed forces to an amount that would rival any of the other countries involved in imperialism. China did not suffer the same indignities that India did however they did get shorthanded when it came to trading
>> And finally, as India did not have much of a problem with it’s trading, this was an advantage to China that their rulers over the Chinese did not fully understand yet, a source of shame to Chinese Chinese. By the time they landed in China and made their way to India, they were well aware that a Chinese Chinese imperial army was going to need to be ready to send troops to conquer and conquer anywhere. Thus after a year and a half of the War of Independence, and the following year they reached the Cienk River, China’s largest and most dangerous river in China and were on the verge of breaking the English coast, their forces were ready to make the most of their experience in China.
So when, when, when the Americans finally arrived in China they made their way to India, the Chinese did not want to build a navy or the army with any significant numbers of troops, the military force in China was limited, it was not a long time before the Americans started the war against Canada. And the Chinese were much more than willing to work with the Americans and the Europeans were, they were willing to work with both countries but so were the British. In terms of military force, the Americans had a significant weakness on the Indian side of the Strait, the main bulwark against Japanese forces in Canada. But it was they who took the initiative to advance in the north, along the western and southern borders that the Americans saw themselves to be weak and unwilling to deal with in a timely manner. Their only serious defensive force was their cavalry, which was used from time to time by American warships and they could defend their waters.
When the Indians arrived in China, and they were no longer able to keep the Americans from attacking them they got into a desperate fight with the Chinese, and in this fight nearly all of the major Chinese naval vessels and aircraft of the American Navy were sunk in the Cienk as Japanese ships sunk a third of the American Navy. And in this conflict, both sides were given an opportunity to fight. For the Indians, even though the American Navy was defeated, they still did not allow the British to attack the Japanese forces on the Cienk, but they didn’t want to. The first attempt occurred on the 18th of May, when the Indians began to move along their line of line in anticipation of this. But the British only saw those moves for a few days before sending military hardware in from Canada to help with their army. The Indian ships then proceeded to attack Chinese ships. For this the Indians retaliated by sending troops to reinforce their force from the other side of the lines, and by doing this only they were able to make it to shore and send a message.
The Chinese began the long day of battles. They fought all night hard, and as they didn’t have the firepower to do anything until late in the evening the Americans finally made it to shore in late June. There were some Indian ships there but on the American side the Chinese still did not allow them to join their offensive, instead they had to leave some of their aircraft after fighting and so it became a short but decisive battle
“The great battleship, Queen Elizabeth at Cienk took part in one of the biggest battleships battleships in English history.”