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Yeah, the Japanese empire was a bust. Obviously. Also, no place in the world speaks Japanese except Japan, a fact which annoys me, having spent a ridiculous amount of effort on it. All their colonies brushed it off like dandruff. I did have a conversation however with an old Korean lady whose son owned a green grocer. She couldn’t speak English but she was educated in Japanese. She is a devout Christian and told me that she forgave them.
Despite European pressure, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian nation that has never been colonized. Two main reasons for this were that Thailand had a long succession of very able rulers in the 19th century and that it was able to exploit the rivalry and tension between French Indochina and the British Empire. As a result, the country remained a buffer state between parts of Southeast Asia that were colonized by the two powers, Great Britain and France.
During World War II, the Empire of Japan demanded the right to move troops across Thailand to the Malayan frontier. Japan invaded the country and engaged the Thai Army for six to eight hours before Plaek Pibulsonggram ordered an armistice. Shortly thereafter Japan was granted free passage, and on December 21, 1941, Thailand and Japan signed a military alliance with a secret protocol wherein Tokyo agreed to help Thailand regain territories lost to the British and French. Subsequently, Thailand undertook to ‘assist’ Japan in its war against the Allies, while at the same time maintaining an active anti-Japanese resistance movement known as the Seri Thai.
m4l, I recovered quite a bit. NVCIF helped big time and the others (IMUC) which started the day down are finishing flat. I bought more July $31 MSFT Calls
dave, I’m sure Thailand (then known as Siam) was occupied by the Japanese. And, if Franklin Roosevelt referred to it as the “Empire of Japan”, that’s good enough for me.
OK fine. The Japanese empire was very short lived. But if they hadn’t stupidly engaged us in WW II (Pearl Harbor was one of the worst strategic mistaked ever made) they might have been able to keep it.
yes, I guess – but only Chinese people appreciate this.
I would say most people(on a global scale) do not sit around and listen to Chinese music be it their own expression or a copy cat of other music…..
And why do you think that is?
why do you think?
#1 language barrier being
#2 exporting exposure – the chinese haven’t figured that out yet…. -probably due to lack of creative types working at the record labels…
according to M4L or the Chinese mother in the WSJ article
could you imagine that chinese kid going to his parents saying “hey mom adn dad – I’m going to work at a RECORD LABEL….and sell music”! – ha that wouldn’t go over well am sure
#3 – it’s not that good – sorry, but it’s not – a lot of the stuff I have listened to coming out of China isn’t good-to the Western ears…. which is THE ear when we are talking about selling music on a global scale…..
will this change? I doubt it. western music in particular American music is the paradigm for the rest of the world in terms of what sells. whether you like the music or not – it is. from rock, to soul to rap, to r&B to jazz.
Yeah, the Japanese empire was a bust. Obviously. Also, no place in the world speaks Japanese except Japan, a fact which annoys me, having spent a ridiculous amount of effort on it. All their colonies brushed it off like dandruff. I did have a conversation however with an old Korean lady whose son owned a green grocer. She couldn’t speak English but she was educated in Japanese. She is a devout Christian and told me that she forgave them.
The empire of Japan was established in 1868, and soon after they began their expansion.
Thailand was invaded by Japan and was effectively a client state.
Despite European pressure, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian nation that has never been colonized. Two main reasons for this were that Thailand had a long succession of very able rulers in the 19th century and that it was able to exploit the rivalry and tension between French Indochina and the British Empire. As a result, the country remained a buffer state between parts of Southeast Asia that were colonized by the two powers, Great Britain and France.
During World War II, the Empire of Japan demanded the right to move troops across Thailand to the Malayan frontier. Japan invaded the country and engaged the Thai Army for six to eight hours before Plaek Pibulsonggram ordered an armistice. Shortly thereafter Japan was granted free passage, and on December 21, 1941, Thailand and Japan signed a military alliance with a secret protocol wherein Tokyo agreed to help Thailand regain territories lost to the British and French. Subsequently, Thailand undertook to ‘assist’ Japan in its war against the Allies, while at the same time maintaining an active anti-Japanese resistance movement known as the Seri Thai.
m4l, I recovered quite a bit. NVCIF helped big time and the others (IMUC) which started the day down are finishing flat. I bought more July $31 MSFT Calls
dave, I’m sure Thailand (then known as Siam) was occupied by the Japanese. And, if Franklin Roosevelt referred to it as the “Empire of Japan”, that’s good enough for me.
OK fine. The Japanese empire was very short lived. But if they hadn’t stupidly engaged us in WW II (Pearl Harbor was one of the worst strategic mistaked ever made) they might have been able to keep it.
“By donatella on January 10, 2011 2:48 PM
yes, I guess – but only Chinese people appreciate this.
I would say most people(on a global scale) do not sit around and listen to Chinese music be it their own expression or a copy cat of other music…..
And why do you think that is?
why do you think?
#1 language barrier being
#2 exporting exposure – the chinese haven’t figured that out yet…. -probably due to lack of creative types working at the record labels…
according to M4L or the Chinese mother in the WSJ article
could you imagine that chinese kid going to his parents saying “hey mom adn dad – I’m going to work at a RECORD LABEL….and sell music”! – ha that wouldn’t go over well am sure
#3 – it’s not that good – sorry, but it’s not – a lot of the stuff I have listened to coming out of China isn’t good-to the Western ears…. which is THE ear when we are talking about selling music on a global scale…..
will this change? I doubt it. western music in particular American music is the paradigm for the rest of the world in terms of what sells. whether you like the music or not – it is. from rock, to soul to rap, to r&B to jazz.
And New Guinea.
And, 20 years does not an empire make.