Mocarstwa Azji - ich udział w strukturach współczesnego świata

• Authors: Rychłowski Bogumił

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Asian giants and their role in the contemporary world

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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A century ago the Asian countries constituted a „backward periphery” of the world and „Asia” was identified in the West with poverty and backwardness, although the demographic potential inspired some fears and concepts of the „yellow threat”. Japan was first to challenge the Western domination, and China was the second. In the last decades the balance of power in the world initiated to change and one can notice not only the fascinating economic growth of Asian countries but also a revival of Asian civilizations. The new three powers of the 21st century emerged: China, Japanand India. Each of them, though in different periods of the second half of the 20th century, entered the path of dynamic and all-round development as well as introduced radical transformations of their internal structures. It resulted in changes in economic forces both in Asia and all over the world. For over 20 years China has had a unique economic growth rate in the world that changed this country and its role in the world. Formation of strong state organisms with a great potential of external influence had an enormous global impact. Firstly, it introduced, or rather started restoring new elements of the global significance into the geopolitical structure of the world, although on different level and with different interrelations than before. Secondly, it reduced if not even ended the Western domination over China which lasted 200 years, enabling the Asian civilizations to be again active beyond previous fields of their activity. Thirdly, the international community realized the necessity to incorporate a cultural and civilization heritage of Asia into the world heritage. An increasing economic globalization resulting in a new global interdependence will change a place and role of different Asian states in the global structure of economic forces. This issue is treated in the final parts of the article.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Azja-Pacyfik
• Year: 2001
• Issue: IV
• Pages: 160-181

Dates

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2001

Contributors

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Rychłowski Bogumił