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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Michael M who wrote (32054)	10/12/2001 6:18:53 AM
From: thames_sider	Respond to of 82486

An exception was Japan, an existing and cohesive society with tremendous respect for shared values and obligations. Japan is very different: as an island nation, it has clear natural boundaries, and this also gave it considerable natural protection. It was seen by its inhabitants as a nation for centuries, and since the main original influxes never colonised - even after military defeat; certainly it hasn't been ruled (in the governmental sense) from abroad, however dominant Chinese influences may have been. So I wouldn't class it at all with post-colonial states - even disregarding that it was an imperialist power itself, for a time...