China: Colonial Power of 21st Century ?

 

Main Reason of Heydey of British Rule was Industrial Revolution, and just when we were about to step in 21^st century, Technological Revolution started.

 

Technological revolution started bringing ease to lives of humans. Modern society has always seemed to have a bit of an obsession with technology. But no single has had as much as an impact on the world other than mobile. Back in the beginning of cell phones, their sole use was for calling others while moving. Before long, the capacity to 'content' other cell phones was presented. These days you can utilize cell phones to do truly everything. From paying for your next dinner to following your resting propensities, the cell phone of today has practically no restrictions.

 

A strange but true fact is that more people in the world have access to a mobile phone than a toilet.

 

When I see my friends talking about mobiles/tablets/laptops all the time, a movie starts playing in my mind how India became a colony of British how long and hard it took to free India. I have noted some similarities in the then Great Britain and now People Republic of China.

 

Both the countries have entered into the other countries to do business and setup their factories. An industrial revolution now known as first industrial revolution was going on from sometime in 1760s to 1840s which drove the attention of people towards the quality and cost effectiveness of the finished goods produced.

In a similar manner, people are attracted towards the quality and cost effective mobiles phones of Chinese companies. Some Chinese companies have recently started their manufacturing and are on the verge of becoming a global leader in mobile market.

 

The generated demand at that time for foreign clothes put the money into the bank accounts of company and indirectly to the countries in form of taxes. Demand for luxury goods is always what attracts the companies to do business. It is just that definition of luxury goods have changed from time to time. Then luxury goods were spices, tea, indigo etc whereas then luxury goods have became now the essentials and smart phones, tablets etc are today’s luxury goods.

 

The major centre of then industrial revolution was European countries and the major centre of present industrial revolution or technological revolution is China. China has the advantage of producing cheaper goods due to their communist policies. One just example is OnePlus7 Pro which costed roughly 22000 INR to the company whereas it was sold in India roughly at 50000 INR. The features of the phones lure youth all around the world.

 

One other similarity is the new technique of weapons, British used the then modern artillery and guns while as of today bio-technical weapons such as viruses which can halt the world at a single go and is quite enough to destroy the economy of a country.

 

Adding up all these equations, starting the business in foreign territory, luring people by furnished goods, making huge profits by selling them and the use of modern techniques of war or taking life of people leads to acquiring lands. British did the same thing and named them colonies, and when I see the present situation, diplomatic pressure of China on Taiwan (to represent themselves as Republic of China), ending the autonomy of Hong Kong, I can relate them from past.