• 6.7: Workers and Capitalists in Asia

    The differences between American and European political and social systems made for different responses to the problems of industrialization, and cultural differences between eastern and western countries were significantly more pronounced. For example, in Japan, large corporations directly funded political parties. Movements that threatened the status quo were not only deprived of this funding; the state often squashed them. In China, the Communist Party organized labor and crushed any political or labor movements that risked becoming too popular or unruly.