Socio-political changes in some south east asia countries under the impact of european trade in the xvi - xvii century

Abstract

In the sixteenth - seventeenth centuries, the development of European trading (Portugal, Netherlands, England) in some Northeast Asian countries (mainly in China, Japan, and Macau territories , Taiwan), has created a strong Eurasian economic exchange. Northeast Asian economy has changed in both quantity and quality, from which quickly integrates into the world economy. Through the use of historical and logical methods, the article will clarify the economic and technical changes of some Northeast Asian countries under the influence of European trade in the sixteenth - seventeenth centuries. Since then, this study contributes to affirm the role of international economic integration for the development of each country in history.