Asian Futures Without Asians
Imaginary Worlds
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Techno Oriental Is Playing Off the Terminology of Techno Orientalism
Early syphi from that era was presented as like a warning. The japanese have modernized. If they teach the chinese how to modernize, all of a sudden we're outnumbered. We have to keep this technological edge. A lot of stories like that are direct responses to a european country being defeated by an age ant country in a major war. And it was a war that russia went into with over confidence. That was like presenting as like a wake up call to the west and the white ruling class.
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