Word: occidentalism
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Japan's grappler was President Kenkichi Kagami of Nippon Yusen Kaisha, the Japanese Mail Steamship Co., largest, most luxurious operated by Asiatics. Bland, bespectacled, slightly plump, Mr. Kagami, an incessant smoker of U. S. cigarettes got his technical training in the Occident, sailed home to become an executive genius of...
Business. Chinese goods were more tempting than ever last year, priced as they are in Chinese silver money which is steadily declining; but the Occident, due to Depression, is refusing to snap up China's bargains. The U. S. bought 38½% less in 1930 than in 1929. China bought 28...
The last two Kings of Siam have fostered temperance and monogamy by precept & example. After studying conditions throughout the Occident, after pondering the advisability of restrictive regulations, King Prajadhipok and his predecessor decided that the risk of inflicting on Siam bootleg liquor and bootleg immorality was too great.
More recently Hossain has been lecturing to audiences in Europe and America on political, economic, and cultural relations between the Orient and the Occident. Years of editorial experience in Asia and Europe make his knowledge of the problems involved first-hand and authentic. As editor of the "New Orient," America...
Potent U. S. silvermen warmly seconded last week Canada's motion fortnight ago that a huge Occidental loan be made to hungry China, thus enabling her to buy and eat the Occident's surplus wheat (TIME...