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Organizations IRRI
IRRI, or the International Rice Research Institute, is a nonprofit independent research and training organization. IRRI is part of the Consultative Group on International Agriculture (CGIAR). IRRI develops new rice varieties and rice crop management techniques that help rice farmers improve the yield and quality of their rice in an environmentally sustainable way. We work with our public and private sector partners in national agricultural research and extension systems in major rice-growing countries to do research, training, and knowledge transfer. Our social and economic research also informs governments to help them formulate policy to improve the equitable supply of rice.

Our goals

Reduce poverty through improved and diversified rice-based systems. Ensure that rice production is sustainable and stable, has minimal negative environmental impact, and can cope with climate change. Improve the nutrition and health of poor rice consumers and rice farmers. Provide equitable access to information and knowledge on rice and help develop the next generation of rice scientists. Provide rice scientists and producers with the genetic information and material they need to develop improved technologies and enhance rice production http://irri.org/about ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 22 [2] August 1966 to facilitate economic development of countries in Asia. The bank admits the members of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP, formerly known as the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia [2] and the Far East) and non-regional developed countries. From 31 members at its establishment, ADB now has 67 members - of which 48 are from within Asia and the Pacific and 19 outside. ADB was modeled closely on the World Bank, and has a similar weighted voting system where votes are distributed in proportion with member's capital subscriptions. At present, both the United States and Japanhold 552,210 shares, the largest proportion of [3] shares at 12.756% each. China holds 228,000 shares (6.429 %), India holds 224,010 shares (6.317 %), the 2nd and 3rd largest proportion of shares respectively.

ASEAN
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam then joined on 7 January 1984, Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN.

AIMS AND PURPOSES As set out in the ASEAN Declaration, the aims and purposes of ASEAN are:

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To accelerate the economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region through joint endeavours in the spirit of equality and partnership in order to strengthen the foundation for a prosperous and peaceful community of Southeast Asian Nations; To promote regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in the relationship among countries of the region and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter; To promote active collaboration and mutual assistance on matters of common interest in the economic, social, cultural, technical, scientific and administrative fields; To provide assistance to each other in the form of training and research facilities in the educational, professional, technical and administrative spheres; To collaborate more effectively for the greater utilisation of their agriculture and industries, the expansion of their trade, including the study of the problems of international commodity trade, the improvement of their transportation and communications facilities and the raising of the living standards of their peoples; To promote Southeast Asian studies; and To maintain close and beneficial cooperation with existing international and regional organisations with similar aims and purposes, and explore all avenues for even closer cooperation among themselves.

ARAB LEAGUE
The Arab League (Arabic: al-Jmia al-Arabiyya), officially called the League of Arab States (Arabic: Jmiat ad-Duwal al-Arabiyya), is a regional organisationof Arab states in North and Northeast Africa, and Southwest Asia (Middle East). It was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan (renamed Jordan in 1949), Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Yemen joined as a member on 5 May 1945. The Arab League currently has 22 members and four observers. The main goal of the league is to "draw closer the relations between member States and co-ordinate collaboration between them, to safeguard their independence and sovereignty, and to consider in a general way the affairs and interests of [2] the Arab countries."

SAARC
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an organisation ofSouth Asian nations, founded in December 1985 and dedicated to economic, technological, social, and cultural development emphasising collective self-reliance. Its seven founding members are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.Afghanistan joined the organization in 2005. Meetings of heads of state are usually scheduled annually; meetings of foreign secretaries, twice annually. It is headquartered in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Objectives
The objectives of the Association as defined in the Charter are:
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to promote the welfare of the people of South Asia and to improve their quality of life; to accelerate economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region and to provide all individuals the opportunity to live in dignity and to realize their full potential;

to promote and strengthen collective self-reliance among the countries of South Asia; to contribute to mutual trust, understanding and appreciation of one another's problems;

to promote active collaboration and mutual assistance in the economic, social, cultural, technical and scientific fields;

to strengthen cooperation with other developing countries; to strengthen cooperation among themselves in international forums on matters of common interest; and

to cooperate with international and regional organisations with similar aims and purposes.

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Nationalism in China and Japan

Thesis: From 1750 to 1914, nationalism in Japan and China was similiar for their desire to keep out outsiders. However, the outcomes from nationalism in each country had few effects in common, especially with their influence of the government. Nationalism in Japan:

Military nationalism was known as Bushido : The way of the warrior Taught proper role of the samurai 1882: Japanese government organized Teiseito, the first nationalist part in the country During seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Japan succeeded in keeping European influences away from its shores It consequently built a highly ethnocentric, self-involved society Did not allow its citizens to travel abroad Imperialism went into isolation from foreign influences threatened by other countries to open up for trade. believed that the other countries had nothing to offer japan and that influence from the outside would do nothing good for japan Commador Matthew Perry arrived in 1853 to make an agreement with them in hopes that Japan will trade with them. He made the Japanese realize how behind they were in development and essentially scared Japan into reopening its borders to trade with the United States Meiji Restoration= era of westernization and industrialization, where Japan became a major world power in only a matter of a hundred years or so after which Japan emerged as a world power Shogun out, Emperor out, begin to try to create a democratic government, trying to become more like the west.

Nationalism in China: 1850-1864, Many outraged at the fact that their government was being ruled by Manchus, who were outsiders. This led to the Taiping rebellion, where they fought the government, and eventually lost. The Qing government defeated the Taipings with European aid and weapons. In 1899, the group of people known as the Boxers tries to rid china of any outsiders. They gained the support of empress Cixi and they killed many foreigners, Chinese Christians, and anyone who had connections to outsiders.They were later stopped because of the support from the British, German, U.S., and Japanese troops who did not agree with this rebellion. Comparisonsand contrasts: China wanted to use European aid to their benefit, whereas Japan simply wanted nothing to do with western influences Japan went back into a more traditional way of life and insisted on self-containment to preserve their unique culture, but China encouraged the influence and change and used it to thrive

China: the people fought against their government Japan: the government controlled the people Both countries, toward the end, in their own ways tried to run the outsiders away from their countries. They wanted those who did not belong to stop changing their culture and attempting to rule their land. Japan, who was originally more self contained than the Chinese ended up being the one who benifited more from the outside influence. Japan used the influence from the outside to its benifit and industrilized its society

http://apworld.wikispaces.com/Compare+nationalism+in+China+and+Japan

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Mao Zedong - 1941 Mao advocates stern measures against non-cooperative peasants
Mao's newly acquired knowledge and experience enabled him to play a leading role in the peasant movement led by both the KMT and CCP. By 1927 he was in a position to advocate a class substitution in the Chinese Revolution. Instead of the traditional proletarian hegemony, Mao proposed that the poor peasants fill the role of revolutionary vanguard. Shortly after the publication of his Report on the Peasant Movement in Hunan, the KMT-CCP coalition broke up and the Communists were persecuted everywhere in the country. Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/mao-zedong#ixzz1aMe7h1h1

Advocacy

Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalism