GMS 400 Lecture 1: GMS 400 – Week 1

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 400
• Professor: Dale Carl

Document Summary

One of 5 communist countries remaining in the world, including vietnam, laos, cuba, and china (which is in transition to a more open system) Citizens cannot leave the country without permission (because they would not return) Part of un treaties for members that sign it. Two most important aspects: designed to share peaceful nuclear technology (medical technologies, etc. , prohibits sharing of nuclear weapons technology. The original 5 are the only places in the world that are allowed nuclear weapons, according to the npt. Npt is enforced by the international atomic energy agency (iaea), which is part of the. United nations; it sends inspectors to all nuclear facilities around the world. 1400-1890: china basically indifferent to korea; korea was little brother in a. Confucian sense (in confucian relationships, the bigger (older) brother has the power. ) Known by westerners as the hermit kingdom due to isolation and hostility toward foreigners.