The imperialism of the European Countries in the East Asian Region is due to the demand of the basic commodities such as spices that are common in the South East Asia. Along with the increased economic benefits of the trades between the West and the East especially in China, the trades are also accompanied by the drain of wealth and the exploitation of the natural resources in the East. These major disadvantages are recognized majorly in the colonial powers of the Portuguese in the South East Asia, the Dutch in India and the British colony in Hong Kong.
The effect of the colonialism in the economic structure of the East Asian Region has an indirect approach since the major influenced is based on the changes that occur in the colonialism outside