The theme of tyranny and alienation shows how a dictatorship not only alienates and "others" the people in the country, but also prevents the country itself from achieving European modernization.

They also viewed that, if the absolute monarchy had been removed, Siam would achieve modernization like those of Japan.

I would like to add that if the Chinese Communist Party had not initiated so many purges in the last 38 years, China would have already achieved economic modernization.

To the general public, the aviation industry did not represent modernization; rather, it represented the means to achieve modernization and future glory.

Since late 2008 relations between Rio Tinto Alcan and the District appear to be more cordial with the two parties working to achieve modernization of the aluminum facilities.

Japanese officials, striving to achieve rapid modernization of that country in the wake of the Meiji Restoration, were especially intrigued by Clark's work.

He argued that Asia is "one" in its humiliation, of falling behind in achieving modernization, and thus being colonized by the Western powers.

By 1987, under the stimulus of the reform program, the Chinese economy had made major strides toward achieving modernization and improved living standards.

The stated goals of this policy were safeguarding world peace, opposing all forms of hegemony, and achieving economic modernization at home.

China would concentrate on establishing a "socialist market economy" with the aim of achieving "socialist modernization" by 2050.