Why were most industrialized nations building empires in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Industrialization occurred from this time. Machines were invented in order to help in mass production. They were able to create capitalism and abolished some of the traditional practices.  Industrialized nations were able to get additional resources in order to provide more raw materials for mass production.

china unilaterally claims the entire south china sea as sovereign territory, then builds artificial islands to bolster its claim. it suddenly activates an air defense identification zone over the east china sea, and threatens to down any aircraft that does not report its position. it builds roads into indian territory, then redraws the maps to show that it is actually chinese territory. the people's republic under president xi jinping is quickly becoming the bully of asia.

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