The “Sick Man” of Asia & Europe

The “sick man” of Europe

The “sick man of Europe” is a term that is used to describe European society that is in trouble politically and economically declining. The term was first used to describe the Ottoman Empire because in 1800′s it could not expand any further and was declining econmically, and politcally…. The Ottman Empire lost territory throughout the years and was financially poor. The Battle of Gallipoli proved that the Ottmans were no longer the “sick man of Europe“, but soon got it back after the war. The Econmist today say that Portugal is the new “sick man of europe“.  So the term isn’t used to describe the Ottoman Empire, it is simply to describe a European country in crisis.

The “sick man” of Asia

The “sick man of Asia” is also a term used to describe an Asian country that is in crisis politically, and econmically. The Qing Dynasty was known as the “sick man of asia” because it lost wars with Japan and the West. The Qing Dynasty was in quick decline after they lost the Sino-Japanese War and the Opium War. The “sick man of asia” would soon die of its internal affairs. The “sick man of asia” today is Afghanistan (from many sources) because it is war torn after the civil war and the occupation of NATO troops. Internal affairs in Afghanistan makes Afghanistan one of the poorest nations.