00:00Pan-Asianism is a political, cultural, and social doctrine that values the common identity shared by different populations
00:06living in Asia, and who advocates their political union based on this identity.
00:10It notably served as a basis for Japanese expansionism in the first half of the 20th century, aimed at establishing
00:16place of a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
00:19During the decolonization period, the 1947 Conference on Asian Relations represented a first attempt to assert the
00:26'Asian unit.
00:27The objectives of the conference, which took place from March 23 to April 2, were to bring together men
00:33and women leaders from Asia in a common platform to study the common problems affecting the people of the continent.
00:38to focus attention on the social, economic and cultural problems of different Asian countries, and to encourage contact
00:44and mutual understanding.
