You have India, part of the British Empire. Even Japan, which is one of the first Asian countries to industrialize, is in on imperialism. It has control in Korea and in Taiwan. So why this kind of imperialism? There's always the standard motivations for imperialism that we've seen throughout world history. If you have conquest, that leads to more land plus people, under your rule. And if you have more land, which is for the most part used for agriculture, well, you're going to have more taxes and wealth, so taxes.