The Burma Road Wartime Yunnan Social Change

The United Kingdom, as the origin of modern science and technology, has very close connection with the generation and development of science and technology at that time. Science and technology gradually show advantages on pushing the development of industry and commerce and trades oversea. At the same time they are also gradually recognized by society, social demand also promotes relevant scientific fields, drives the development of relevant science and technology. Science, technology and society promote each other in an interactive way. No matter the understanding about science and technology, or the spread and application of it, it has very big different with UK when compared to modern China. Of course we cannot say only along the approach of British science and technology is the correct way for application and development. But application and development of science and technology are far from development mode to promote each other interactively in modern China. Science and technology application purpose is also not economic or other social needs. As consolidating the regime and resisting the disgrace from foreigners, science and technology become the main objective to study. When in the face of scientific and technological products, we have the same understanding.With lots of technological and scientific products introduced by western powers, these technology or technology itself has much more strong purpose on resources robbing and market sharing in modem China. Meanwhile, learning western science and technology, building factories, starting construction of public facilities, highways, railways and others are also want to change the backward status, which has also broken the western powers for some technology and some transit of monopoly status.As the product of modern science, the Burma Road is a very special one, it requires very high building technology at that time, when facing complicated geographical environment in Dianxi, and it seems to be an impossible task no matter in technology or funds. In the early plan of Burma Road, its purpose is not for the development of the western region, but to fill with partial break Dian-Yue railroad monopoly position as the only exit against the outside factors. Then the Burma Road because war broke out and had to restore at all costs. Either at the beginning of design or scheme of facts is not created by the economic development and social demand. Faced with such a highway in Anti-Japanese War period, played "lifeline" role, and it has a very deep influence for the change of western areas and the whole Yunnan.