Under the impetus of the Portuguese occupation of Macao and the monopolization of profits there, the Netherlands established the Dutch East Indies Company in Java (in modern Indonesia) in 1602. The Company was given full authority to raise troops, declare war, appoint and dismiss officials, and to rule the colonies. This was one of the first forms taken by Western imperialism.
受到葡萄牙人據澳門並獲取獨佔性利益的刺激，荷蘭人在一六○二年在印尼爪哇萬丹成立荷屬東印度公司，由荷蘭政府授以設置軍隊、宣戰、媾和、任免官吏，以及統治殖民地的特權，是為西方帝國主義侵略模型鼻祖之一。