East Asia
Geographic Region
India, China interests intersect over a wide arc: Vice President...Indian and Chinese interests intersect over a wide arc extending from West Asia through Central Asia to South and Southeast Asia to East Asia. "The leaderships of India and China during the past two decades have cooperated in creating... In this article: China, India, Asia, New Delhi, Strategic partnership, Dalai Lama, and Arunachal Pradesh |
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washingtonpost.com | 9 hours ago
James Wilson, 91: set up State Dept. human rights program
...for the Vietnam War, from 1966 to 1970. When he returned to Washington, he was made deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific and was thrust immediately into the burgeoning controversy over the Pentagon...
In this article: Washington, State Department, Pentagon Papers, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and World War II
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The Daily Utah Chronicle | 1 day ago
Swimming and Diving to compete in Toshiba cup
...of 273.70. On top of the recognition Yu has received from the conference and the NCAA, she will also represent Hong Kong in the 2010 East Asia games this summer. "I'm excited about where (Yu) is at right now so early in the season," said head...
In this article: Stanford, Diving, California, UNLV, NCAA, Swimming, Toshiba, and Hong Kong
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North Korea is among topics of discussion as Obama wraps up Asia tour in Seoul
...Obama's visit to South Korea on Thursday was short, congenial in substance and splendid in form. Ending a sometimes bumpy week-long tour of East Asia, Obama said the welcoming ceremony in Seoul -- a glorious, sun-drenched mingling of music,...
In this article: Barack Obama, Seoul, Lee Myung-bak, North Korea, David Axelrod, Asia, United States, Iran, and Uranium
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America.gov | 1 day ago
End Distractions and Take Serious Steps, Obama Tells North Korea
Obama spoke with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in Seoul November 19, the last stop on the president's nine-day trip to East Asia. He said both countries will continue to have "extraordinarily close coordination" on efforts to...
In this article: Barack Obama, Lee Myung-bak, North Korea, Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Pyongyang, United States, Uranium, Six-party talks, and United Nations Security Council
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Obama, S. Korea agree on new approach to North
...visit Thursday to South Korea was short, congenial in substance and splendid in form. Ending a sometimes bumpy week-long tour of East Asia, Obama said the welcoming ceremony here -- a glorious, sun-drenched mingling of music, flags and...
In this article: Barack Obama, Lee Myung-bak, United States, South Korea, North Korea, North American Free Trade Agreement, Kim Jong Il, and Ron Kirk
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Another Obama nominee runs into tax problems
...recovery at home and abroad." Brainard's husband, Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, is the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia. Brainard and Campbell ran an international affairs consulting firm out of their home. If confirmed...
In this article: Tax, Treasury Department, Barack Obama, Timothy Geithner, Senate Finance Committee, Kurt Campbell, International Monetary Fund, and Chuck Grassley
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BBC News | 3 days ago
Trade talks end Obama China trip
In this article: Barack Obama, US, China, Wen Jiabao, Hu Jintao, Beijing, Washington, North Korea, and Climate change
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The Japan Times: All Stories | 5 days ago
Hatoyama outlines East Asia bloc
Borrowing from 'yu-ai,' key concepts include regional prosperity, environmental cooperation SINGAPORE (Kyodo) Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Sunday highlighted four key areas of cooperation in his concept for an East Asian community -...
In this article: Yukio Hatoyama, Dmitry Medvedev, Singapore, Japan, Asia, Washington, United States, Philosophy, Climate change, and Kyoto Protocol
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AP Online | November 13, 2009
Official: Craig to step down as White House lawyer
...ambassadorship or judicial posting. Craig's planned resignation became public just as Obama landed in Tokyo for a weeklong tour of east Asia. Craig would be the highest-ranking departure so far in Obama's 10-month presidency. In the...
In this article: Greg Craig, Detainee, Barack Obama, White House, Guantanamo, U.S., Obama's presidential campaign, Bill Clinton, and Tokyo
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Obama Seeks to Deepen U.S.-East Asia Engagement
Washington - President Obama wants to make it clear to East Asian nations that the United States is a Pacific nation and that it intends to deepen its engagement in the Asia-Pacific region, White House advisers say. Obama will visit Japan,...
In this article: Barack Obama, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, United States, China, Asean, Wen Jiabao, Tokyo, Lee Myung-bak, and Hu Jintao
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East Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia (the latter form preferred by the United Nations) is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. Geographically and geopolitically, it covers about 12000000 km2, or about 28 percent of the Asian continent, about 15 percent bigger than the area of Europe, though some categorize Tibet, Xinjiang, and Mongolia as Central Asia. In some contexts, Vietnam is considered part of East Asia because of the significant Chinese cultural influence it has experienced.
More than 1.5 billion people, about 38 percent of the population of Asia or 22 percent of all the people in the world, live in geographic East Asia, which is about twice the population of Europe. The region is one of the world's most populated places, with a population density of , being about three times the world average of 45 /km2. Using the UN subregion definitions, it ranks second in population only to Southern Asia.
Historically, many societies in East Asia have been part of the Chinese cultural sphere, and East Asian vocabulary and scripts are often derived from Classical Chinese and Chinese script.
Major religions include Buddhism (mostly Mahayana), Confucianism or Neo-Confucianism, Taoism, Chinese folk religion in China, Shinto in Japan, Shamanism in Korea, Mongolia and other indigenous populations of northern East Asia, and more recently Christianity in South Korea. The Chinese Calendar is often to root from which other East Asian calendars are derived from.
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