East Asia
Geographic Region
India basks in lavish White House welcome...with New Delhi in deference to China," The Times of India said on its front page. But coming just days after Obama's splashy trip to East Asia - when he met Chinese leader Hu Jintao, walked on the Great Wall and even hinted that Beijing... In this article: India, Barack Obama, Washington, Manmohan Singh, New Delhi, Democracy, Climate change, and White House |
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Forbes.com News | November 10, 2009
Obama's Agenda For China
...stance in order to save American manufacturing jobs. President Obama wants to ensure that China and the rest of East Asia remains open to U.S. business for the sake of job creation. According to White House officials, the region is...
In this article: China, United States, Beijing, White House, Asia, Europe, Washington, Complaints, and Climate change
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Washington Times | November 18, 2009
National security omissions
...international attempts to wage economic warfare. According to news reports, this apparently first-of-its-kind war game involved the United States, Russia, China, East Asia and "all others." Of those "participating," China was proven to be...
In this article: United States, Climate change, United Nations, Russia, China, Outsourcing, Recession, Congressional Budget Office, and Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 04, 2009
WB boosts China growth forecast to 8.4%
...levels 18 months ago. The bank's forecasts for developing East Asia cover China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea and Pacific island nations. In China, stimulus spending has...
In this article: China, World Bank, Beijing, Pacific, Recession, The World Bank, Vietnam, and Thailand
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washingtonpost.com | November 19, 2009
North Korea is among topics of discussion as Obama wraps up Asia tour in Seoul
...he said. As Obama departed South Korea on Thursday afternoon, one of his senior advisers, David Axelrod, was asked about the success of the East Asia trip, during which Obama met with resistance on some issues in Japan and China. "We've...
In this article: Barack Obama, Seoul, Lee Myung-bak, North Korea, David Axelrod, Asia, United States, Iran, and Uranium
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Honolulu Star Bulletin | November 20, 2009
Hawaii's rebound slowed by tepid global growth
...business and incentive travel market got $240,000, Uchiyama said. Hawaii could see economic growth as a result of East Asia's strengthening economy, Gangnes said. Hawaii's visitor arrivals from China and Korea will grow; however, the...
In this article: Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Recession, United States, China, and Unemployment
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BBC News | November 04, 2009
China 'boosts East Asian growth'
...economy. "The economic rebound in East Asia and the Pacific has been surprisingly swift and very welcome, but take China out of the equation and the regional picture is less rosy," the bank said in a report. "The rebound has yet...
In this article: China, World Bank, The World Bank, Pacific, North Africa, South Asia, Middle East, and Washington
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Miami Herald - Opinion | 6 days ago
Port will be ready for new challenges
...expanded canal will be a game changer for container trade. America's trade with East Asia, China, in particular, is expected to increase a shift from Pacific ports to Atlantic ports. As the closest U.S. port to the Panama Canal, the Port of...
In this article: Panama Canal, Atlantic, Florida East Coast Railway, The Miami Herald, U.S., Pacific, and Miami, Florida
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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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