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Asia

A Very ImportantRegion In The World:Present Situation


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Asia Area and Population

Area -- 44,579,000 sq kilometers or17,212,000 sq miles

Population --- 3,879,000,000


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Asian Countries

Afghanistan - Kabul

Armenia - Yerevan Azerbaijan - Baku

Bahrain - Manama

Bangladesh - Dhaka

Bhutan - Thimphu

Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan

Cambodia - Phnom Penh

China - Beijing


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Asian Countries

China - Taipei Cyprus - Nicosia Georgia - Tbilisi India - New Delhi Indonesia - Jakarta Iran - Tehran

Iraq - Baghdad Israel - Jerusalem Japan - Tokyo Jordan - Amman


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Asian Countries

Kazakhstan - Astana Korea, North - Pyongyang Korea, South - Seoul Kuwait - Kuwait City Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek Laos - Vientiane

Lebanon - Beirut Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur Maldives - Mal Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar


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Asian Countries

Myanmar - Naypyidaw

Nepal - Kathmandu Oman - Muscat

Pakistan - Islamabad

Philippines - Manila

Qatar - Doha

Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Singapore - Singapore

Sri Lanka - Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte


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Asian Countries

Syria - Damascus Tajikistan - Dushanbe Thailand - Bangkok Timor-Leste Dili Turkey - Ankara Turkmenistan - Agabat

United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi Uzbekistan - Tashkent Vietnam - Hanoi Yemen - Sana'a


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Asias Largest Cities

1. Tokyo2. Seoul

3. Mumbai4. Jakarta5. Osaka6. Shanghai7. Manila8. Hong Kong

9. Tehran10. Kolkata11. Beijing12. Hanoi13. Dubai


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Asia is the world's largest and most populous

continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's totalsurface area (or 29.9% of its land area) andwith approximately 4 billion people, itaccounts for 60% of the world's current

human population. It is located chiefly in theeastern and northern hemispheres.


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Asia is traditionally defined as part of the

landmass of Eurasiawith the westernportion of the latter occupied by Europelying east of the Suez Canal, east of the UralMountains, and south of the Caucasus

Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas.


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It is bounded on the east by the Pacific

Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean,and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.

Asia is more a cultural conceptincorporating a number of regions and

peoples than a homogeneous physical entity.


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In terms of nominal GDP, Japan has the

largest economy on the continent and thesecond largest in the world. She is followedby China, India, and South Korea. Inpurchasing power parity (PPP) terms,

however, the People's Republic of China hasthe largest economy in Asia and the secondlargest in the world.


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Asia, with the exception of Japan, is currently

undergoing rapid growth and industrializationspearheaded by China and India - the two fastestgrowing major economies in the world.

Over the years, with rapid economic growth andlarge trade surplus with the rest of the world, Asia

has accumulated over US$4 trillion of foreignexchange reserves - more than half of the world'stotal.


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While east Asian and southeast Asian

countries generally rely on manufacturingand trade for growth, countries in the MiddleEast depend more on the production ofcommodities, principally oil, for economic

growth.


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Prior to World War II, most of Asia was under

colonial rule. Only relatively few statesmanaged to remain independent in the faceof constant pressure exerted by Europeanpowers. Such examples are Siam and

Japan.


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Japan managed to develop its economy due

to a reformation in the 19th century. Thereformation was comprehensive and is todayknown as the Meiji Restoration. TheJapanese economy continued to grow well

into the 20th century and its economicgrowth created various shortages ofresources essential to economic growth.


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At the same time, Southeast Asia was

prospering due to trade and the introductionof various new technologies of that time. Thevolume of trade continued to increase withthe opening of the Suez Canal in the 1860s


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Manila had its galleon or Manila galleon

wherein products from the Philippines weretraded to Europe. The Philippines was thefirst Asian country to trade with Latin Americavia Acapulco. Tobacco, coconut, corn, and

sugar trade was the most in demand duringthat time.


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Singapore, founded in 1819, rose to

prominence as trade between the east andthe west increased at an incredible rate. TheBritish colony of Malaya, now part ofMalaysia, was the world's largest producer of

tin and rubber.


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The Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia, on

the other hand, was known for its spicesproduction. Both the British and the Dutchcreated their own trading companies tomanage their trade flow in Asia. The British

created the British East India Company whilethe Dutch formed Dutch East India Company.


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In 1908, crude oil was first discovered in

Persia, modern day Iran. Afterwards, manyoil fields were discovered and it was learntlater that the Middle East possesses theworld's largest oil stocks. This made the

rulers of the Arab nations very rich thoughthe socioeconomic development in thatregion lagged behind.


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In the early 1930s, the world underwent a

global economic depression, today known asthe Great Depression. Asia was not spared,and suffered the same pain as Europe andthe United States. The volume of trade

decreased dramatically all around Asia andthe world.


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Following World War II, the People's

Republic of China and India, which accountfor half of the population of Asia, adoptedsocialist policies. These policies limited theeconomic growth of the region.


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In contrast, the economies of superiors

Japan, South Korea and the other tigersTaiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong--wereeconomic successes, and the onlysuccessful economies outside of North

America, Western Europe and Australia. The

Philippines from the post-World War II untilthe late 1960s had the second largesteconomy in Asia.


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One of the most pronounced Asian economic

phenomenons during this time - theJapanese post-war economic miracle greatlyimpacted the rest of the world. After WorldWar II, under central guidance from the

Japanese government, the entire economywas undergoing a remarkable restructuring.


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Another equally amazing economic success

story is that of South Korea's, also referred toas the Miracle on the Han River. The countrywas left impoverished after the Korean War,yet was able to recover at double digitpercentiles. Many conglomerates, also

known as Chaebols, such as Samsung, LG,Hyundai, Kia, SK, and more grewtremendously during this period.


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While mainland China stagnated, Taiwan

and Hong Kong experienced rapid growth uptill the 1990's. Taiwan became, and stillremains one of the main centers of consumerelectronics R&D as well as manufacturing.


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However, unlike in Japan and South Korea,

the bulk of Taiwan's economy is dependenton small to medium sized businesses. HongKong, on the other hand, experienced rapidgrowth in the financial sector due to liberal

market policies, with many financialinstitutions setting up their Asianheadquarters in Hong Kong.


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Starting in the Nineties, after the

liberalization of the economy of India,undertaken by then finance minister andcurrent Prime Minister of India, Dr.Manmohan Singh, the Indian economy

coupled with the Chinese economy rose topower in Asia as two of the centers for worldtrade.


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The Chinese economy was already booming

under the economic measures undertaken byDeng Xiaoping, in the 1980s, and continuingunder Jiang Zemin in the 1990s. In 2007,China's economic growth rate exceeded 11%

while India's growth rate increased to around9%. One of the factors was the sheer size ofthe population in this region


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Meanwhile, Thailand, Malaysia and

Indonesia emerged as the new Asian tigerswith their GDPs growing well above 7% peryear in the 1980s and the 90s. Theireconomies were mainly driven by growing

exports.


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The Philippines only began to open up its

stagnated economy in the early 1990's.Vietnam's economy began to grow in 1995,shortly after the United States and Vietnamrestored economic and political ties.


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Throughout the 1990s, the manufacturing

ability and cheap labor markets in Asiandeveloping nations allowed companies toestablish themselves in many of theindustries previously dominated bycompanies from developed nations. Asia

became one of the largest sources ofautomobiles, machinery, audio equipmentand other electronics.


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At the end of 1997, Thailand was hit by

currency speculators, and the value of theBaht along with its annual growth rate felldramatically. Soon after, the crisis spread toIndonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, HongKong, Singapore and many other Asian

economies, resulting in great economicdamage on the affected countries (Japanlargely escaped the crisis).


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In fact, some of the economies, most notably

those of Thailand, Indonesia, and SouthKorea actually contracted. This later wouldbe known as the Asian financial crisis. By1999, most countries had already recovered

from the crisis.


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In 2004, parts of Sumatra and South Asia

were severely damaged by an earthquakeand the subsequent tsunami. The naturaldisaster wiped out huge amounts ofinfrastructure throughout the affected area

and displaced millions.


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Asia's large economic disparities are a

source of major continuing tension in theregion. While global economic powers China,India, Japan, and South Korea continuepowering through, and Indonesia, ThePhilippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam

have entered the path to long-term growth,regions right next to these countries are inneed of severe assistance.


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Hong Kong


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Seoul, South Korea


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Singapore


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Taipei


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Shanghai


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Makati


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