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}}</ref> or [[cultural|pan-ethno-cultural]]<ref name=easia-columbia>[http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/webcourse/key_points/kp_5.htm Columbia University – "East Asian cultural sphere"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227154316/http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/webcourse/key_points/kp_5.htm |date=2008-02-27 }} "The East Asian cultural sphere evolves when Japan, Korea, and what is today Vietnam all share adapted elements of Chinese civilization of this period (that of the Tang dynasty), in particular Buddhism, Confucian social and political values, and literary Chinese and its writing system."</ref> terms. Geographically and geopolitically, it includes Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea and South Korea; it covers about {{convert|12000000|km2|abbr=on}}, or about 28% of the Asian continent. GDP(PPP) of East Asia is 32.4 trillion while Nominal GDP is 19.1 trillion USD. |
}}</ref> or [[cultural|pan-ethno-cultural]]<ref name=easia-columbia>[http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/webcourse/key_points/kp_5.htm Columbia University – "East Asian cultural sphere"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227154316/http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/webcourse/key_points/kp_5.htm |date=2008-02-27 }} "The East Asian cultural sphere evolves when Japan, Korea, and what is today Vietnam all share adapted elements of Chinese civilization of this period (that of the Tang dynasty), in particular Buddhism, Confucian social and political values, and literary Chinese and its writing system."</ref> terms. Geographically and geopolitically, it includes Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea and South Korea; it covers about {{convert|12000000|km2|abbr=on}}, or about 28% of the Asian continent. GDP(PPP) of East Asia is 32.4 trillion while Nominal GDP is 19.1 trillion USD.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www1.essex.ac.uk/armedcon/world/asia/east_asia/default.htm |title=Country Profiles: East Asia |website=Children and Armed Conflict Unit at the University of Essex}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=East Asia |url=https://link.springer.com/journal/12140 |publisher=Springer Netherlands}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/east-asia |title=East Asia |website=Dictionary.com}}</ref><ref name=encarta-east-asia>{{cite web |
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[[East Asian people|East Asians]] comprise around {{#expr:{{replace|{{UN_Population|Eastern Asia}}|,||}}/1e9 round 1}} billion people. About 38% of the population of Asia and 22%, or over one fifth, of world's population lives in East Asia. Although the coastal and riparian areas of the region form one of the world's most populated places, the population in [[Mongolia]] and [[Western China]], both landlocked areas, is very sparsely distributed, with Mongolia having the [[List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density|lowest population density of a sovereign state]]. The overall [[population density]] of the region is {{convert|133|PD/km2}}, about three times the world average of {{convert|45|/km2|abbr=on}}. |
[[East Asian people|East Asians]] comprise around {{#expr:{{replace|{{UN_Population|Eastern Asia}}|,||}}/1e9 round 1}} billion people. About 38% of the population of Asia and 22%, or over one fifth, of world's population lives in East Asia. Although the coastal and riparian areas of the region form one of the world's most populated places, the population in [[Mongolia]] and [[Western China]], both landlocked areas, is very sparsely distributed, with Mongolia having the [[List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density|lowest population density of a sovereign state]]. The overall [[population density]] of the region is {{convert|133|PD/km2}}, about three times the world average of {{convert|45|/km2|abbr=on}}. |
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East Asia | |
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States | |
Dependencies | |
Major cities | List
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Area | |
• Total | 11,839,074 km2 (4,571,092 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[note 2] | |
• Total | 1,663,696,923 |
• Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
Time zone | |
Languages and language families |
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Simplified Chinese | 东亚/东亚细亚 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 東亞/東亞細亞 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tibetan | ཨེ་ཤ་ཡ་ཤར་མ་ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vietnamese alphabet | Đông Á | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chữ Hán | 東亞 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 동아시아/동아세아/동아 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanja | 東아시아/東亞細亞/東亞 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mongolian Cyrillic | Зүүн Ази ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ ᠠᠽᠢ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kana | ひがしアジア/とうあ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kyūjitai | 東亞細亞/東亞 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shinjitai | 東亜細亜(東アジア)/東亜 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Uyghur | شەرقىي ئاسىي | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Russian | Восточная Азия | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Romanization | Vostochnaja Azija |
Northeast Asia or East Asia is the eastern subregion of the Asian continent, which can be defined in either geographical[3] or pan-ethno-cultural[4] terms. Geographically and geopolitically, it includes Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea and South Korea; it covers about 12,000,000 km2 (4,600,000 sq mi), or about 28% of the Asian continent. GDP(PPP) of East Asia is 32.4 trillion while Nominal GDP is 19.1 trillion USD.[5][6][7][3]
East Asians comprise around 1.7 billion people. About 38% of the population of Asia and 22%, or over one fifth, of world's population lives in East Asia. Although the coastal and riparian areas of the region form one of the world's most populated places, the population in Mongolia and Western China, both landlocked areas, is very sparsely distributed, with Mongolia having the lowest population density of a sovereign state. The overall population density of the region is 133 inhabitants per square kilometre (340/sq mi), about three times the world average of 45/km2 (120/sq mi).
Historically, 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[8]), Confucianism or Neo-Confucianism, Taoism, Chinese folk religion in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, Shinto in Japan, Korean shamanism in Korea. Shamanism is also prevalent among Mongolians and other indigenous populations of northern East Asia such as the Manchus and Ewenki.[9][10] Islam is popular in Northwest China and Kazaks in Mongolia. The Chinese calendar is the root from which many other East Asian calendars are derived.
History
In comparison with the profound influence of the Ancient Greeks and Romans on Europe and the Western World, China would already possess an advanced civilization nearly half a millennia before Japan and Korea.[11] Subsequent Chinese Dynasties exerted enormous influence across East Asia culturally, economically, politically and militarily for over two millennia.[12] Cultural and religious interaction between the Chinese and other regional East Asian dynasties and kingdoms occurred. As Chinese civilization existed for about 1500 years before other East Asian civilizations emerged into history, China would exert enormous cultural, economic, technological, and political muscle on its neighbors.[13][14][15] The Imperial Chinese tributary system shaped much of East Asia's history for over 2000 years due to Imperial China's economic and cultural dominance over the region, and thus played a huge role in the history of East Asia in particular.[16][17] The transmission of advanced Chinese cultural practices and ways of thinking greatly shaped the region up until the 19th century.[18]
As East Asia's connections with Europe and the Western world strengthened during the late 19th century, China's power began to decline. U.S.Commodore Matthew C. Perry would open Japan to Western ways, and the country would expand in earnest after the 1860s.[19] Around the same time, Japan with its rush to modernity transformed itself from an isolated feudal samurai state into East Asia's first industrialized nation.[20] The modern and powerful Japan would galvanize it's position in the Orient as East Asia's greatest power with a global mission poised to advance to lead the entire world.[21] With its newly found international status, Japan would begin to inextricably take a more active position in East Asia and leading role in world affairs at large. Flexing its nascent political and military might, Japan soundly defeated the stagnant Qing Dynasty during the First Sino-Japanese War as well as vanquishing imperial rival Russia in 1905; the first major military victory in the modern era of an East Asian power over a European one.[22][23] It's hegemony was the heart of an empire that would include Taiwan and Korea.[24] During World War II, Japanese expansionism with its imperialist aspirations through the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere would incorporate Korea, Taiwan, much of eastern China and Manchuria, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia under its control.[25] Following Japan's defeat in the war, the Korean peninsula became independent but then it was divided into two rival states, while Taiwan became the main territory of de facto state Republic of China after the latter lost mainland China to the People's Republic of China in the Chinese Civil War.
United Nations Statistics Division
The UNSD definition of East Asia is based on statistical convenience,[26] but also other common definitions of East Asia contain the entirety of China (including Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau), Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.[3][27]
Culturally, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam are commonly seen as being encompassed by cultural East Asia (East Asian cultural sphere).[4][28][29][30]
Alternative definitions
There are mixed debates around the world whether these countries or regions should be considered in East Asia or not.
- Vietnam (officially part of Southeast Asia geographically, although culturally it is a part of the East Asian cultural sphere, politically, it is related to both Southeast Asia and East Asia)
- Siberia in Russia (often described as North Asia due to its location, although this part of Russia is often seen as more closely related to its East Asian neighbours)
- Sovereignty issues exist over some territories in the South China Sea.
In business and economics, "East Asia" is sometimes used to refer to a wide geographical area covering ten Southeast Asian countries in ASEAN, People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. However, in this context, the term "Far East" is often more appropriate which covers ASEAN countries and the countries in East Asia. However, being a Eurocentric term, Far East describes the region's geographical position in relation to Europe rather than its location within Asia. Alternatively, the term "Asia Pacific Region" is often used in describing East Asia, Southeast Asia as well as Oceania.
Observers preferring a broader definition of "East Asia" often use the term Northeast Asia to refer to the greater China area, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, with Southeast Asia covering the ten ASEAN countries. This usage, which is seen in economic and diplomatic discussions, is at odds with the historical meanings of both "East Asia" and "Northeast Asia".[31][32][33] The Council on Foreign Relations defines Northeast Asia as Japan and Korea.[34]
Economy
State/Territory | GDP nominal billions of USD (2017)[35] |
GDP nominal per capita USD (2017)[35] |
GDP PPP billions of USD (2017)[35] |
GDP PPP per capita USD (2017)[35] |
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China | 11,937.562 | 8,583 | 23,122.027 | 16,624 |
Hong Kong | 334.104 | 44,999 | 453.019 | 61,015 |
Macau | 51.160 | 79,563 | 73.579 | 114,430 |
Japan | 4,884.489 | 38,550 | 5,405.072 | 42,659 |
North Korea | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
South Korea | 1,529.743 | 29,730 | 2,026.651 | 39,387 |
Mongolia | 10.869 | 3,553 | 38.395 | 12,551 |
Taiwan | 571.453 | 24,227 | 1,175.308 | 49,827 |
Territorial and regional data
Etymology
Flag | Common Name | Official Name | ||
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Exonym | Endonym | Exonym | Endonym | |
China | 中国 | People’s Republic of China | 中华人民共和国 | |
Hong Kong | 香港 | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China |
中華人民共和國香港特別行政區 | |
Macau | 澳門 | Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China |
中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區 Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República da China | |
Japan | 日本 | State of Japan | 日本国 | |
Mongolia | Монгол улс | Mongolia | Монгол Улс(ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ) | |
North Korea | 조선 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 조선민주주의인민공화국 (朝鮮民主主義人民共和國) | |
South Korea | 한국 | Republic of Korea | 대한민국 (大韓民國) | |
Taiwan[36] | 臺灣 / 台灣 | Republic of China | 中華民國 |
Demographics
State/Territory | Area km2 | Population[37][38] (2021) |
Population density per km2 |
HDI | Capital |
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China | 9,640,011[39] | 1,425,893,465 | 138 | 0.727 | Beijing |
Hong Kong | 1,104 | 7,494,578 | 6,390 | 0.912 | Hong Kong |
Macau | 30 | 686,607 | 18,662 | 0.892 | Macau |
Japan | 377,930 | 124,612,530 | 337 | 0.891 | Tokyo |
North Korea | 120,538 | 25,971,909 | 198 | 0.595 | Pyongyang[40] |
South Korea | 100,210 | 51,830,139 | 500 | 0.898 | Seoul |
Mongolia | 1,564,100 | 3,347,782 | 2 | 0.698 | Ulaanbaatar |
Taiwan | 36,188 | 23,859,912 | 639 | 0.884 | Taipei[41] |
Major ethnic groups
Ethnicity | Native name | Population | Language(s) | Writing system(s) | Major states/territories* | Physical Appearance |
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Han/Chinese | 漢人 or 汉人, 漢族 or 汉族 | 1,220,000,000[42] | Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Hokkien, Hakka, Gan, Hsiang, etc. | Simplified Han characters, Traditional Han characters | () | |
Yamato/Japanese | 日本族 (にほんぞく) 大和民族 (やまとみんぞく) |
125,117,000[43] | Japanese | Han characters (Kanji), Katakana, Hiragana | ||
Joseon/Korean | 한민족 (韓民族) 조선족 (朝鮮族) |
79,432,225[44] | Korean | Hangul, Han characters (Hanja) | ||
Mongols | Монголчууд/ᠮᠣᠩᠭ᠋ᠣᠯᠴᠤᠳ Монгол/ᠮᠣᠩᠭ᠋ᠣᠯ |
8,942,528 | Mongolian | Mongol script, Cyrillic script | ||
Zhuang | 壮族/Bouxcuengh | 18,000,000[45] | Zhuang, Cantonese, Southwestern Mandarin, etc. | Simplified Han characters, Latin script | ||
Manchus | 满族/ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ | 10,422,873[46] | Northeastern Mandarin, Manchurian (endangered), etc. | Simplified Han characters, Mongol script | ||
Hui | 回族/回回 | 10,586,087[47] | Northwestern Mandarin, other Chinese Dialects, Huihui language, etc. | Simplified Han characters | ||
Uyghurs | ئۇيغۇر | 10,069,346[48] | Uyghur | Arabic script,Latin script(auxiliary)[49] | [50] | |
Hmong/Miao | Ghaob Xongb/Hmub/Mongb | 9,426,007[51] | Hmong, Southwestern Mandarin | Latin script, Simplified Han characters | ||
Tibetans | བོད་པ་ | 6,500,000 | Tibetan, Rgyal Rong, Rgu, etc. | Tibetan script | ||
Bai | 白族 | 1,858,063 | Bai, Southwestern Mandarin | Latin script, Simplified Han characters | ||
Yi | ꆈꌠ/彝族 | 8,714,393 | Various Loloish, Southwestern Mandarin | Yi script, Simplified Han characters | ||
Tujia | 土家族 | 8,353,912 | Northern Tujia, Southern Tujia | Simplified Han characters | ||
Kam | Gaeml | 2,879,974 | Gaeml | Simplified Han characters, Latin script | ||
Tu | 土族/Monguor | 289,565 | Tu, Northwestern Mandarin | Simplified Han characters | ||
Daur | 达斡尔族/ᠳᠠᠭᠤᠷ | 131,992 | Daur, Northeastern Mandarin | Mongol script, Simplified Han characters | ||
Russians | русские | 15,393 | Russian, Northwestern Mandarin | Cyrillic script, Simplified Han characters | ||
Mountain Tajiks | تاجيک | 3,556 | Sarikoli, Wakhi | Arabic script | ||
Taiwanese Aborigines | Pangcah, etc. | 533,600 | Austronesian languages (Amis, Yami), etc. | Latin script, Traditional Han characters |
*Note: The order of states/territories follows the population ranking of each ethnicity, within East Asia only.
Culture
Overview
The culture of East Asia has largely been influenced by China, as it was the civilization that had the most dominant influence in the region throughout the ages that ultimately laid the foundation for East Asian civilization.[52] The vast knowledge and ingenuity of Chinese civilization and the classics of Chinese literature and culture were seen as the foundations for a civilized life in East Asia. China served as a vehicle through which the adoption of Confucian ethical philosophy, Chinese calendar system, political and legal systems, architectural style, diet, terminology, institutions, religious beliefs, imperial examinations that emphasized a knowledge of Chinese classics, political philosophy and culture, as well as historically sharing a common writing system reflected in the histories of Japan and Korea.[53][54][55][56][57][58][59] The Imperial Chinese tributary system was the bedrock of network of trade and foreign relations between China and its East Asian tributaries, which helped to shape much of East Asian affairs during the ancient and medieval eras. Through the tributary system, the various dynasties of Imperial China facilitated frequent economic and cultural exchange that influenced the cultures of Japan and Korea and drew them into a Chinese international order.[60][61] The Imperial Chinese tributary system shaped much of East Asia's foreign policy and trade for over 2000 years due to Imperial China's economic and cultural dominance over the region, and thus played a huge role in the history of East Asia in particular.[62][63] The relationship between China and it's cultural influence on East Asia has been compared to the historical influence of Greco-Roman civilization on Europe and the Western World.[58][64][65][66]
Religions
Religion | Native name | Denomination | Major book | Type | Est. Followers | Ethnic groups | States/territories |
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Chinese religion | none, various classifications including 民間信仰, 神教/神道, etc. | Taoism, Confucianism, folk salvationist sects, Wuism, Nuo | Chinese classics, Huangdi Sijing, precious scrolls, etc. | Pantheism/polytheism | ~900,000,000[67][68] | Han, Hmong, Qiang, Tujia (worship of the same ancestor-gods) | ( ) |
Taoism | 道教 | Zhengyi, Quanzhen | Tao Te Ching | Pantheism/polytheism | ~20,000,000[68] | Han, Zhuang, Hmong, Yao, Qiang, Tujia | ( ) |
Confucianism | 儒教 | Cheng-Zhu, Lu-Wang | Four Books and Five Classics | Immanent transcendence/pantheism | N/A | Han, Joseon, Yamato | ( ) |
East Asian Buddhism | 漢傳佛教 or 汉传佛教 | Mahayana | Diamond Sutra | Non-God | ~300,000,000 | Han, Joseon, Yamato | ( ) |
Tibetan Buddhism | བོད་བརྒྱུད་ནང་བསྟན། | Mahayana | Anuttarayoga Tantra | Non-God | ~10,000,000 | Tibetans, Manchus, Mongols | |
Shamanism[69] and Bon, etc | Бөө мөргөл , བོན | N/A | N/A | Polytheism/pantheism | N/A | Tibetans, Manchus, Mongols, Oroqen | |
Shinto | 神道 | Shinto sects | Kojiki, Nihon Shoki | Polytheism/pantheism | N/A | Yamato | |
Sindo/Muism | 신도 or 무교 | Sindo sects | N/A | Polytheism/pantheism | N/A | Joseon |
Festivals
Festival | Native Name | Other name | Calendar | Date | Gregorian date | Activity | Religious practices | Food | Major ethnicities | Major states/territories |
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Chinese New Year | 春節 or 春节 | Spring Festival | Chinese | Month 1 Day 1 | 21 Jan–20 Feb | Family Reunion, Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping, Fireworks | Worship the King of Gods | Jiaozi | Han, Joseon, Manchus etc. | () |
New Year | 元旦 | Yuan Dan | Gregorian | 1 Jan | 1 Jan | Fireworks | N/A | N/A | N/A | () |
Losar or Tsagaan Sar | ལོ་གསར་ or Цагаан сар | White Moon | Tibetan, Mongolian | Month 1 Day 1 | 25 Jan–2 Mar | Family Reunion, Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping, Fireworks | N/A | Chhaang or Buuz | Tibetans, Mongols, Tu etc. | |
Lantern Festival | 元宵節 or 元宵节 | Upper Yuan Festival (上元节) | Chinese | Month 1 Day 15 | 4 Feb–6 Mar | Lanterns Expo, Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping | Birthdate of the God of Sky-officer | Yuanxiao | Han, Joseon, Yamato | () * |
Qingming Festival | 清明節 or 清明节 | Tomb Sweeping Day | Solar | 15th day since March equinox | 4 Apr–6 April | Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping | Burning Hell money | Cold Food | Han, Joseon, Mongols | () |
Dragon Boat Festival | 端午節 or 端午节 | Duanwu Festival | Chinese | Month 5 Day 5 | Driving poisons & plague away, Dragon Boat Race, Wearing colored lines, Hanging felon herb on the front door. | Worship various Gods | Zongzi | Han, Joseon, Yamato | () * | |
Ghost Festival | 中元節 or 中元节 | Mid Yuan Festival | Chinese | Month 7 Day 15 | Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping | Birthdate of the God of Earth-officer | Han, Joseon, Yamato | () * | ||
Mid-Autumn Festival | 中秋節 or 中秋节 | 中秋祭 | Chinese | Month 8 Day 15 | Family Reunion, Enjoying Moon view | Worship the Moon Goddess | Mooncake | Han, Joseon, Yamato | () * | |
Double Ninth Festival | 重陽節 or 重阳节 | Double Positive Festival | Chinese | Month 9 Day 09 | Climbing Mountain, Taking care of elderly, Wearing Cornus. | Worship various Gods | Han, Joseon, Yamato | () * | ||
Lower Yuan Festival | 下元節 or 下元节 | N/A | Chinese | Month 10 Day 15 | Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping | Birthdate of the God of Water-officer | Ciba | Han, Joseon | () | |
Small New Year | 小年 | Jizao (祭灶) | Chinese | Month 12 Day 23 | Cleaning Houses | Worship the God of Hearth | tanggua | Han, Mongols | () | |
International Labor Day | N/A | N/A | Gregorian | 1 May | 1 May | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | () |
International Women's Day | N/A | N/A | Gregorian | 8 Mar | 8 Mar | Taking care of women | N/A | N/A | N/A | () |
*Japan switched the date to the Gregorian calendar after the Meiji Restoration.
*Not always on that Gregorian date, sometimes April 4.
Collaboration
East Asian Youth Games
Formerly the East Asian Games is a multi-sport event organised by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years since 2019 among athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), as well as the Pacific island of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees.
The East Asian Games is 1 of 5 Regional Games of the OCA. The others are the East Asian Games, the Central Asian Games, the South Asian Games, the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), and the West Asian Games. All nigh East Asian States/Territories join this Game.
Free trade agreements
Name of agreement | Parties | Leaders at the time | Negotiation begins | Signing date | Starting time | Current status |
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China–South Korea FTA | Xi Jinping, Park Geun-hye | May, 2012 | Jun 01, 2015 | Dec 30, 2015 | Enforced | |
China–Japan–South Korea FTA | Xi Jinping, Shinzō Abe, Park Geun-hye | Mar 26, 2013 | N/A | N/A | 10 round negotiation | |
Japan-Mongolia EPA | Shinzō Abe, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj | - | Feb 10, 2015 | - | Enforced | |
China-Mongolia FTA | Xi Jinping, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj | N/A | N/A | N/A | Officially proposed | |
Mainland-HK CEPA | Jiang Zemin, Tung Chee-hwa | - | Jun 29, 2003 | - | Enforced | |
Mainland-Macau CEPA | Jiang Zemin, Edmund Ho Hau-wah | - | Oct 18, 2003 | - | Enforced | |
Hong Kong-Macau CEPA | Carrie Lam, Fernando Chui | Oct 09, 2015 | N/A | N/A | Negotiating | |
ECFA | Hu Jintao, Ma Ying-jeou | Jan 26, 2010 | Jun 29, 2010 | Aug 17, 2010 | Enforced | |
CSSTA (Based on ECFA) | Xi Jinping, Ma Ying-jeou | Mar, 2011 | Jun 21, 2013 | N/A | Abolished | |
CSGTA (Based on ECFA) | Hu Jintao, Ma Ying-jeou | Feb 22, 2011 | N/A | N/A | Suspended |
Military alliances
Name | Abbr. | Parties within the region |
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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation | SCO | () |
General Security of Military Information Agreement | GSOMIA | |
Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty | - | () |
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan | - | () |
Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea | - | () |
Taiwan Relations Act (Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty before 1980) | TRA (SAMDT) | () |
Major non-NATO ally (Global Partners of NATO) | - | ()[70] |
Major cities and towns
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Seoul is the capital of South Korea, one of the largest cities in the world and a leading global technology hub.
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Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea (DPRK), and is a significant metropolis on the Korean Peninsula.
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Shanghai is the largest city in China (People's Republic of China) and one of the largest in the world, and is the leading business and financial centre of Mainland China.
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Taipei is the de facto capital of Taiwan (formally known as the Republic of China), and is one of the world's leading technical centres in East Asia, and is the location of the Taipei 101.
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Hong Kong, enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, is one of the world's leading global financial centres and is known as a cosmopolitan metropolis.
See also
- East Asia Summit
- East Asian Community
- East Asian languages
- East Asian studies
- Economy of East Asia
- Four Asian Tigers
- China–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit
- Chinese calligraphy
- Japanese calligraphy
- Korean calligraphy
- Mongolian calligraphy
Notes
- ^ The area figure is based on the combined areas of China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Mongolia, North Korea & South Korea, Taiwan and Japan as listed at List of countries and outlying territories by total area.
- ^ The population figure is the combined populations of China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Republic of China (Taiwan) as listed at the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects
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External links
- East Asia travel guide from Wikivoyage
- High resolution map of East Asian region