East+Asia

= East Asia =

Basic Statistics: 11,839,074 km2 1,555,784,500 people 131 people per km2 22% of Earth's population

In the News
[| China at News Trust] [|Japan at News Trust] [|South Korea at News Trust] [|North Korea at News Trust]

[|Globalization] Pros & Cons
"For example when Toyota setup car plants in countries outside **[|Japan]**, it requires higher level of standard to maintain the quality of it products, which means training the local workers. Thus if Toyota gets the competitive advantage, the host countries gets the skills and jobs."

"The recent joint ventures of **[|China]** with **Japanese** companies are also such move by the **Chinese** entrepreneurs to get skill directly by working with **Japanese**. A few successful examples are the **Asian** Tigers; Singapore, **[|Korea]** and **[|Taiwan]** which have gained from such experience. The economies of these countries prospered through export led strategies with the use of cheap labour becoming skillful and creative."

- Dr. Tanvir Orakzai [|American Chronicle]

===[|Migration] and [|Colonization]=== [|Severe snowstorms, freezing temperatures may Mongolian herders into cities]
 * [|Australia’s Tightened Immigration Rule Affects 800 Koreans]
 * " Australia has rejected 20,000 immigration applications, including those by hundreds of Korean nationals, in a major overhaul aimed at attracting highly skilled labor, the Australian immigration minister said."
 * [|China's Way Forward]
 * "Idle factories, moored container ships, widespread bankruptcies, massive migration back to the hinterlands, strangely clean air—the signs of depression are everywhere in China."
 * [|Three-pronged Sinhala colonization in Mannaar]
 * "Everyday, colonizers with shelter-making facilities and boats are brought through Vilpattu from Puththa’lam district and from Medawachchiya of Anuradhapura district, news sources said adding that even this Sinhalicisation is carefully planned for Buddhicisation of the Tamil Muslim and Christian dominated district."
 * [|Is Britain Full?]
 * "Japan, with its ageing population, low birthrate and lack of migration, should serve as a warning to other countries. Japan and Russia (which has a falling population and is offering financial “birth bonuses”) are on a downward demographic trajectory."
 * [|Chinese start their new year 'migration']
 * "It sees families reuniting around the nation and triggers an exodus believed to be the world's largest annual human migration."
 * "Blizzards and freezing temperatures that have killed more than a million livestock in Mongolia could force thousands of herders to migrate to shantytowns near the capital of Ulan Bator, an international aid group said Thursday."

Government and Politics
[|China Government Profile]

International organization participation
ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, APT, Arctic Council (observer), ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), BIS, CDB, EAS, FAO, G-20, G-24 (observer), G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OPCW, PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC (observer), SCO, SICA (observer), UN, UN Security Council, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMIT, UNOCI, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

An article I found tells about Japan and its new biodiversity strategy and the goals they are setting for the country and where they want to be in 2020 and 2050. It was really informational and was an interesting article to read. If you want to read it too you can find a link [|here]

[| Japan Government Profile]

International organization participation
ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, APT, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, CE (observer), CERN (observer), CP, EAS, EBRD, FAO, G-20, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAIA, MIGA, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC (observer), SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

[|Mongolia Government Profile]

International organization participation
ADB, ARF, CP, EBRD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OPCW, OSCE (partner), SCO (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOMIG, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

[|Taiwan Government Profile] - Due to Taiwan's interesting history with China it is not always considered to be a country.

International organization participation
ADB, APEC, BCIE, ICC, IOC, ITUC, WCL, WFTU, WTO

[|South Korea Government Profile]

International organization participation
ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, APT, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, CP, EAS, EBRD, FAO, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAIA, MIGA, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMOGIP, UNOMIG, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

[|North Korea Government Profile] - Is a generally marginalized nation due to it's Socialist system and possible insane leader.

International organization participation
ARF, FAO, G-77, ICAO, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO, IMO, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, NAM, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO

Environment and Energy
North Korea's Environment Crisis

[|Monoglia Enviromental Issues]

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This is an article about an entire flight being blocked because a Japanese group fell ill. Read the entire story [|here] All of them were taken to a hospital because they complained of an upset stomach and nausea. Its a large reaction to just something like an upset stomach.

I found an Article on the subject of National Security, The US is trying to get China to agree with a Nuclear Security operation which could be a good thing for the world. Considering people are always worrying about nuclear war and bombs and different things like that if we can get a lot of people to agree with this then we won't have to worry about these bombs any more. A link to the full article is [|here].
 * __Security and :__**


 * __Education__**

China
China's education's system started to "improved shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China". The government took education as one of the things they need it to be improved, they started teaching cultural quality of the people by the construction of the nation. For full information please visit AsianInfo.org

The government only provides primary education for six year (which mean up to six grade).The education leaves are Primary School(6-12 years old), Junior Middle School(12-15 years old), Senior Middle School(15-18 years old), and University or Higher School(18-22 years old). For more information please visit ChinaTravelDiscovery.com

Mongolia
In Mongolia the education system has been really poor for nearly the last three or four decades. Recently they have gone through a complete overhaul for the education system in mongolia. In the school years of 1989/1990 to 1992/1993 the drop out rate add exponential increased by 2,300% and has increased to until last year. The teachers who have been sticking it out are no being paid $100 to $150 per month. Though the enrollment in to school isn't up to par in all areas, though it is steadily increasing. With all of the good coming from the overhaul and the installment of computers into schools Mongolia's education will be back giving them hope for a better society especially since more than 70% of the country is under the age of 35.

=**Japan's decline in education its student internationally.**=

Due to a cultural shift in being education in one's country of origin, Japan has now turned to a cultural norm of educating its students in the country. Worker's say it gives them a leg up in the company when their higher education has taken place in the country as opposed to outside of the country which at times can hinder them from progressing. Here is an article (below that discusses this further). The graph above shows how Japan ranks in regards to other Asian countries. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/10/AR2010041002835_2.html

**__Human rights__**
japan is currently part of a human rights depute with the united states regarding half Japanese children who's parents had them with in the untied states brought them back to japan and are now refusing to provide any access to the American parents of said children.

China
China has been a big growing rate of development of its economy and increase in its regional / global economic and political influence. The most phenomenal feature of this global era is the economic ascent of China. Although China’s per-capita income is only one twelfth of the United States, the rise of China is already sending shock waves throughout the world. Now the second largest economy in the world, China will overtake the US by 2025 at the latest.The world is feeling the trouble of China’s rapid development and economic might. Chinese exports are sold worldwide, often in established markets. With a growing hunger for resources, China has become the world’s second largest oil importer and the largest greenhouse gas emitter. China is on the quest for a better life and has begun to coordinate international diplomatic efforts along with India, Brazil and South Africa; demonstrated most recently at the Copenhagen climate conference. As the developing world asserts itself on the global market, the rest of the world feels the pain. Developed countries are losing traditional manufacturing jobs, and are forced to upgrade to higher value-added activities, especially financial services. One thing I have to say about how china's development is that they are going to destroy the world, then they going to realize that they cannot eat money. For more info please go here.

=**__Development__** Mongolia: From viewing data from the last couple of years in Mongolia i can say that they are not having a great development in it's economic system. The only ting that seems to be good about what has increased over the years was the life expectancy and the literacy in the country. Besides those everything else has numbers that shows that things aren't turning out for the best, such as poverty, infrastructure, and urban development. http://data.worldbank.org/country/mongolia =
 * Japan:** is a part of an organization called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which allows the country to have positive relationships with other countries around the world. For more information about the MOFA please go to this site: http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/hq/org.html

Here is a visual breakdown of the MOFA



Culture In Japan: here is a great article about the many cultures in Japan

__Human Rights in China__
Human Rights in China have been going through various changes recently. The United States and China have begun to have a conversation about human rights, which is something that has not happened before. China not only has been put under the microscope for its poor treatment of its people, but also for problems in Tibet and Taiwan recently. "The US has said it will raise longstanding concerns over freedom of expression and religion in China, as well as the treatment of dissidents."

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This [|article] is about how in China, there are people everyday that are trying to do good for the chinese that are being punished and put into jail. It talks about how the USA wants to do something to help but that they are not really doing anything useful. Amnesty International stated, " 'Without any meaningful results, the risk is that China can hide behind the holding of talks and bide time,' said T. Kumar, the international advocacy director of Amnesty International USA." And that China and the USA were "...pursuing talks for the sake of talks."

The Universal Declaration of HUman rights are certainly not being upheld in China and the United States seem to genuinely want to help but because of our relationship with CHina we are being forced to hold back. If we were to call out China and to actually legitimately do something about it, we may loose more than we are fighting for because we may loose the rights we want people to get and we could loose a trading partner. But that would also be bad for China because they would look bad to the world (more bad) and would loose money and trade as well. Basically though I think I think the USA would be more backed up by the world community for doing something then doing nothing.

=__Gender__=

   

In China they are having many issues with not having enough female to male ratio because they are pretty much killing/giving away their baby girls. This is a major problem that should be addressed better but for some reason they like males better so for all this time they have been killing their baby girls and not realizing the effects on their country it would have. If they keep going like they were/are then there would not be enough females to bare children which would mean their population would decline greatly.



east asia as a hole has a genearl lack in gender equality, on some places many girls are aborted. also in many places there are fewer woman in places of power then men such as in government or large companies.