East and Southeast Asia 20242025

Auteur

James E. Hoare retired from the British Foreign Service in 2003 after 33 years as a Research Analyst.

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East and Southeast Asia 2020-2022 provides students with vital information on all countries on the African continent through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends.

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Acknowledgments

East and Southeast Asia Today

Map: East, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

A Diversity of People

Religious Beliefs

Women in Traditional Asia

The Impact of the West

Nationalism, Communism and Revolution

Women in Modern East and Southeast Asia

From Post-Colonialism to Globalization

"Asia and the Climate Crisis"

Reprinted with permission of the Association of

Asian Studies from Education About

EAST ASIA

China

The People's Republic of China

Hong Kong

Macau

Tibet

"Tibetan Buddhism" by Jeannine Chandler

Taiwan: Republic of China

Japan

Korea

The Republic of Korea (South Korea)

South Korea's Rasputin by Mark JihunSuk

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

Mongolia

SOUTHEAST ASIA

Brunei Darussalam

Cambodia

East Timor

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar (Burma)

Papua New Guinea

The Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

WESTERN PACIFIC

Australia

New Zealand

Island Communities of the Western and Southern Pacific

Bibliography and Additional Resources