10 Facts About East Asian

1.

East Asian Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms.

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The modern states of East Asian Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.

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Major religions in East Asian Asia include Buddhism, Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism, Taoism, Ancestral worship, and Chinese folk religion in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, Shintoism in Japan, and Christianity, and Musok in Korea.

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4.

The various other regions in East Asian Asia were selective in the Chinese influences they adopted into their local customs.

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5.

Chinese civilization existed for about 1500 years before other East Asian civilizations emerged into history, Imperial China would exert much of its cultural, economic, technological, and political muscle onto its neighbours.

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6.

Under Emperor Wu of Han, the Han dynasty made China the regional power in East Asian Asia, projecting much of its imperial power on its neighbours.

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UNSD definition of East Asian Asia is based on statistical convenience, but others commonly use the same definition of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan.

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However, in this context, the term "Far East Asian" is used by the Europeans to cover ASEAN countries and the countries in East Asian Asia.

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However, being a Eurocentric term, Far East Asian describes the region's geographical position in relation to Europe rather than its location within Asia.

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10.

The relationship between China and its cultural influence on East Asian Asia has been compared to the historical influence of Greco-Roman civilization on Europe and the Western World.

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