Far East

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This article is about the Asian regions. For the A. R. Gurney play, see Far East (play). For the newspaper published in Japan, see The Far East (periodical).

The Far East refers to the countries of East Asia.^[1] It was well popularized in the English language during the period of the British Empire as a blanket term for lands to the east of British India. Prior to World War I, the Near East referred to relatively nearby lands of the Ottoman Empire, Middle East to northwestern South Asia and Central Asia, and Far East for countries along the western Pacific Ocean and countries along the eastern Indian Ocean. Many European languages have analogous terms, such as the French Extrême-Orient, Spanish Extremo Oriente, Portuguese Extremo Oriente, German Ferner Osten, Italian Estremo oriente, and Dutch Verre Oosten.

In Orientalist usage, it evokes cultural as well as geographic separation; that is, it evokes a locale which is not just geographically distant, but also culturally exotic. Far East never refers, for instance, to the culturally Western nations of Australia and New Zealand, which lie even farther to the east of Europe than much of East Asia. Far East in this sense is comparable to terms such as the Orient, which means East; the Eastern world; or simply the East. South East Asia and Russian Far East might be included in Far East to some extent due to recent Chinese diaspora to Russia, the Koryo-saram the Great Chinese Diaspora. This was a tragic event in the history of the Far East.

The United Kingdom and United States historically used "Far East" for several units and commands in the region:

In addition, the post-World War II trials of Imperial Japanese war criminals was titled the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.

Use of the term in the Western world has become somewhat circumscribed due to its Eurocentrism and association with European imperialism in Asia. The more precise East Asia and Southeast Asia, or larger umbrella terms, such as Pacific Rim, are preferred in cultural and economic studies. The region's growth has given new meaning to the term as meaning the Far East of the world (i.e. the easternmost continental land in the Eastern Hemisphere) rather than to the Far East of Europe. Many commercial enterprises and institutions are named "Far East," like that of Far Eastern National University in Vladivostok, Far Eastern University in the City of Manila, and as South Korean's Far East University, and the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review.

1 Territories and regions
2 Gallery
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Territories and regions

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Name of region^[2] and territory, with flag	Area (km²)	Population (1 July 2002 est.)	Population density (per km²)	Capital
Image:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei	5,770	350,898	60.8	Bandar Seri Begawan
Image:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia	181,040	12,775,324	70.6	Phnom Penh
Template:Country data China China^[3]	9,584,492	1,384,303,705	134.0	Beijing
Template:Country data Hong Kong Hong Kong (China)^[4]	1,092	7,303,334	6,688.0	—
Template:Country data Indonesia Indonesia^[5]	1,419,588	227,026,560	159.9	Jakarta
Template:Country data Japan Japan	377,835	126,974,628	336.1	Tokyo
Template:Country data Laos Laos	236,800	5,777,180	24.4	Vientiane
Image:Flag of Macau.svg Macau (China)^[6]	25	461,833	18,473.3	—
Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia	329,750	22,662,365	68.7	Kuala Lumpur
Image:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia	1,565,000	2,694,432	1.7	Ulaanbaatar
Image:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar (Burma)	678,500	42,238,224	62.3	Naypyidaw^[7]
Template:Country data North Korea North Korea	120,540	22,224,195	184.4	Pyongyang
Template:Country data Philippines Philippines	300,000	84,525,639	281.8	Manila
Template:Country data Russia Russia^[8]	13,115,200	39,129,729	3.0	Moscow
Template:Country data Singapore Singapore	704	4,483,900	6,369.0	Singapore
Template:Country data South Korea South Korea	98,480	48,324,000	490.7	Seoul
Template:Country data Thailand Thailand	514,000	62,354,402	121.3	Bangkok
Template:Country data Timor-Leste Timor-Leste (East Timor)^[9]	15,007	952,618	63.5	Dili
Template:Country data Taiwan Taiwan^[10]	35,980	22,548,009	626.7	Taipei
Template:Country data Vietnam Vietnam	329,560	81,098,416	246.1	Hanoi

[edit] Gallery

Shanghai Pudong.jpg Shanghai, China, PRC	Tokyo odaiba.jpg Tokyo, Japan	Singapore.jpg Singapore City, Singapore	Saigonskyline1.JPG Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
Seoul nighview.jpg Seoul, Korea, ROK	Osaka City.jpg Osaka, Japan	Yuri Vladivostok 20030804 118.jpg Vladivostok, Russian Far East, Russia	ManilaPhilippines.JPG Manila, Philippines
Night view of Taipei City(Central).jpg Taipei, Taiwan, ROC	Guangzhou skyline.jpg Guangzhou, China, PRC	Jakarta.jpg Jakarta, Indonesia	Hanoi.jpg Hanoi, Vietnam
Cambodia busy-phnom-penh-street.jpg Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Sule-Pagoda by-Night.jpg Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma)	Malaysia.JPG Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Cebucity view from cordova.jpg Cebu City, Philippines
Bangkok skytrain sunset.jpg Bangkok, Thailand	Ddm 2004 027 Kaohsiung Harbor.jpg Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC	0322 Pyongyang Turm der Juche Idee Aussicht.jpg P'yŏngyang, Korea, DPRK	VictoriaHarbour.jpg Hong Kong, PRC

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

^ [1]
^ Continental regions as per UN categorisations (map), except 12. Depending on definitions, various territories cited below (notes 6, 11-13, 15, 17-19, 21-23) may be in one or both of Asia and Europe, Africa, or Oceania.
^ The current state is formally known as the People's Republic of China (PRC), which is subsumed by the eponymous entity and civilisation (China). Figures given are for mainland China only, and do not include Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
^ Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
^ Indonesia is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania; figures do not include Irian Jaya and Maluku Islands, frequently reckoned in Oceania (Melanesia/Australasia).
^ Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
^ The administrative capital of Myanmar was officially moved from Yangon (Rangoon) to a militarised greenfield just west of Pyinmana on 6 November 2005.
^ Russia is generally considered a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe (UN region) and Northern Asia; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
^ Timor-Leste is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania.
^ Figures are for the area under the de facto control of the Republic of China (ROC) government, frequently referred to as Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the PRC; see political status of Taiwan.

Whitaker, Brian. "From Turkey to Tibet," The Guardian, February 23, 2004.

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