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Title: Asia and the Pacific Rim


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Asia and the Pacific Rim
  • Malaysia
  • Singapore
  • Fiji
  • Philippines
  • Taiwan
  • Mongolia
  • Micronesia
  • New Zealand
  • Laos
  • North and South Korea
  • Vietnam
  • Australia
  • Burma
  • Indonesia
  • East Timor
  • Papua New Guinea
  • China
  • Japan
  • Thailand
  • Brunei
  • Cambodia
  • Solomon Islands

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DIVERSITY of REGION
  • -Religion
  • -Language
  • -Geography
  • -Ethnicity

4
Communism
Asia has 4 of the 6 remaining communist states
world wide.
  • China
  • North Korea
  • Laos
  • Vietnam

5
Capitalism
  • -Many Asian Nations Thrive under capitalist
    economic structures.
  • -Until 1997, several Asian countries were the
    fastest growing economies in the world.
  • -Recovery from 1997 is only now beginning

6
Asian Economic Dragons
  • -China and Japan boast the second and third
    highest GDPs (PPP)
  • -Brunei Darussalam has the second richest man
    (the Sultan) in the world
  • -At least 5 of Asias countries have a GDP per
    capita over 10,000

7
Development Issues
  • Poverty
  • Unemployment
  • East Timor
  • Warfare
  • Sweat Shops
  • Pros
  • Cons
  • Banking Crisis of 1997
  • Bad Investments
  • Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea

8
HUMAN RIGHTS
  • -Repression of Womens Rights
  • -Workers Rights
  • -Prisoner Rights

9
SOCIAL ISSUES
  • -Male Domination
  • -Education
  • -AIDS

10
POLITICAL ISSUES
  • Conflicting Systems
  • -Democracy
  • -Communist
  • -Constitutional Monarchy

11
POLITICAL ISSUES
  • Corruption
  • -Crony System
  • -China
  • -Indonesia
  • -Burma

12
POLITICAL ISSUES
  • Threats
  • - Nuclear Weapons - Border Issues

13
Asia for Spring Break 04
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