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

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Communism
Asia has 4 of the 6 remaining communist states
world wide.

• China
• North Korea
• Laos
• Vietnam

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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

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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

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Development Issues

• Poverty
• Unemployment
• East Timor
• Warfare
• Sweat Shops
• Pros
• Cons

• Banking Crisis of 1997
• Bad Investments
• Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea

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HUMAN RIGHTS

• -Repression of Womens Rights
• -Workers Rights
• -Prisoner Rights

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SOCIAL ISSUES

• -Male Domination
• -Education
• -AIDS

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POLITICAL ISSUES

• Conflicting Systems
• -Democracy
• -Communist
• -Constitutional Monarchy

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POLITICAL ISSUES

• Corruption
• -Crony System
• -China
• -Indonesia
• -Burma

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POLITICAL ISSUES

• Threats
• - Nuclear Weapons - Border Issues

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