1	EAST ASIA I (chapter 9: 418-440)
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3	MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES OF EAST ASIA WORLD’S MOST POPULOUS REALM ONE OF THE WORLD’S EARLIEST CULTURE HEARTHS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FORCES CONTINUE TO TRANSFORM TRADITIONAL CULTURAL LANDSCAPES. INTENSIFYING REGIONAL DISPARITIES POPULATION CONCENTRATIONS IN THE EAST, SITUATED IN RIVER BASINS POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY REVEALS INSTABILITY.
4	REGIONS OF THE REALM CHINA PROPER- EASTERN HALF; THE CORE XIZANG (TIBET)- TALL MOUNTAINS AND HIGH PLATEAUS; SPARSELY POPULATED XINJIANG- VAST DESERT BASIN AND MOUNTAIN RIMS; A CULTURAL CONTACT ZONE MONGOLIA- A DESERT, BUFFER STATE THE JAKOTA TRIANGLE JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, TAIWAN RAPID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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6	PHYSIOGRAPHY TOTAL AREA IS ABOUT 3.6 MILLION SQ MI LONGITUDINAL EXTENT IS COMPARABLE TO THE US; LATITUDINAL RANGE FROM NORTHERN QUEBEC TO CENTRAL CARIBBEAN BORDERED (SURROUNDED) BY OCEAN, HIGH MOUNTAINS, STEPPE COUNTRY, AND DESERT VAST AND VARIED TOPOGRAPHY
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8	CLIMATE CLIMATE TYPES INCLUDE: B (DRY); C (HUMID TEMPERATE); D (HUMID COLD); AND H (UNCLASSIFIED HIGHLANDS) INCLUDES THE LARGEST AREA OF (H) HIGHLAND CLIMATE IN THE WORLD DESERT CONDITIONS PREVAIL IN THE NORTHERN INTERIOR COASTAL, PENINSULAR, AND INSULAR EAST ASIA BOAST MORE MODERATE CLIMATES THAN THE INTERIOR REGIONS
9	REGIONS OF THE REALM CHINA PROPER ZIZANG XINJIANG MONGOLIA JAKOTA TRIANGLE
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16	CHINA’S POLITICAL MAP 4 CENTRAL-GOVERNMENT-ADMINISTERED MUNICIPALITIES BEIJING (CAPITAL); TIANJIN (PORT CITY); SHANGHI (LARGEST CITY); CHONGQUING (INTERIOR RIVER PORT) 5 AUTONOMOUS REGIONS NEI MONGOL (INNER MONGOLIA); NINGXIA HUI; XINJIANG UYGUR (NW); GUANGXI ZHUANG (SOUTH); XIZANG (TIBET) 22 PROVINCES GROW IN SIZE FROM EAST TO WEST
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18	CHINESE PERSPECTIVES ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT CULTURE HEARTHS CONTINUOUS CIVILIZATION FOR OVER 4,000 YEARS VIEW OF CHINA AS THE CENTER OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD EASTERN VS WESTERN BIAS INWARD LOOKING CLOSED SOCIETY
19	KONGFUZI (CONFUCIUS) CHINA’S MOST INFLUENTIAL PHILOSOPHER AND TEACHER 551- 479 BC- TOOK ON SPIRITUAL PROPORTIONS AFTER HIS DEATH- CONFUCIANISM FOCUSED ON THE SUFFERING OF ORDINARY PEOPLE DURING THE ZHOU DYNASTY EMPHASIZED THAT HUMAN VIRTUES, RATHER THAN GODLY CONNECTIONS, SHOULD DETERMINE A PERSON’S PLACE IN SOCIETY TEACHINGS HAVE DOMINATED CHINESE LIFE AND THOUGHT FOR MORE THAN 20 CENTURIES
20	CHINA’S RELATIVE LOCATION ISOLATION NATURAL PROTECTIVE BARRIERS DISTANCE INWARD LOOKING (CENTRAL KINGDOM) WITH MINOR INCIDENCES OF CULTURAL DIFFUSION EFFECTS OF ONE OCEAN A HISTORY OF EMPERORS WHO RESTRICTED USE OF THE COASTLINE, EXCEPT IN LOCAL CIRCUMSTANCES TODAY THE OCEAN IS PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE IN THE ECONOMIC (AND CULTURAL) TRANSFORMATION OF COASTAL CHINA.
21	EXTRATERRITORIALITY A DOCTRINE OF EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL LAW EMPLOYED IN CHINA DURING THE LATE 1800s AFFORDED IMMUNITY FROM LOCAL JURISDICTION CONSTITUTED AN EROSION OF CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY DISTINCT ENCLAVES EVOLVED
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