1	EAST ASIA III (CHAPTER 9: 464-485)
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3	THE JAKOTA TRIANGLE CHARACTERISTICS Great cities Enormous consumption of raw materials State-of-the-art industries Voluminous exports Global links Trades surpluses Rapid development CHALLENGES Social problems Political uncertainties Vulnerabilities
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6	OUTLINE OF JAPANESE HISTORY 600 - 800 Chinese cultural influence 1000 -1300 War, Medieval society arises, shoguns evolve 1600 -1867 Tokugawa Shogunate, isolation, foreigners and Christianity expelled, individualistic culture, emphasis on Shinto belief system 1853 - Commodore Perry acquires new treaties with the outside
7	MEIJI RESTORATION 1868 Rebellion brought in reformers Reinstated the emperor and began to transform Japan from a Feudal society with pre-machine age technology to an industrial power Adopted aspects of the British model Launched a systematic study of the industrialized world Focus was on industrialization and education system
8	EXPANSIONIST JAPAN TAIWAN 1895 KOREA 1910 PACIFIC ISLANDS POST W.W.I MANCHURIA 1931 CHINA 1937 HONG KONG 1939 SOUTHEAST ASIA 1941
9	JAPAN’S POST WWII TRANSFORMATION 1945 –1952: Allied Occupation Economic reshaping Labor legislation Constitution Civil rights Land reform U.S. “Helping hand” policy
10	POPULATION COMPARISONS
11	POPULATION PROFILES
12	DECLINING JAPANESE POPULATION Population: 127.4 million Birth rate: 8 births/1,000 Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 Growth rate: 0.0% Life expectancy: 78 (M), 85 (F) Urbanization: 78%
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14	KOREA The size of “Idaho” but with a population of 73 million Turbulent political history: A dependency of China A colony of Japan’s Divided along the 38^th parallel by Allied Powers > WWII (1945) Cease-fire line established in1953
15	NORTH-SOUTH CONTRASTS NORTH KOREA 55% of the land, 1/3 of the population, extremely rural Antiquated state enterprises Inefficient, non-productive agriculture Limited trade – former Soviet Union and China SOUTH KOREA 45% of the land, 2/3s of the population, highly urbanized Modern factories Intensive, increasingly mechanized agriculture Extensive trade – US, Japan, and Western Europe
16	THE KOREAS POPULATION 23,600,000 49,200,000 GNP (BILLIONS) $ 21.3 $ 508.3 GNP/CAPITA $ 920 $ 17,300 AGRICULTURE RESTRICTIVE GOOD (as % of GNP) 25 % 8 % (% work force) 36 % 21 %
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18	SEOUL Capital of Korea (late 1300s - early 1900s) 9.9 million people Located in the northwest corner of South Korea – just south of the DMZ The urban-industrial center! Textiles, clothing, footwear, electronic goods Vulnerabilities?
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21	TAIWAN Historical background: A Chinese province for centuries Colonized by Japan in 1895 Returned to China > WWII 1949 – Chinese Nationalists (supported by the US) fled from the mainland and established the Republic of China (ROC) Territory - approximately 14,000 Square miles Population – 22.7 million 77% urbanized
22	FOUR ECONOMIC TIGERS
23	THE FOUR TIGERS (ISSUES AND CONCERNS) Vulnerability to Global Market Fluctuations Land Use Competition Urban Problems Environmental Degradation Political Questions Post Industrial Economy
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