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East Asia is a geocultural region of Asia. It includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan,[1][2] plus two special administrative regions of China, Hong Kong and Macau. The economies of China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are among the world's largest and most prosperous. East Asia borders North Asia to the north, Southeast Asia to the south, South Asia to the southwest, and Central Asia to the west. To its east is the Pacific Ocean.

East Asia, especially Chinese civilization, is regarded as one of the earliest cradles of civilization. Other ancient civilizations in East Asia that still exist as independent countries in the present day include the Korean, Japanese, and Mongolian civilizations. Various other civilizations existed as independent polities in East Asia in the past but have since been absorbed into neighbouring civilizations in the present day, such as Tibet, Manchuria, and Ryukyu (Okinawa), among many others. Taiwan has a relatively young history in the region after the prehistoric era; originally, it was a major site of Austronesian civilisation prior to colonisation by European colonial powers and China from the 17th century onward. For thousands of years, China was the leading civilization in the region, exerting influence on its neighbours.[3][4][5] Historically, societies in East Asia have fallen within the Chinese sphere of influence, and East Asian vocabularies and scripts are often derived from Classical Chinese and Chinese script. The Chinese calendar serves as the root from which many other East Asian calendars are derived.

Major religions in East Asia include Buddhism (mostly Mahayana),[6] Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism, Taoism,[7] ancestral worship, and Chinese folk religion in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, Shinto in Japan, and Christianity and Musok in Korea.[8][9][10] Tengerism and Tibetan Buddhism are prevalent among Mongols and Tibetans while other religions such as Shamanism are widespread among the indigenous populations of northeastern China such as the Manchus.[11] The major languages in East Asia include Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The major ethnic groups of East Asia include the Han in China and Taiwan, Yamato in Japan, Koreans in North and South Korea, and Mongols in Mongolia. There are 76 officially-recognized minority or indigenous ethnic groups in East Asia; 55 native to mainland China (including Hui, Manchus, Chinese Mongols, Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Zhuang in the frontier regions), 16 native to the island of Taiwan (collectively known as Taiwanese indigenous peoples), one native to the major Japanese island of Hokkaido (the Ainu) and four native to Mongolia (Turkic peoples). The Ryukyuan people are an unrecognized ethnic group indigenous to the Ryukyu Islands in southern Japan, which stretch from Kyushu to Taiwan. There are also several unrecognized indigenous ethnic groups in mainland China and Taiwan.

East Asians comprise around Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". billion people, making up about 33% of the population in continental Asia and 20% of the global population.[12]Template:Update inline The region is home to major world metropolises such as Beijing–Tianjin, Busan–Daegu–Ulsan–Changwon, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Osaka–Kyoto–Kobe, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taipei, and Tokyo. Although the coastal and riparian areas of the region form one of the world's most populated places, the population in Mongolia and Western China, both landlocked areas, is very sparsely distributed, with Mongolia having the lowest population density of a sovereign state. The overall population density of the region is Template:Convert, about three times the world average of Template:Convert.Template:WhenTemplate:Citation needed

History

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Ancient era

China was the first region settled in East Asia and was undoubtedly the core of East Asian civilization from where other parts of East Asia were formed. The various other regions in East Asia were selective in the Chinese influences they adopted into their local customs. Historian Ping-ti Ho referred to China as the cradle of Eastern civilization, in parallel with the cradle of Middle Eastern civilization along the Fertile Crescent encompassing Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt[13] as well as the cradle of Western civilization encompassing Ancient Greece.

Chinese civilization emerged early, and prefigured other East Asian civilisations. Throughout history, imperial China would exert cultural, economic, technological, and political influence on its neighbours.[14][15][16] Succeeding Chinese dynasties exerted enormous influence across East Asia culturally, economically, politically and militarily for over two millennia.[16][17][18] The tributary system of China shaped much of East Asia's history for over two millennia due to Imperial China's economic and cultural influence over the region, and thus played a huge role in the history of East Asia in particular.[19][20][15] Imperial China's cultural preeminence not only led the country to become East Asia's first literate nation in the entire region, it also supplied Japan and Korea with Chinese loanwords and linguistic influences rooted in their writing systems.[21]

Under Emperor Wu of Han, the Han dynasty made China the regional powerhouse in East Asia, projecting much of its imperial influence onto its neighbours.[16]Template:Sfn Han China hosted the largest unified population in East Asia, the most literate and urbanised as well as being the most economically developed, as well as the most technologically and culturally advanced civilization in the region at the time.[22][23] Cultural and religious interaction between the Chinese and other regional East Asian dynasties and kingdoms occurred. China's impact and influence on Korea began with the Han dynasty's northeastern expansion in 108 BC when the Han Chinese conquered the northern part of the Korean peninsula and established a province called Lelang. Chinese influences were transmitted and soon took root in Korea through the inclusion of the Chinese writing system, monetary system, rice culture, philosophical schools of thought, and Confucian political institutions.[24] Jomon society in ancient Japan incorporated wet-rice cultivation and metallurgy through its contact with Korea. Starting in the fourth century AD, Japan adopted Chinese characters, which remain integral to the Japanese writing system. Utilizing the Chinese writing system allowed the Japanese to conduct their daily activities, maintain historical records and give form to various ideas, thoughts, and philosophies.

Medieval era

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Map showing the boundary of the 13th-century Mongol Empire compared to today's Mongols

During the Tang dynasty, China exerted its greatest influence on East Asia as various aspects of Chinese culture spread to Japan and Korea.[25] The establishment of the medieval Tang dynasty rekindled the impetus of Chinese expansionism across the geopolitical confines of East Asia. Similar to its Han predecessor, Tang China reasserted itself as the center of East Asian geopolitical influence during the early medieval period which spearheaded and marked another golden age in Chinese history. During the Tang dynasty, China exerted its greatest influence on East Asia as various aspects of Chinese culture spread to Japan and Korea.[25][26] In addition, Tang China also managed to maintain control over northern Vietnam and northern Korea.[27]

As full-fledged medieval East Asian states were established, Korea by the fourth century AD and Japan by the seventh century AD, Japan and Korea actively began to incorporate Chinese influences such as Confucianism, the use of Chinese characters, architecture, state institutions, political philosophies, religion, urban planning, and various scientific and technological methods into their culture and society through direct contacts with Tang China and succeeding Chinese dynasties.[25][26][28] Drawing inspiration from the Tang political system, Prince Naka no oe launched the Taika Reform in 645 AD where he radically transformed Japan's political bureaucracy into a more centralised bureaucratic empire.[29] The Japanese also adopted Mahayana Buddhism, Chinese style architecture, and the imperial court's rituals and ceremonies, including the orchestral music and state dances had Tang influences. Written Chinese gained prestige and aspects of Tang culture such as poetry, calligraphy, and landscape painting became widespread.[29] During the Nara period, Japan began to aggressively import Chinese culture and styles of government which included Confucian protocol that served as a foundation for Japanese culture as well as political and social philosophy.[30][31] The Japanese created laws adopted from the Chinese legal system that was used to govern in addition to the kimono, which was inspired from Chinese hanfu during the 8th century.

Modern era

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A 17th-century-map showing Qing China and Tokugawa Japan

For many centuries, most notably from the 7th to the 14th centuries, China stood as East Asia's most advanced civilization and foremost military and economic power, exerting its influence as the transmission of advanced Chinese cultural practices and ways of thinking greatly shaped the region up until the 19th century.[32][33][34] From 3rd century through the 18th century, diplomatic and trade relations between China and other East Asian countries and the steppe kingdoms was governed through a tributary system.[35]Template:Rp Under this system, the Chinese emperor received tribute from other rulers and in return received political benefits (like recognition or non-aggression agreements) or physical gifts, like porcelain and silks.[35]Template:Rp Through this system, the Chinese emperor conferred legitimacy on other rulers.[35]Template:Rp

As East Asia's connections with Europe and the Western world strengthened during the late 19th century, China's power began to decline.[14][36] By the mid-19th century, the weakening Qing dynasty became fraught with political corruption, obstacles and stagnation that was incapable of rejuvenating itself as a world power in contrast to the industrializing Imperial European colonial powers and a rapidly modernizing Japan.[37][38] The United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry would open Japan to Western influence, and the country would expand in earnest after the 1860s.[39][40][41] Around the same time, the Meiji Restoration in Japan sparked rapid societal transformation from an isolated feudal state into East Asia's first industrialised nation.[42][40] The modern and militarily powerful Japan would galvanise its position in the Orient as East Asia's greatest power with a global mission poised to advance to lead the entire world.[42][43] By the early 1900s, the Empire of Japan succeeded in asserting itself as East Asia's most dominant geopolitical force.[43]

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Colonies and spheres of influence in East Asia and Oceania, circa 1914

With its newly found international status, Japan would begin to challenge the European colonial powers and inextricably took on a more active role within the East Asian geopolitical order and world affairs at large.Template:Sfn Flexing its nascent political and military might, Japan soundly defeated the stagnant Qing dynasty during the First Sino-Japanese War as well as defeating Russia in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905; the first major military victory in the modern era of an East Asian power over a European one.[44][45][46][39]

During World War I, European military presence in East Asia decreased.[47]Template:Rp Japan viewed this as an opportunity to increase its power in China and shortly after the war began, occupied Germany's concessions in Shandong.[47]Template:Rp In December 1914, Japan made its Twenty-One Demands to China.[47]Template:Rp The Republic of China under Yuan Shikai conceded to most of the demands in 1915, and subsequent treaties and agreements further increased Japan's semi-colonial power in China.[47]Template:Rp

Japan hegemony was the heart of an empire that would include Taiwan and Korea.[42] During World War II, Japanese expansionism with its imperialist aspirations through the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere would incorporate Korea, Taiwan, much of eastern China and Manchuria, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia under its control establishing itself as a maritime colonial power in East Asia.[48]

Contemporary era

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After a century of exploitation by the European and Japanese colonialists, post-colonial East Asia saw the defeat and occupation of Japan by the victorious Allies. The end of World War II did not result in east Asian countries obtaining independence or national unification.[35]Template:Rp Independence and national unification were primary concerns for the first generation of east Asian post-World War II leaders.[35]Template:Rp

The Chinese Civil War resumed after the defeat of the Japanese, with the Communists defeating the Nationalist Republic of China government. The government of the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan and the People's Republic of China was proclaimed on 1 October 1949.

Post-war, the Korean peninsula was partitioned, leading to the development of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The Korean War (1950–1953) increased regional and international tensions.[49]Template:Rp The northeast part of East Asia hardened along communist and anti-communist lines.[49]Template:Rp South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States have increased their ties.[49]Template:Rp

During the latter half of the 20th century, the region would see the post war economic miracle of Japan, which ushered in three decades of unprecedented growth, only to experience an economic slowdown during the 1990s, but nonetheless Japan continues to remain a global economic power. East Asia would also see the economic rise of Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan, in addition to the respective handovers of Hong Kong and Macau near the end of the 20th century.

The onset of the 21st century in East Asia led to the integration of China into the global economy through its entry in the World Trade Organization while also enhancing its emerging international status as a potential world power reinforced with its aim of restoring its historical established significance and enduring international prominence in the world economy.[1][50][51][52][53][54][55][56]

As of at least 2022, the region is more peaceful, integrated, wealthy, and stable than at any time in the previous 150 years.[57]Template:Rp

Definitions

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Three sets of possible boundaries for the Central Asia region that overlap with conceptions of East Asia

In common usage, the term "East Asia" typically refers to a region including Greater China, Japan, Korea and Mongolia.[51][58][59][60][61]Template:Sfn[62][63]

China, Japan, and Korea represent the three core countries and civilizations of traditional East Asia, as they once had a shared written language, a shared culture, and a shared Confucian societal value system (involving shared Confucian philosophical tenets) once instituted by Imperial China.[64][65][66][67][68] Other usages define China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan as countries that constitute East Asia based on their geographic proximity as well as historical and modern cultural and economic ties, particularly with Japan and Korea in having retained strong cultural influences that originated from China.[64][68][69][70][71] Some scholars include Vietnam as part of East Asia as it has been considered part of the greater Chinese cultural sphere. Though Confucianism continues to play an important role in Vietnamese culture, Chinese characters are no longer used in its written language and many scholarly organizations classify Vietnam as a Southeast Asian country.[72][73][74] Mongolia is geographically north of China yet Confucianism and the Chinese writing system and culture had limited impact on Mongolian society. Thus, Mongolia is sometimes grouped with Central Asian countries such as Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.[72][73] Xinjiang and Tibet are sometimes seen as part of Central Asia (see also Greater Central Asia).[75][76][77]

Broader and looser definitions by international agencies and organisations such as the World Bank refer to East Asia as the "three major Northeast Asian economies, i.e. China, Japan, and South Korea", as well as Mongolia, North Korea, the Russian Far East, and Siberia.[78] The Council on Foreign Relations includes the Russia Far East, Mongolia, and Nepal.[79] The World Bank also acknowledges the roles of Chinese special administrative regions Hong Kong and Macau, as well as Taiwan, a country with limited recognition. The Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia defines the region as "China, Japan, the Koreas, Nepal, Mongolia, and eastern regions of the Russian Federation".[80]

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Map of East Asia
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The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) geoscheme for Asia works with subregions defined in terms of UN political geography statistics.[81] The UNSD geoscheme is based on statistic convenience rather than implying any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories:[82] Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend

The UNSD definition of East Asia is based on statistical convenience,[82] but others commonly use the same definition of China, Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan.[83][84]

Certain Japanese islands are associated with Oceania due to non-continental geology, distance from mainland Asia or biogeographical similarities with Micronesia.[85][86] Some groups, such as the World Health Organization, categorize China, Japan and Korea with Australia and the rest of Oceania. The World Health Organization label this region the "Western Pacific", with East Asia not being used in their concept of major world regions. Their definition of this region further includes Mongolia and the adjacent area of Cambodia, as well as the countries of the South East Asia Archipelago (excluding East Timor, Thailand, Myanmar and Indonesia).[87]

Alternative definitions

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In the context of business and economics, "East Asia" is sometimes used to refer to the geographical area covering ten Southeast Asian countries in ASEAN, Greater China, Japan, and Korea. However, in this context, the term "Far East" is used by the Europeans to cover ASEAN countries and the countries in East Asia. On rare occasions, the term is also sometimes taken to include India and other South Asian countries that are not situated within the bounds of the Asia-Pacific, although the term Indo-Pacific is more commonly used for such a definition.[88]

Observers preferring a broader definition of "East Asia" often use the term Northeast Asia to refer to China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, with the region of Southeast Asia covering the ten ASEAN countries. This usage, which is seen in economic and diplomatic discussions, is at odds with the historical meanings of both "East Asia" and "Northeast Asia".[89][90][91] The Council on Foreign Relations of the United States defines Northeast Asia as Japan and Korea.[79]

Climate

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East Asia map of Köppen climate classification.

East Asia is home to many climatic zones. It also has unique weather patterns such as the East Asian rainy season and the East Asian Monsoon.[92]

Climate change

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Climate change is expected to exacerbate heat stress over at the North China Plain, which is particularly vulnerable as widespread irrigation results in very moist air. There is a risk that agricultural labourers will be physically unable to work outdoors on hot summer days at the end of the century, particularly under the scenario of greatest emissions and warming.[93]

Like the rest of the world, East Asia has been getting warmer due to climate change, and there had been a measurable increase in the frequency and severity of heatwaves.[94]Template:Rp The region is also expected to see the intensification of its monsoon, leading to more flooding.[94]Template:Rp China has notably embarked on the sponge cities program, where cities are designed to increase the area of urban green spaces and permeable pavings in order to help deal with flash floods caused by greater precipitation extremes.[94]Template:Rp Under high-warming scenarios, "critical health thresholds" for heat stress during the 21st century will be at times breached,[94]Template:Rp in areas like the North China Plain.[93]

China, Japan and the Republic of Korea are expected to see some of the largest economic losses caused by sea level rise.[94] The city of Guangzhou is projected to experience the single largest annual economic losses from sea level rise in the world, potentially reaching US$254 million by 2050. Under the highest climate change scenario and in the absence of adaptation, cumulative economic losses caused by sea level rise in Guangzhou would exceed US$1 trillion by 2100.[94] Shanghai is also expected to experience annual losses of around 1% of the local GDP in the absence of adaptation.[94] The Yangtze River basin is a sensitive and biodiverse ecosystem, yet around 20% of its species may be lost throughout the century under Template:Convert and ~43% under Template:Convert.[94]Template:Rp

Economy

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Customs territory GDP nominal
millions of USD (2024)[95] 		GDP nominal per capita
USD (2024)[95] 		GDP PPP
millions of USD (2024)[95] 		GDP PPP per capita
USD (2024)[95]
Template:PRC 18,532,633 13,136 35,291,015 25,015
Template:HKGTemplate:Efn 406,775 53,606 570,082 75,128
Template:MACTemplate:Efn 54,677 78,962 92,885 125,510
Template:JPN 4,110,452 33,138 6,720,962 54,184
Template:MNG 21,943 6,182 58,580 16,504
Template:PRK N/A N/A N/A N/A
Template:KOR 1,760,947 34,165 3,057,995 59,330
Template:TWNTemplate:Efn 802,958 34,432 1,792,349 76,858
East Asia $25,690,385 $15,612 $47,583,868 $28,916

Territorial and regional data

China, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan are all unrecognised by at least one other East Asian state because of severe ongoing political tensions in the region, specifically the division of Korea and the political status of Taiwan.

Etymology

Flag Common Name Official name ISO 3166 Country Codes[96]
Exonym Endonym Exonym Endonym ISO Short Name Alpha-2 Code Alpha-3 Code Numeric
Template:Flagdeco China Template:Lang People's Republic of China Template:Lang China CN CHN 156
Template:Flagdeco Hong Kong Template:Lang Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
of the People's Republic of China		 Template:Lang Hong Kong HK HKG 344
Template:Flagdeco Macau Template:Lang Macao Special Administrative Region
of the People's Republic of China		 Template:Lang Macao MO MAC 446
Template:Flagdeco Japan Template:Lang Japan Template:Lang Japan JP JPN 392
Template:Flagdeco Mongolia Template:Lang Mongolia Template:Lang (Template:MongolUnicode) Mongolia MN MNG 496
Template:Flagdeco North Korea Template:Lang Democratic People's Republic of Korea Template:Lang Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of) KP PRK 408
Template:Flagdeco South Korea Template:Lang Republic of Korea Template:Lang Korea (the Republic of) KR KOR 410
Template:Flagdeco Taiwan Template:Lang Republic of China Template:Lang Taiwan (Province of China)[96] TW TWN 158

Demographics

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Population pyramid of East Asia in 2023
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Historical distribution map of linguistic groups in China
State/Territory Area km2 Population in

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% of East Asia % of World Population density
per km2 		HDI[97] Capital/Administrative Centre
Template:Flag 9,640,011Template:Efn 1,425,671Template:Efn 85.76% 17.72% 138 0.788 Beijing
Template:HKG 1,104 7,492 0.45% 0.093% 6,390 0.956 Hong Kong
Template:MAC 30 704 0.042% 0.0087% 18,662 0.925 Macao
Template:JPN 377,930 123,295 7.42% 1.53% 337 0.920 Tokyo
Template:MNG 1,564,100 3,447 0.2% 0.042% 2 0.741 Ulaanbaatar
Template:PRK 120,538 26,161 1.57% 0.33% 198 0.733
Template:Citation needed 		Pyongyang
Template:KOR 100,210 51,784 3.11% 0.64% 500 0.929 Seoul
Template:TWN 36,197 23,923 1.44% 0.297% 639 0.926 Taipei
East Asia 11,840,000 1,662,477 100% 20.66% 141

Religion

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Religion Native name Creator/Current Leader Founded Time Main Denomination Major book Type Ethnic groups States/territories
Chinese folk religion Template:Lang or Template:Lang Spontaneous formation Prehistoric period Salvationist, Wuism, Nuo Chinese classics, Huangdi Sijing, precious scrolls, etc. Prehistoric, pantheism, and polytheism Han, Hmong, Qiang, Tujia (worship of the same ancestor-gods) Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon
Taoism Template:Lang Zhang Daoling, Wang Chongyang (Quanzhen School) 125 AD Eastern Han dynastyTemplate:Citation needed Zhengyi, Quanzhen Tao Te Ching Pantheism, polytheism Han, Zhuang, Hmong, Yao, Qiang, Tujia Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon
East Asian Buddhism/Chinese Buddhism Template:Lang or Template:Lang Emperor Ming of Han (introduced to China), Mālānanda (introduced to Baekje), King Seong of Baekje (introduced to Japan) 67 AD Eastern Han dynasty Mahayana Diamond Sutra Non-God, Dualism. Han, Koreans, Yamato Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Tibetan Buddhism Template:Lang or Template:Lang/Template:Bo-textonly Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche 1800 years ago Mahayana, Vajrayana Anuttarayoga Tantra Non-God Tibetans, Manchus, Mongols Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Shamanism Template:Lang or Template:Lang Spontaneous formation Prehistoric period N/A Prehistoric, polytheism, and pantheism Manchus, Mongols, Oroqens Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Shinto Template:Lang Spontaneous formation Yayoi period[98] Shinto sects Kojiki, Nihon Shoki Prehistoric, pantheism, and polytheism Yamato Template:Flagicon
Korean shamanism Template:Lang (Template:Lang) or Template:Lang (Template:Lang) Spontaneous formation N/A Shamanism sects N/A Prehistoric, pantheism, and polytheism Koreans Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Ryukyuan religion Template:Lang or Template:Lang Spontaneous formation N/A N/A N/A Prehistoric, pantheism, and polytheism Ryukyuans Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon)

Ethnic groups

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Ethnicity Native name Population Language(s) Writing system(s) Major states/territories* Traditional attire
Han/Chinese Template:Lang or Template:Lang 1,313,345,856[99] Chinese (Mandarin, Min, Wu, Yue, Jin, Gan, Hakka, Xiang, Huizhou, Pinghua, etc.) Simplified Han characters, Traditional Han characters Template:Flagicon(Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon File:兩漢服人hanfu.jpg
Yamato/Japanese Template:Lang 125,117,000[100] Japanese Han characters (Kanji), Katakana, Hiragana Template:Flagicon File:Shinto married couple.jpg
Korean Template:Lang
Template:Lang 		84,790,105[101][102][103] Korean Hangul, Han characters (Hanja) Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon File:Korea Spring of Insadong 23 (13326968084).jpg
Bai Template:Lang 2,091,543[104] Bai, Southwestern Mandarin Simplified characters, Latin script Template:Flagicon File:Bai 5.JPG
Hui Template:Lang 11,377,914[104] Northwestern Mandarin, other Chinese Dialects, Huihui language, etc. Simplified characters Template:Flagicon File:HuiChineseMuslim3.jpg
Mongols Template:Lang Template:MongolUnicode
Монгол/Template:MongolUnicode 		8,942,528 Mongolian Mongol script, Cyrillic script Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon File:Mongolian Musician.jpg
Zhuang Template:Lang/Template:Lang 19,568,546[104] Zhuang, Southwestern Mandarin, etc. Simplified Han characters, Latin script Template:Flagicon File:Zhuang's beautiful maiden in Chongzuo Fusui.jpg
Uyghurs Template:Lang/ئۇيغۇر 11,774,538[104] Uyghur Arabic alphabet, Latin script Template:Flagicon File:Uyghur-elders-sunday-market-Kashgar.jpg
Manchus Template:Lang/Template:ManchuSibeUnicode 10,423,303[104] Northeastern Mandarin, Manchu language Simplified Han characters, Mongol script Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon File:Akšan.jpg
Hmong/Miao Template:Lang/Ghaob Xongb/Hmub/Mongb 11,067,929[104] Hmong/Miao, Southwestern Mandarin Latin script, Simplified Han characters Template:Flagicon File:贵州黔东南苗族女性（a Miao woman in Qiandongnan，Guizhou）.jpg
Tibetans Template:Lang/Template:Bo-textonly 7,060,731[104] Tibetan, Rgyal Rong, Rgu, etc. Tibetan script Template:Flagicon File:People of Tibet46.jpg
Yi Template:Lang/Template:Lang 9,830,327[104] Various Loloish, Southwestern Mandarin Yi script, Simplified Han characters Template:Flagicon File:Ethnic Yi China Costume.jpg
Tujia Template:Lang 9,587,732[104] Northern Tujia, Southern Tujia Simplified Han characters Template:Flagicon File:Tujia women.jpg
Kam Template:Lang/Gaeml 3,495,993[104] Gaeml Simplified Han characters, Latin script Template:Flagicon File:Ethic Dong Liping Guizhou China.jpg
Tu Template:Lang/Monguor 289,565 Tu, Northwestern Mandarin Simplified Han characters Template:Flagicon File:Nadun Picture 1.jpg
Daur Template:Lang/Template:MongolUnicode 131,992 Daur, Northeastern Mandarin Mongol script, Simplified Han characters Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon File:Shamanic Landscape among the Daur in North China 01.jpg
Indigenous Taiwanese Template:Lang/ Template:Lang/ Template:Lang/ Template:Lang/ Template:Lang 533,600 Austronesian languages (Amis, Yami), etc. Latin script, Traditional Han characters Template:Flagicon

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Ryukyuan Template:Lang 1,900,000 Japanese
Ryukyuan 		Han characters (Kanji), Katakana, Hiragana Template:Flagicon File:Five men wearing Ryukyuan Dress.JPG
Ainu Template:Lang/ Template:Lang/ Template:Lang 200,000 Japanese
Ainu[105] 		Ainu uses both the Katakana and Latin scripts[106] Template:Flagicon File:AinuSan.jpg
  • Note: The order of states/territories follows the population ranking of each ethnicity, within East Asia only.

Culture

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The culture of East Asia, has been deeply influenced by China, as it was the civilization that had the most dominant influence in the region throughout the ages that ultimately laid the foundation for East Asian civilization. The vast knowledge and ingenuity of Chinese civilization and the classics of Chinese literature and culture were seen as the foundations for a civilized life in East Asia. Imperial China served as a vehicle through which the adoption of Confucian ethical philosophy, Chinese calendar system, political and legal systems, architectural style, diet, terminology, institutions, religious beliefs, imperial examinations that emphasised a knowledge of Chinese classics, political philosophy and cultural value systems, as well as historically sharing a common writing system reflected in the histories of Japan and Korea.[107][16][108][109][110][68]

The Imperial Chinese tributary system was the bedrock of network of trade and foreign relations between China and its East Asian tributaries, which helped to shape much of East Asian affairs during the ancient and medieval eras. Through the tributary system, the various dynasties of Imperial China facilitated frequent economic and cultural exchange that influenced the cultures of Japan and Korea and drew them into a Chinese international order.[111] The Imperial Chinese tributary system shaped much of East Asia's foreign policy and trade for over two millennia due to Imperial China's economic and cultural dominance over the region, and thus played a huge role in the history of East Asia in particular.[20][111] The relationship between China and its cultural influence on East Asia has been compared to the historical influence of Greco-Roman civilization on classical Western civilisation.[110][111][107]

Since the late 19th century, the initially unequal encounter with Western influences has also shaped East Asia.[112]

Festivals

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Festival Native name Other name Calendar Date Gregorian date Activity Religious practices Food Major ethnicities Major states/territories
Chinese New Year Template:Lang/Template:Lang or Template:Lang/Template:Lang Spring Festival Chinese Month 1 Day 1 21 Jan–20 Feb Family Reunion, Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping, Fireworks Worship the King of Gods Nian gao Han, Manchus etc. Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Korean New Year Template:Lang or Template:Lang Seollal Korean Month 1 Day 1 21 Jan–20 Feb Ancestors Worship, Family Reunion, Tomb Sweeping N/A Tteokguk Koreans Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Losar or Tsagaan Sar Template:Lang/Template:Bo-textonly or Template:Lang/Template:Lang White Moon Tibetan, Mongolian Month 1 Day 1 25 Jan – 2 Mar Family Reunion, Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping, Fireworks N/A Chhaang or Buuz Tibetans, Mongols, Tu etc. Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
New Year Template:Lang Yuan Dan Gregorian 1 Jan 1 Jan Fireworks N/A N/A N/A Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Lantern Festival Template:Lang or Template:Lang Upper Yuan Festival (Template:Lang) Chinese Month 1 Day 15 4 Feb – 6 Mar Lanterns Expo, Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping Birthdate of the God of Sky-officer Yuanxiao Han Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon
Daeboreum Template:Lang or Template:Lang Great Full Moon Korean Month 1 Day 15 4 Feb – 6 Mar Greeting of the moon, kite-flying, Jwibulnori, eating nuts (Bureom) Bonfires (daljip taeugi) Ogok-bap, namul, nuts Korean Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Hanshi Festival Template:Lang or Template:Lang Cold Food Festival Solar term Traditionally, on the 105th day after the Winter solstice. Revised to 1 day before the Qingming Festival by Johann Adam Schall von Bell (Chinese: Template:Zhi) during the Qing dynasty. April 3–5 Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping, No cooking hot meal/setting fire, Cold food only. Cuju, etc. (People used to mix this one with the Qingming Festival due to their close dates) In Memory of a loyal Ancient named Jie Zhitui (Chinese: Template:Zhi), ordered by the Monarch of the Jin (Chinese state), Duke Wen of Jin (Chinese: Template:Zhi) Cold Food, e.g. Qingtuan Han, Koreans, Mongols Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Qingming Festival Template:Lang or Template:Lang or Ханш нээх Tomb Sweeping Day Solar term 15th day after the Vernal Equinox. Just 1 day after the Hanshi Festival, but in much higher repute. April 4–6th Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping, Excursion, Planting trees, Flying kites, Tug of war, Cuju, etc. (Almost the same with the Hanshi Festival's, due to their close dates) Burning Hell money for deceased family members. Planting willow branches to keep ghosts away from houses. Boiled eggs Han, Koreans, Mongols Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Dragon Boat Festival Template:Lang or Template:Lang or Template:Lang Duanwu Festival / Dano (Surit-nal) Chinese / Korean Month 5 Day 5 Driving poisons & plague away. (China: Dragon Boat Race, Wearing coloured lines, Hanging felon herb on the front door.) / (Korea: Washing hair with iris water, ssireum) Worship various Gods Zongzi / Surichwitteok (rice cake with herbs) Han, Koreans, Yamato Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Ghost Festival Template:Lang or Template:Lang or Template:Lang Mid Yuan Festival Chinese Month 7 Day 15 Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping Birthdate of the God of Earth-officer Han, Koreans, Yamato Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Mid-Autumn Festival Template:Lang or Template:Lang Template:Lang Chinese Month 8 Day 15 Family Reunion, Enjoying Moon view Worship the Moon Goddess Mooncake Han Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon
Chuseok Template:Lang or Template:Lang Hangawi Korean Month 8 Day 15 Family Reunion, Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping, Enjoying Moon view N/A Songpyeon, Torantang (Taro soup) Koreans Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Tsukimi Template:Lang or Template:Lang Tsukimi or Otsukimi Gregorian Month 8 Day 15 Family Reunion, Enjoying Moon view Worship the Moon Tsukimi Dango, Sweet Potato Yamato Template:Flagicon *
Double Ninth Festival Template:Lang or Template:Lang Double Positive Festival Chinese Month 9 Day 09 Climbing Mountain, Taking care of elderly, Wearing Cornus. Worship various Gods Han, Korean, Yamato Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon*
Lower Yuan Festival Template:Lang or Template:Lang N/A Chinese Month 10 Day 15 Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping Birthdate of the God of Water-officer Ciba Han Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon
Dongzhi Festival Template:Lang or Template:Lang or Template:Lang N/A Gregorian Between Dec 21 and Dec 23 Between Dec 21 and Dec 23 Ancestors Worship, Rites to dispel bad spirits N/A Tangyuan, Patjuk, Zenzai, Kabocha Han, Koreans, Yamato Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Small New Year Template:Lang Jizao (Template:Lang) Chinese Month 12 Day 23 Cleaning Houses Worship the God of Hearth tanggua Han, Mongols Template:Flagicon (Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon) Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon

*Japan switched the date to the Gregorian calendar after the Meiji Restoration.
*Not always on that Gregorian date, sometimes April 4.

Entertainment

East Asian popular culture, such as anime and manga from Japan and K-pop and K-dramas from South Korea, have become highly popular worldwide in the 21st century.[113]

Sports

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Japan vs. Mongolia in baseball at the 2014 Asian Games

Baseball is one of the main sports in East Asia, having been introduced through mid-19th century American contact and further spread by the Japanese Empire.[114] The game has gained millions of fans in China since the 2010s.[115]Template:Unreliable source?

In 1964, Japan was the first Asian nation to hold the Olympic Games after two unsuccessful 1940 attempts in Sapporo and Tokyo were cancelled due to World War II.[116] 2002 saw Japan and South Korea host the FIFA World Cup, marking the first time two nations served as hosts of the competition together, as well as the first World Cup in Asia.[117] Between 2018 and 2022, three Olympic Games were held in the region: Pyeongchang hosted the Winter Games in 2018, Tokyo held the Summer Games in 2021, and Beijing became the first city to host both Summer and Winter Olympics after hosting the Winter Games in 2022, having run the Summer Games in 2008.[118][119][120] The Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 events were significantly scaled back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Tokyo Games being postponed until 2021.[121][122]

East Asian Youth Games

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Formerly the East Asian Games, it is a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years since 2019 among athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), as well as the Pacific island of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees.

It is one of five Regional Games of the OCA. The others are the Central Asian Games, the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), the South Asian Games, and the West Asian Games.

Collaboration

Free trade agreements

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Name of agreement Parties Leaders at the time Negotiation begins Signing date Starting time Current status
China–South Korea FTA Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Xi Jinping, Park Geun-hye May, 2012 Jun 01, 2015 Dec 30, 2015 Enforced
China–Japan–South Korea FTA Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Xi Jinping, Shinzō Abe, Park Geun-hye Mar 26, 2013 N/A N/A 10 round negotiation
Japan-Mongolia EPA Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Shinzō Abe, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj - Feb 10, 2015 - Enforced
China-Mongolia FTA Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Xi Jinping, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj N/A N/A N/A Officially proposed
China-HK CEPA Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Jiang Zemin, Tung Chee-hwa - Jun 29, 2003 - Enforced
China-Macau CEPA Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Jiang Zemin, Edmund Ho Hau-wah - Oct 18, 2003 - Enforced
Hong Kong-Macau CEPA Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Carrie Lam, Fernando Chui Oct 09, 2015 N/A N/A Negotiating
ECFA Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Hu Jintao, Ma Ying-jeou Jan 26, 2010 Jun 29, 2010 Aug 17, 2010 Enforced
CSSTA (Based on ECFA) Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Xi Jinping, Ma Ying-jeou Mar, 2011 Jun 21, 2013 N/A Abolished
CSGTA (Based on ECFA) Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Hu Jintao, Ma Ying-jeou Feb 22, 2011 N/A N/A Suspended

Military alliances

Name Parties within the region
Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon

Major cities

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See also

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Notes

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Further reading

  • Church, Peter. A short history of South-East Asia (John Wiley & Sons, 2017).
  • Chung, Eunbin. Pride, Not Prejudice: National Identity as a Pacifying Force in East Asia (University of Michigan Press, 2022) online reviews by six scholars
  • Clyde, Paul H., and Burton F. Beers. The Far East: A History of Western Impacts and Eastern Responses, 1830–1975 (1975) online 3rd edition 1958
  • Crofts, Alfred. A history of the Far East (1958) online free to borrow
  • Dennett, Tyler. Americans in Eastern Asia (1922) online free
  • Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, and Anne Walthall. East Asia: A cultural, social, and political history (Cengage Learning, 2013).
  • Embree, Ainslie T., ed. Encyclopedia of Asian history (1988)
  • Fairbank, John K., Edwin Reischauer, and Albert M. Craig. East Asia: The great tradition and East Asia: The modern transformation (1960) [2 vol 1960] online free to borrow, famous textbook.
  • Flynn, Matthew J. China Contested: Western Powers in East Asia (2006), for secondary schools
  • Gelber, Harry. The dragon and the foreign devils: China and the world, 1100 BC to the present (2011).
  • Green, Michael J. By more than providence: grand strategy and American power in the Asia Pacific since 1783 (2017) a major scholarly survey excerpt
  • Hall, D. G. E. History of South East Asia (Macmillan International Higher Education, 1981).
  • Holcombe, Charles. A History of East Asia (2d ed. Cambridge UP, 2017). excerpt
  • Iriye, Akira. After Imperialism; The Search for a New Order in the Far East 1921–1931. (1965).
  • Jensen, Richard, Jon Davidann, and Yoneyuki Sugita, eds. Trans-Pacific Relations: America, Europe, and Asia in the Twentieth Century (Praeger, 2003), 304 pp online review
  • Keay, John. Empire's End: A History of the Far East from High Colonialism to Hong Kong (Scribner, 1997). online free to borrow
  • Levinson, David, and Karen Christensen, eds. Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. (6 vol. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002).
  • Mackerras, Colin. Eastern Asia: an introductory history (Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1992).
  • Macnair, Harley F. & Donald Lach. Modern Far Eastern International Relations. (2nd ed 1955) 1950 edition online free, 780pp; focus on 1900–1950.
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  • Woodcock, George. The British in the Far East (1969) online

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