East Asian Miracle
From Poverty and Defeat to Renewed Eminence
Will Miracle Growth Continue?
Cultural and Political Influences
Chinese Empires
Foundations of Chinese Cultures
Mongol Invasions
Later Empires
Japanese Isolationism
Korean Origins
Responses to European Intrusions
China Resists Colonization
Disrupted Chinese Republic
Japan Asserts Its Independence
Natural Environments
Subtropical and Midlatitude Climates
Mountains and Major Rivers
Forests, Grasslands, and Desert
Natural Resources
Country Boundaries
Environmental Problems
Natural Hazards
Human Impacts and Responses
Diseases
Pollution
Environmental Policies
Globalization and East Asia
Global City-Regions
In the Forefront: Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan
Japan
Multinationals
International Tourism
Recent Entry: China
China and Global Culture
Global Focus: Toyota
Subregions
Population Distribution
Japan
People
Ethnicity
Rural to Urban Populations
Population Change
Personal View: Japan
Economic Development
Postwar Changes
Agriculture
Manufactures: Beginnings of Modernization
Manufactures: Reconstruction
Manufactures: Challenges and Changes
Service Industries
Japan’s Regions and Cities
Hokkaido
Honshu
Shikoku
Kyushu
Ryuku Islands
Japanese City Landscapes
The Koreas
Countries
People
Urban Focus
South Korean Economic Development
Economic Stagnation in North Korea
China, Mongolia, and Taiwan
China
China’s Ups and Downs Under Communism
Collectivization and Communes
The Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution
China Joins the Wider World
Tensions in the 2000s
China and the World Trade Organization
People in China
Ethnicity
Urban Versus Rural Population in China
Chinese Population Dynamics
Attacking Poverty in China
Overseas Chinese
Point-Counterpoint: Population Policies in China
Economic Development
The Chinese Economy, 1949-1976
New Policies and New Growth After 1976
Farming in the 2000s
Water Resources
Chinese Energy Policy
Growth in Chinese Manufacturing
Increasing Steel Output
Regions and Cities in China
Coastal Regions
Interior Behind the Coastal Regions
Deep Interior Regions
Chinese Regional Development Policies
Hong Kong
Macau’s New Approach to Gaming
Chinese City Landscapes
Mongolian Isolation
Mongolian People
Mongolia’s Limited Resources
Tiger Taiwan
Taiwanese People
Taiwanese Economy