1. © T. M. Whitmore Today East Asia continued  Hong Kong (a special case of China)  Japan  Korea  Taiwan (Formosa)

2. © T. M. Whitmore Last time China  Population  Mobility  History  Economic geography

3. © T. M. Whitmore Hong Kong History/culture  British colony for 100 years Economy/settlement  Entrepot  Highest density of skyscrapers on earth in Victoria and Kowloon

9. Hong Kong Harbor www.trekearth.com

11. © T. M. Whitmore Japan Physical geography  Climates from like Maine to Florida Climates  Located on several plate marginsplate  Many earthquakes & volcanoesearthquakes & volcanoes  Mostly mountainsmountains

15. “Ring of Fire”

16. ‘Quakes 1900-2000

17. Earthquake 5.1 - 3/29/07 USGS.gov

20. © T. M. Whitmore Japan Settlement and population About 2.5 x NC in size (~ California) but with 127 m population => very densevery dense High physiological density Core area of Japan = “Tokaido”Tokaido Tokyo Age structure — Japan’s low mortality and fertility => rapidly aging population

24. © T. M. Whitmore Japan III Culture and history  Borrowing and adapting from Asian mainland  Very insular as well  Lack of resources for industry => history of conquest and colonization Lack of resources Economic geography  GNP/capita one of world’s highest  Very much relies on imports and exports  Future problems

27. Japanese Empire in WW II

28. © T. M. Whitmore Korea Physical geography  Climate more extreme Climate  S Korea less mountainous than N S Korea  S Korea possesses far better and more farm land

31. © T. M. Whitmore Korean Settlement and population Densely settled High physiological densityphysiological density S Korea  ~ 2/3 size of NC  ~ 48 m; heavily urban  Seoul ~ 12 m => primate city N Korea  ~ same size as NC  ~ 23 m

36. © T. M. Whitmore Korea II Cultural historical factors  Independence Independence  Yet conquest & domination Economy  S. Korean economic “miracle”miracle  Unification issues

39. © T. M. Whitmore Taiwan (Formosa) Physical geography  Climate Climate  Topography & plate tectonics Topography Settlement and populationpopulation  1/4 size of NC but with > 20 m pop  High physiological densityphysiological density

40. © John Wiley & Sons

45. © T. M. Whitmore Taiwan (Formosa) II History and culture History  Chinese occupation from 1600s  Japanese occupation Japanese  Current “Nationalist” government Economics  Another Asian “tiger”  Unification issues

46. Japanese Empire in WW II

48. Taipei at night (with world’s tallest skyscraper)

49. Basic Facts of Taiwan Province (PRC web site)