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Questions? Willow Creek is a trib of Oldman! GetFast question JaKoTa Triangle

JapanKorean PeninsulaTaiwan

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Mar 22-24 China China

Mar 29-31 JaKoTa Map test

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April 5-7 S-E Asia2 New Zealand

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Why is it that the poorest developed countries are the ones whose population increases are the highest? Wouldn't it make more sense for them to stop reproducing due to the already limited amount of resources? Does it have to do with urbanization versus rural life?

Hong Kong

Ceded to Britain in 3 parts:

Hong Kong Island, 1841

Kowloon, 1861

New Territories, 1898

(99 year lease)

Hong Kong Excellent deep water port, terrible airport Occupation in 1941, Defence of Hong Kong

2,000 Canadians arrive 16 Nov, surrender 25 Dec

Korean War: embargo & manufacturing growthClothing, textiles, electronicsOne of the four little Asian tigersBanking and back door to China

Hong Kong

6 million people in 400 sq miles 1 July 1997- British transferred control

to China Hong Kong renamed Xianggang New status as China’s first SAR

(special administrative region) CEPA: Closer Economic Partnership

Agreement with China. Autonomy vis-à-vis China remains

unclear

Chek Lap Kok, completed 1998,Kai Tak now closed

Macau

Portuguese colony and port Famous for gambling, some textiles Accessible ferry from Hong Kong Control transferred to China in 1999 New status as SAR

Showa shinzen, 1991, 1,335 feet (407m) AMSL

First appeared in 1944

Mount Fuji, stratovolcano,12, 388 feet (3,776 meters)

Taebaek Mountains (Taebaek Sanmaek), Eastern side of Korean peninsula

Chungyang Mountains rise to 13,114 feet (3,997 meters) at Yu Shan, eastern Taiwan

Jakota Triangle Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei form a triangle Characteristics

Large cities, high level of urbanization High population density, uneven population distribution Rapid manufacturing growth, high technology Raw material dependency

Challenges Social problems Political uncertainties Threats to sovereignty

Shinto Shrine, Kyoto

•Hokkaido•Ishikari Plain•Seikan Tunnel

•Honshu•Kanto Plain•Nobi Plain

•Shikoku•Kyushu

Japan

JAPAN’SCORE AREA

•Tokaido

•Tokyo-Yokohama

•(Kanto Plain)

Kansai

• Osaka

• Kyoto

• Kobe

•Kitakyushu

Outline Of Japanese Development

Ainu 600 - 800 Chinese cultural influence Kublai Khan (Mongol Dynasty) abortive invasion in 1281 Japanese feudalism

Emperor Shogun, daimyō and samurai

1600 -1867 Tokugawa Shogunate, isolationism Foreigners and Christianity expelled Shintoism: nationalistic belief system

Meiji Restoration, 1868: Emperor returns to central power

Meiji Restoration

Reinstated the emperor Industrial transformation Adopted aspects of the British, American,

German cultures/technologies Systematic study of the industrialized world oyatoi gaikokujin

(honourable hired foreigners) scientists, engineers, and agronomists

Expansionist Japan

Hokkaido 1869 Ryuku/Kuerile Islands 1874/5 Formosa (Taiwan) 1895 S. Sakhalin 1905 Korea 1910 Manchuria 1931 North/coastal China 1937 Hong Kong 1941 S-E Asia 1941

Japan’s Post-war Transformation

1945 –1952: Allied Occupation Fire-bombing effects

Kyōto was spared Emperor renounced divinity 1946 Shinto loses status as state

religion U.S. imposed Constitution Economic restructuring Break-up of Zaibatsu Land reform ends feudal rights Korean War spurs economic

growth San Francisco Treaty 1952

Self-Defense Force

Nagoya castle, 1600, 1959

Tokyo-Yokahama

26.7 million (#2) Centrality Global financial capital Harbour and port Two airports Kanto Plain (1/3 of Σ) Tsukuba

India Japan

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AGEMale Female Male Female

20 10 0 10 2030 15 0 3015

Percent of Population Percent of Population

Population Profiles

Greying of Japan & Population Decline Population: 127.4 million (2000) Birth rate: 8 births/1,000 Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 Growth rate: 0.16% Life expectancy: 78 (M) 85 (F)

Korean Peninsula

Demilitarized Zone

DMZ: 151 miles, 2.5 miles wide

Military Demarcation Line (MDL), six-foot wide barbed wire corridor

Korea

73 million in two states Turbulent political history:

Dependency of China Colony of Japan Divided along the 38th parallel by Allied

Powers after 1945Cease-fire line established in1953

The Two Koreas

Official Name The Democratic People's The Democratic

Republic of Korea Republic of Korea

Unofficial name North Korea South Korea

Population 23,600,000 49,200,000

GNP (billions) $ 21.3 $ 508.3

GNP/capita $ 920 $ 17,300

Agriculture

(% of GNP) 25 % 8 %

(% work force) 36 % 21 %

North-south Contrasts North Korea

Rural and agricultural Antiquated state enterprise Inefficient, unproductive agriculture Limited trade – Russia and China

South Korea Highly urbanized and industrial

Shipbuilding, automotive industry

Intensive, mechanized agriculture Manufacturing power house Extensive trade – US, Japan, and Western

Europe

SEOUL

9.9 million - just south of the DMZUrban-industrial center!

Textiles, clothing, footwear, electronic goods

Vulnerability ?

Taiwan

Taiwan Population – 22.7 million 77% urbanized Historical background:

Chinese province for centuries Colonized by Japan in 1895 Returned to China 1945 1949 – Chinese Nationalists (supported by the

US) fled from the mainland and established the Republic of China (ROC)

1971 – Expelled from UN "the sky is not big enough for two suns"

Chiang Kai-Shek

FOUR ECONOMIC TIGERS

“Tiger”FormerState

Date of

Split

• SINGAPORE MALAYSIA 1965

• HONG KONG CHINA 1841

• TAIWAN CHINA 1949

• SOUTH KOREA KOREA 1952

4 Tigers

The Four Tigers

Four tigers AKA four little dragons: The Four Little Dragons: The Spread of Industrialization in East Asia

by EZRA F. VOGEL (Harvard UP 1993)

In sum: 10.4% of world’s mfg. exports Vulnerability to global market fluctuations

Yes, but…we should be so lucky! Land use competition Urban problems Environmental degradation Political questions Post industrial economy