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East Asian Countries Overview: Mongolia, Korea, Taiwan - Unique Traits and Contrasts

Explore the landscapes, histories, and economies of Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan in East Asia. Discover the sparsely populated steppe and desert of Mongolia, the turbulent political history of Korea, and Taiwan's colonial past. Contrasts between North and South Korea, and Taiwan's evolution from a Chinese province to a modernized society, are highlighted.

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East Asian Countries Overview: Mongolia, Korea, Taiwan - Unique Traits and Contrasts

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  1. Countries of East Asia

  2. MONGOLIA Steppe & Desert Environment Sparsely Populated With 2.5 MILLION People Part of the Chinese Empire From Late 1600s Until 1911 Economy is Focused on Herding & Animal Products Most famous Mongol: Genghis Khan

  3. KOREA Population of 73 million Turbulent political history: A dependency of China A colony of Japan Divided along the 38th parallel by Allied Powers > WWII (1945) Cease-fire line established in 1953 (DMZ) separates North Korea and South Korea

  4. 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

  5. North Korea South Korea

  6. THE KOREAS- COMPARED North KoreaSouth Korea POPULATION 23,600,000 49,200,000 GNP (BILLIONS) $ 21.3 $ 508.3 GNP/CAPITA $ 920 $ 17,300 AGRICULTURE (as % of GNP) 25 % 8 % (% work force) 36 % 21 %

  7. TAIWAN Historical background: A Chinese province for centuries Colonized by Japan in 1895 Returned to China > WWII 1949 – Chinese Nationalists fled from the mainland and established the Republic of China (ROC) Population – 22.7 million 77% urbanized

  8. TAIWAN Chiang Kai-shek Memorial

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