Proper noun
East Asia
The eastern part of Asia inclusive of China, Japan, Korea, and Mongolia and sometimes inclusive of some or all of Southeast Asia and the Philippines.
Taiwan matters because of its vital role in spreading democracy in East Asia. Taiwan matters because of its strategic importance to promote peace in the Pacific region. Annette Lu
John Foster Dulles had called on me in his capacity as Secretary of State, and he had exhausted every argument to persuade me to place Cambodia under the protection of the South East Asia Treaty Organization. Norodom Sihanouk
There is no Schopenhauer anymore who dares to speak openly of the contrast between the humane philosophies of South and East Asia and the barbaric fanaticism taught and practised by Mohammed. Koenraad Elst
If growth in East Asia is indeed running into diminishing returns, however, the conventional wisdom about an Asian-centered world economy needs some rethinking. Paul Krugman
So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia. Lee H. Hamilton
East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since the end of the Korean War in a way that seems unimaginable when you think of the history of the first half of the century. William Kirby