EAST ASIA III
(CHAPTER 9: 464-485)
THE JAKOTA TRIANGLE (MAP)
THE JAKOTA TRIANGLE
CHARACTERISTICS
Great cities
Enormous consumption of raw materials
State-of-the-art industries
Voluminous exports
Global links
Trades surpluses
Rapid development
CHALLENGES
Social problems
Political uncertainties
Vulnerabilities
JAPAN(MAP)
JAPAN’S CORE AREA (MAP)
OUTLINE OF JAPANESE HISTORY
600 - 800 Chinese cultural influence
1000 -1300 War, Medieval society arises, shoguns evolve
1600 -1867 Tokugawa Shogunate, isolation, foreigners and Christianity expelled, individualistic culture, emphasis on Shinto belief system
1853 - Commodore Perry acquires new treaties with the outside
MEIJI RESTORATION
1868 Rebellion brought in reformers
Reinstated the emperor and began to transform Japan from a Feudal society with pre-machine age technology to an industrial power
Adopted aspects of the British model
Launched a systematic study of the industrialized world
Focus was on industrialization and education system
EXPANSIONIST JAPAN
TAIWAN1895
KOREA1910
PACIFICISLANDSPOST W.W.I
MANCHURIA1931
CHINA1937
HONG KONG1939
SOUTHEAST ASIA1941
JAPAN’S POST WWII TRANSFORMATION
1945 –1952: Allied Occupation
Economic reshaping
Labor legislation
Constitution
Civil rights
Land reform
U.S. “Helping hand” policy
POPULATION COMPARISONS(BAR GRAPHS)
POPULATION PROFILES
DECLINING JAPANESE POPULATION
Population:127.4 million
Birth rate: 8 births/1,000
Death rate:8 deaths/1,000
Growth rate:0.0%
Life expectancy:78 (M), 85 (F)
Urbanization:78%
KOREA (MAP)
KOREA
The size of “Idaho” but with a population of 73 million
Turbulent political history:
A dependency of China
A colony of Japan’s
Divided along the 38th parallel by Allied Powers > WWII (1945)
Cease-fire line established in1953
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
THE KOREAS
POPULATION 23,600,00049,200,000
GNP (BILLIONS)$ 21.3$ 508.3
GNP/CAPITA$ 920$ 17,300
AGRICULTURERESTRICTIVEGOOD
(as % of GNP) 25 % 8 %
(% work force) 36 % 21 %
LAND USE PATTERNS (MAP)
SEOUL
Capital of Korea (late 1300s - early 1900s)
9.9 million people
Located in the northwest corner of South Korea – just south of the DMZ
The urban-industrial center!
Textiles, clothing, footwear, electronic goods
Vulnerabilities?
SEOUL(MAP AND PHOTO)
TAIWAN(MAP)
TAIWAN
Historical background:
A Chinese province for centuries
Colonized by Japanin 1895
Returned to China > WWII
1949 – Chinese Nationalists (supported by the US) fled from the mainland and established the Republic of China (ROC)
Territory - approximately 14,000 Square miles
Population – 22.7 million
77% urbanized
FOUR ECONOMIC TIGERS
Identification
FOUR ECONOMIC TIGERS
THE FOUR TIGERS(ISSUES AND CONCERNS)
Vulnerability to Global Market Fluctuations
Land Use Competition
Urban Problems
Environmental Degradation
Political Questions
Post Industrial Economy