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'''Northeast Asia''', sometimes Northeastern Asia, is a [[subregion]] of [[Asia]] that can be defined any of four ways:
'''Northeast Asia''', sometimes Northeastern Asia, refers to the northeastern [[subregion]] of [[Asia]].


1. The region bounded roughly by the Great Wall in the South, Lake Baikal in the West, the tundra in the North, and the Pacific Ocean in the East. This conception of the region draws attention to cultural and linguistic connections between the [[Mongols]], the [[Manchus]], the [[Koreans]] and other indigenous ethnic groups in the region, and to the contestation over the region between [[China]], [[Russia]] and [[Japan]] since the 17th century.
The [[Council on Foreign Relations]] defines Northeast Asia as [[Japan]] and [[Korea]].<ref>"[http://www.cfr.org/region/478/northeast_asia.html Northeast Asia]." ''[[Council on Foreign Relations]]''. Retrieved on August 10, 2009.</ref>


2. The far eastern peninsula of the Asian continent, now entirely within [[Russia]], especially in the context of its anthropological, biological and geological connections across the [[Bering Strait]] with [[Alaska]].
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3. [[Japan]] and [[Korea]]. This usage was adopted by the United States [[State Department]] in 1945 and is used by the [[Association for Asian Studies]].
==External links==
* [http://www.brookings.edu/cnaps.aspx Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies] - ''[[Brookings Institution]]''
* Kimura, Takeatsu - [http://books.google.com/books?id=ApGfXFYxzRoC&dq=%22Northeast+Asia%22&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=WieQsHP3Qg&sig=SGjwV87pGef5MQyz5o4Q2qVTe5A&hl=en&ei=L25_SoeCLpC2MPGo2ewC&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=13#v=onepage&q=&f=false International Collation of Traditional and Folk Medicine] - Northeast Asia - [[Unesco]]


4. [[China]], [[Japan]] and [[Korea]]. This somewhat general usage is synonymous with the most common meaning of the term [[East Asia]] but has been adopted in response to the extension of the meaning of East Asia in diplomatic circles to include [[Southeast Asia]] and sometimes, though not very accurately even [[India]], e.g. the [[East Asian Summit]].
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Latest revision as of 23:44, 10 February 2010

Northeast Asia, sometimes Northeastern Asia, refers to the northeastern subregion of Asia.

The Council on Foreign Relations defines Northeast Asia as Japan and Korea.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Northeast Asia." Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved on August 10, 2009.
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