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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