South Asia and Southeast Asia: Cultural, Political, and Economic Differences - Prof. Johna, Study notes of Geography

Download South Asia and Southeast Asia: Cultural, Political, and Economic Differences - Prof. Johna and more Study notes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! South Asia o Pakistanis & Indians--beef o Origin: pre-Brit rule o Indian Muslims felt discrimination o Result of Indian/Paki relations= the partition of India o India & Pakistan have nuclear missiles India o poor, yet some prosper o Business Process Outsourcing o Western communication satellites o College edu Indians--call-in centers o The next China? Southeast Asia o Archipelago: Indonesia, Philippines o Islands, 13k+ and 7k+, respectively o Colonial Influence  All of SE Asia was colonized  Exception: Thailand  France: "Indo-China" Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia  England: Hong Kong, Myanmar (Burma) Malaysia (Singapore & Brunei)  USA (Spain): Philippines  Netherlands (Dutch): Indonesia  Portugal: E. Timor  Japan: controlled much of above territory including Thailand (WWII) o Religion  Catholic: Philippines, Vietnam, E. Timor  Islam: Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei  Buddhism: Myanmar (Burma) Thailand, Laos, Cambodia  Hindu: Bali (Indonesian island)  Animism: tribal societies  Note: Indonesia= worlds most populated Islam country (90% of pop) o Cultural Influence  Singapore: teatime, double-decker buses  Vietnam: Romanized written lang., baguettes  Philippines: cockfights o Tourism  Thailand  6% of GPD  warm, beaches, drugs, exotic culture, hiltribe/elephant treks  Surgeries: cosmetic/sex changes  Sex  worlds largest venue for sex tourism  high demand for "commercial sex"  "prostitution" is not a crime  sex with children=crime, but not enforced due to high demand  Thailand traffic from: Myanmar (Burma) Laos, Cambodia, & China  Philippines  worlds 2nd largest venue for sex tourism  Why?  poverty  filial piety (anything for the family) o political geo  Myanmar ruled by repressive military (junta)  Refugees to Thailand- ethnic minorities  most affected: Karen refugees (1980's-2000's)  2007-present: Ethnic Karen to USA  Junta= against democracy  1990 election  Winner: Daw San Suu Kyi  He was put on house arrest  now holds seat in congress  political prisoners recently freed o Econ Geo  Philippines= taking over India as BPO call centers  Why?  accent/vocab more easily understood by Americans  they take more ishh (docile)  call centers & overseas contracts feed Filipino econ East Asia  population o China:1.4 bil (worlds largest, but declining (0.5 RNI)) o Japan 128 mil (#10, rapidly declining (RNI=0.1)) o South Korea: 49 mil, RNI=.4 o North Korea: 25mil, RNI .6 o Taiwan: 24mil, RNI 0.1 o Mongolia: 2.8 mil RNI 1.8  Why the decline? o abortion o preference for boys (China (PRC & Taiwan))  Econ o China  largest foreign exchange reserves  sells more than buys  receives a lot of foreign investment o Japan: Sony, Toshiba, Sanyo, Mitsubishi o South Korea: Pantech, Samsung, LG o Taiwan: Acer, Asus, HTC  Political Geo o Tibet  autonomous in name only  constrained by the Han (mandarin speaking, loyal to Bejing)  Similar to "Russification in USSR o China (PRC) & Taiwan  beef  PRC sees Taiwan as a "rogue province"  Taiwan- de facto independence  self gov, passports, ind. econ  has very little "de jure" independence (international recognition)