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There are 8 countries in East Asia. Which countries are considered East Asian? China , Hong Kong , Japan , Macau , Mongolia , North Korea , South Korea and Taiwan are all East Asian Countries.
East Asia is a region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. Hong Kong and Macau, two coastal cities located in the south of China, are autonomous regions under Chinese sovereignty.
The World Factbook East and Southeast Asia. Brunei; Burma; Cambodia; China; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Japan; Korea, South; Laos; Macau; Malaysia; Mongolia; Papua New Guinea
East Asia is one of the world’s most densely populated regions. China is the world’s most populous country, with more than 1.4 billion people. Japan, the world’s eleventh most populated country, is home to 127 million people.
Housing three of the world’s largest economies and most influential nations — China, Japan, and South Korea — as well as Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, and Taiwan — East Asia is a vital center of gravity in the Asia-Pacific.
East Asia, also popularly known as "the Far East" (especially when compared with the other "East", the Middle East) is the core of what used to be known in the West as The Orient, supposedly a mysterious land inhabited by a race of inscrutable tea-sipping Orientals.
Other countries of East Asia include Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan. Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan are associated with mainland China. Updated from map courtesy of University of Texas Libraries. Japan has emerged as the economic dragon of East Asia.
