Asia Political Map - Vinyl - A0 Size 84.1 x 118.9 cm

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Covers the area north to Uzbekistan and western China, south to Sri Lanka, west to Afghanistan, and east to Burma.The finishes related to your map are either displayed in the "select a finish" drop down box on the product page or in the title of the product itself. Manufacturing in Asia has traditionally been strongest in East and Southeast Asia, particularly in China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, India, the Philippines, and Singapore.

China was a major economic power and attracted many to the east, [16] [17] [18] and for many the legendary wealth and prosperity of the ancient culture of India personified Asia, [19] attracting European commerce, exploration and colonialism.

Most countries do not officially recognize Taiwan as an independent country, due to China's insistence that nations cannot have official relations with both China and Taiwan. The terms Southeast Asia and Oceania, devised in the 19th century, have had several vastly different geographic meanings since their inception. Buck, an honorary Asian Nobel laureate, having spent considerable time in China as the daughter of missionaries, and based many of her novels, namely The Good Earth (1931) and The Mother (1933), as well as the biographies of her parents for their time in China, The Exile and Fighting Angel, all of which earned her the Literature prize in 1938.