Asia in the Making of Europe. Volume 3, A Century of Advance. Book 1, Trade, Missions, Literature; book 2, South Asia; book 3, Southeast Asia; book 4, East Asia.

1994 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Leonard Y. Andaya ◽  
Donald F. Lach ◽  
Edwin J. Van Kley
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South Asia

A new species of the montane lacewing genus Rapisma McLachlan (Neuroptera, Ithonidae) from northwestern Yunnan, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4763 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-443
Author(s):  
XINGYUE LIU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South Asia ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Northwestern Yunnan

The genus Rapisma McLachlan, 1866 (montane lacewings) is a rare and little known group of the family Ithonidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). There have been 21 described species of Rapisma, and all of them are distributed from East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Here I report a new species of Rapisma from northwestern Yunnan, China, namely Rapisma weixiense sp. nov. The new species belongs to a group of Rapisma species with very short antennae. 

English in Asia, Asian Englishes, and the issue of proficiency

English Today ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kingsley Bolton
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Outer Circle ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Basic Issue

ABSTRACTThe contemporary visibility and importance of English throughout the Asian region coupled with the emergence and development of distinct varieties of Asian Englishes have played an important part in the global story of English in recent years. Across Asia, the numbers of people having at least a functional command of the language have grown exponentially over the last four decades, and current changes in the sociolinguistic realities of the region are often so rapid that it is difficult for academic commentators to keep pace. One basic issue in the telling of this story is the question of what it is we mean by the term ‘Asia’, itself a word of contested etymology, whose geographical reference has ranged in application from the Middle East to Central Asia, and from the Indian sub-continent to Japan and Korea. In this article, my discussion will focus on the countries of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, as it is in these regions that we find not only the greatest concentration of ‘outer-circle’ English-using societies but also a number of the most populous English-learning and English-knowing nations in the world.

Asian Development Outlook Supplement July 2021

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Regional Growth ◽  
Asian Development ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Growth Projection ◽  
Development Outlook

This publication provides updated economic projections for developing Asia and the Pacific. It notes that recovery is underway but that regional growth in 2021 is expected to be 7.2%, which is 0.1% lower than was projected in April. Forecast upgrades for Central Asia and East Asia in 2021 partly offset downgrades for South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. The regional growth projection for 2022 is upgraded from 5.3% to 5.4%.

Introduction

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Jerryson
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Beliefs And Practices

This Handbook examines the transformations to Buddhists, their beliefs, and practices throughout the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Over the centuries, Buddhism changed with modernity. These changes accelerated in diverse manners during the colonial and postcolonial periods. As each tradition offers its own distinctive historical and cultural context, Part I in the Handbook reviews the development of specific traditions. There are seven subsections that demarcate the regions from which various traditions emerged: South Asia, East Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe/Americas, Southern, and Global. Part II tracks patterns and themes that relate to the diverse Buddhist traditions. In this section, chapters address the modes or manners in which Buddhist traditions manifest in the contemporary age.

ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURES IN ASIA: BUSINESS POLICY OR CULTURAL IMPERATIVE

2004 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 127-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
FREDRIC WILLIAM SWIERCZEK ◽  
TRUONG QUANG
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Business Policy ◽  
National Cultures ◽  
Policy Models

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of national cultures and different business policy models on the degree of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship orientations of managers in the Asia-Pacific: East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. The results indicate that an economic policy, which is open and supportive of business development, stimulates greater entrepreneurship.

Asian Religions in Seventeenth-century Dutch Literature

Itinerario ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 25 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 54-68
Author(s):  
Edwin J. Van Kley
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Travel Literature ◽  
Sanskrit Literature ◽  
Asian Religions ◽  
Asian Medicine ◽  
Dutch Literature

What had begun as a respectable stream of information about Asia during the sixteenth century became a virtual flood during the seventeenth. Literally hundreds of books about Asia and its various parts were published during that century, authored by missionaries, merchants, mariners, physicians, soldiers, and independent travellers. At least twenty-five major descriptions of South Asia, appeared during the century; another fifteen on mainland Southeast Asia, about twenty devoted to the Southeast Asian archipelagoes, and sixty or more to East Asia. Alongside these major independent contributions stood scores of Jesuit letterbooks, derivative accounts, travel accounts with brief descriptions of many Asian places, pamphlets, newssheets, and the like. Many of these were collected into the several large multivolume compilations of travel literature published during the period. In addition, several important scholarly studies pertaining to Asia were published during the seventeenth century - studies of Asian medicine, botany, religion, and history- as well as translations of important Chinese and Sanskrit literature.

scholarly journals Change of Potential Distribution Area of a Forest Tree Acer davidii in East Asia Under the Context of Climate Oscillations

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 689
Author(s):  
Zidong Su ◽  
Xiaojuan Huang ◽  
Qiuyi Zhong ◽  
Mili Liu ◽  
Xiaoyu Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Maximum Entropy ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Distribution Area ◽  
Climate Oscillations ◽  
Maximum Entropy Modelling ◽  
Suitable Area

The climate oscillations of the quaternary periods have profoundly affected the geographic distributions of current species. Acer davidii is a deciduous forest tree species mainly distributed in East Asia and China, playing a dominant role in the local forest ecosystem. In order to study the potential changes of geographic distributions of A. davidii in climate fluctuations, we collected the relate geographical distribution data and six climatic variables, using maximum entropy modelling to determine the species distribution. The results showed that the Areas Under Curve (AUC) values of the working characteristic curves of the subjects in the five historical periods were all greater than 0.93, suggesting that the results of maximum entropy modelling were accurate. The simulation of species distribution showed that the suitable area of A. davidii was mainly concentrated in central and northern China in contemporary times. From the Last Interglacial Age (LIG) to the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), and then to the future (2050, 2070), the distribution area of this species experienced a decrease (LGM~Current; the high adaptability areas of central China became moderate) then an increase (Current~2050, the adaptation areas expanded to South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Siberia), and finally decreased (2050~2070, the suitable areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Siberia shrank returning to China at latitude 25 °N). Compared to the LGM, the area of contemporary suitable area increased. Interestingly, the area of suitable growth range under future climatic conditions (2050) increased by half than before, and the suitable distribution area moved from Midwest China to Northeast China. This study on the change of species distribution can provide a typical case for the model study on the response of plants to climate change in the north temperate and subtropical zones of East Asia. Meanwhile, it can also give a basis for planting planning, species protection, and management.

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