Abstract
East Asia comprises China, Korea, and Japan, with adjacent seas and islands. It is an enormous region with a land area of some four million square miles, although this includes the vast borderlands of Sinkiang and Tibet. East Asia contains about a quarter of the total population of the world. East Asia has fairly distinct geographical boundaries; however, these have not always corresponded to the political frontiers. The climate of the region ranges from subarctic in northern Manchuria to subtropical in South China and Formosa. However, it is mainly temperate in character, which distinguishes it from Siberia or the tropical countries of Southeast Asia. East Asia has been a predominantly agrarian region, with industry and commerce in a relatively subsidiary position. The people of East Asia were mostly peasant tillers of the soil, employing primitive methods and with a very low standard of living. However, this no longer holds true for Japan, which has emerged as a leading industrialized country, with its urban population now larger than its rural one.
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