Asia

Asia is the largest and most populous of the Earth's continents. It is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Africa- Eurasia lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and southeast of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas. About 60 % of the world's human population lives in Asia, of whom only 2 % live in the northern and interior half (Siberia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, western Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan); the other 98% live in the remaining half. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asia"

Asia Market Wrap was a business news programme aired on CNBC Asia between ...more on Wikipedia about "Asia Market Wrap"

The Asia Security Conference is an international conference on strategic and security issues in the Asian region. It has been nicknamed the Shangri-La meeting. The talks are organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, based in London. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asia Security Conference"

The Asian Brown Cloud is an enormous three kilometer thick layer of haze covering the northern Indian Ocean, India, Pakistan, and much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China. It is created by a range of airborne particles and pollutants, characteristic of biomass burning and industrial emissions. A notable example is the burning of cattle dung as household fuel by people in rural India. The cloud can last for up to four months, most commonly in the winter ( December to April). The haze is toxic in itself and has an adverse impact on rainfall and sunlight. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asian brown cloud"

The Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) is a body created in 2002 to promote Asian cooperation at a continental level, helping to integrate the previously separate regional organizations of political or economical cooperation such as ASEAN, SAARC or the Gulf Cooperation Council. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asian Cooperation Dialogue"

The Asian financial crisis was a financial crisis that started in July 1997 in Thailand and affected currencies, stock markets, and other asset prices in several Asian countries, many considered East Asian Tigers. It is also commonly referred to as the Asian currency crisis or locally as the IMF crisis although the latter is somewhat controversial. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asian financial crisis"

There are a wide variety of languages spoken throughout Asia, comprising a number of families and unrelated isolate languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asian languages"

Austronesia, in historical terms, refer to the homeland of the people who speak Austronesian languages, to which Malay, Filipino, Indonesian, Malagasy, and other 100 more languages belong, which is hypothesized by anthropologists to be the Yunnan Plateau. The name Austronesia comes from the Latin austrālis "southern" plus the Greek nêsos "island". ...more on Wikipedia about "Austronesia"

Central Eurasia is a geographic term. ...more on Wikipedia about "Central Eurasia"

The Colombo Plan began in 1951, and is a regional organisation focused on social development. It is based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. ...more on Wikipedia about "Colombo Plan"

Like the vast supercontinent Eurasia, the culture of Asia is the aggregate of the cultural heritage of many nationalities, societies, religions, and ethnic groups in Asia. The continent is often divided into geographic and cultural subregions, including the Caucasus, Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia (the "Indian subcontinent"), North Asia, and Southeast Asia. ( Southwest Asia and the Middle East are often considered geographically but not culturally Asian). Asian cultures also range from rural and tribal indigenous cultures, such as much of Mongolia and central Asia, to highly urbanized and cosmopolitan metropolitan areas, such as Singapore and Hong Kong. ...more on Wikipedia about "Culture of Asia"

East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. Geographically, it covers about 6,640,000 km², or 15% of the Asian continent. Culturally, it embraces those societies that are part of the Chinese cultural sphere, displaying heavy historical influence from the Classical Chinese language (including the traditional script), Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism, Mahayana Buddhism, and Daoism. This combination of language, political philosophy, and religion overlaps with the geographical designation of East Asia. ...more on Wikipedia about "East Asia"

The East Asian Tigers, also known as Asia's Four Little Dragons ( Simplified Chinese: 亚洲四小龙, Traditional Chinese: 亞洲四小龍; Pinyin: Yǎ Zhōu Sì Xiǎo Lóng) ("dragon" being a reference to China in Chinese culture), refers to the economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. These territories and nations were noted for maintaining high growth rates and rapid industrialization between the early 1960s and 1990s. ...more on Wikipedia about "East Asian Tigers"

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), located in Bangkok, Thailand, is the regional arm of the United Nations Secretariat for the Asian and Pacific region. ...more on Wikipedia about "Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific"

The economy of Asia comprises more than 4 billion people (60% of the world population), living in 46 different states. In addition to this there are six further states that lie partly in Asia, but are considered to belong to another region economically and politically. ...more on Wikipedia about "Economy of Asia"

Far East is an inexact term often used for East Asia and Southeast Asia combined, sometimes including also the easternmost territories of Russia, i.e., the Russian Far East, and the western Pacific Ocean region. ...more on Wikipedia about "Far East"

A Hill station is a high-altitude town, used especially by European colonialists, as a place of refuge from the summer heat. They are prevalent in Southeast Asian and South Asian countries, particularly India and Pakistan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hill station"

(Himalayas) The Himalaya is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. By extension, it is also the name of the massive mountain system which includes the Himalaya proper, the Karakoram, the Hindu Kush, and a host of minor ranges extending from the Pamir Knot. The name is from Sanskrit , a tatpurusha compound meaning "the abode of snow". (from "snow", and "abode"; see also Himavat). ...more on Wikipedia about "Himalayas"

The ICFTU Asia and Pacific Regional Organisation (ICFTU-APRO) is a regional organisation of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions representing trade unions from countries in Asia and Oceania. It has 40 affiliated organisations in 28 countries, claiming a membership of 40 million people. ...more on Wikipedia about "ICFTU Asia and Pacific Regional Organisation"

The International Conference of Asian Political Parties ( ab.: ICAPP) is a meeting forum of political parties of Asia- Oceanian countries, which was initiated by Lakas-CMD of the Philippines in September, 2000. The objectives of the Conference were to promote exchanges and cooperation between political parties from different countries in the area and with various ideologies; to enhance mutual understanding and trust among Asian countries; to promote Asia's regional cooperation through the unique role and channel of political parties. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Conference of Asian Political Parties"

Korea refers to South Korea and North Korea together, which were a unified country until 1948. It is situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, bordering China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast. It is populated by a homogeneous ethnic group, the Koreans, who speak a distinct language ( Korean) and use the unique script Hangul. ...more on Wikipedia about "Korea"

==Ab-Ae== * Abacus * Abadan * Abangan * Abdalrauf Fitrat ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Asia-related topics - A"

==Ba== * Ba Jin * Ba Trieu ===Bab-Bak=== * Baba Tatsui ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Asia-related topics - B"

==Ca== ===Cad-Cal=== * Cadre System - China * Cagayan River ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Asia-related topics - C"

==Da== * Da Nang ===Dad-Dan=== * Dadra and Nagar Haveli Union Territory ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Asia-related topics - D"

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