Asia-Pacific

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Asia-Pacific or APAC is the area generally regarded as encompassing littoral East Asia, Southeast Asia and Australasia near the Pacific Ocean, plus the states in the ocean itself (Oceania), and sometimes also includes South Asia.

Although an imprecise geographical descriptor, the term Asia-Pacific became popular from the late 1980s as the economies within the heterogeneous region flourished due to increased regional capital flow, trade and other forms of economic and political interaction. The inclusion of Oceanian countries such as Australia and New Zealand is largely based upon the economic relationships between those countries and their East Asian trading partners to the north.

In some contexts, the region may extend further to include major Asian countries, as well as those around the Pacific Rim, stretching from Oceania, up to Russia, and down the western coast of the Americas. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, for example, includes Canada, Chile, Russia, Mexico, Peru, and the United States, and is currently considering the admission of India.^[1]

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The Asia-Pacific region generally includes:

•  Australia
•  Brunei
•  Cambodia
•  People's Republic of China
  •  Hong Kong
  •  Macau
  •  Tibet
•  Fiji
•  Indonesia
•  Japan
•  Kiribati
•  North Korea
•  South Korea
•  Laos
•  Malaysia
•  Marshall Islands
•  Federated States of Micronesia
•  Nauru
•  New Zealand
•  Palau
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Philippines
•  Samoa
•  Singapore
•  Solomon Islands
•  Thailand
•  Timor-Leste
•  Tonga
•  Republic of China (Taiwan)
•  Tuvalu
•  Vanuatu
•  Vietnam
• United States Territories -
  •  American Samoa
  •  Guam
  •  Northern Mariana Islands
• Sometimes included -
  •  Bangladesh (member of the SAARC)
  •  Bhutan (member of the SAARC)
  •  British Indian Ocean Territory
  •  India (member of the East Asia Summit, member of the SAARC)
  •  Maldives (member of the SAARC)
  •  Mongolia (landlocked country in East Asia)
  •  Myanmar (Burma) (member of the ASEAN)
  •  Nepal (member of the SAARC)
  •  Pakistan (member of the SAARC)
  •  Russia (the Russian Far East borders the Pacific Ocean)
  •  Sri Lanka (member of the SAARC)

• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
• Geography of Asia
• Geography of Oceania
• East Asian Summit
• Miss Asia-Pacific
• Asia-Pacific Scout Region (World Organization of the Scout Movement)

• APEC
• Asia Pacific Foundation
• Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network (APIYN)
• BBC Asia-Pacific
• ABC Radio Australia Asia Pacific
• Australia Network (formally "ABC Asia Pacific")

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