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Tables of Contents for The Asia-Pacific Profile
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Series preface
xii
The Asia-Pacific Profile: preface
xiv
Figure 1 The Asia-Pacific Profile countries
xvi
PART 1 Maps of the Asia-Pacific
Bernard Eccleston
Introduction
1
23
Selected civilizations, 16th C. BC to 17th C. AD
3
1
Colonization of Latin America, from 16th C. and European expansion into Asia, from 19th C
4
1
Expansion of the USA and Japan, 1867-1941
5
1
State boundaries, 1914
6
1
State boundaries, 1950
7
1
The Pacific War, 1941-45
8
1
Anti-colonial struggles, from 19th C
9
1
Major armed conflicts since 1950
10
1
Membership of regional organizations, 1997
11
1
Defence expenditure, 1985 and 1994
12
1
Numbers in the armed forces, 1985 and 1994
13
1
Share of world trade, 1913, 1953 and 1993
14
1
Foreign direct investment stock, 1914 and 1994
15
1
Trade flows: exports, 1994
16
1
Trade flows: imports, 1994
17
1
Foreign direct investment flows, 1990-94
18
1
Multinational company penetration, 1982-94
19
1
International migration, early 20th C
20
1
International migration, 1990s
21
1
International telecommunications, 1983-92
22
1
International tourism, 1990-94
23
1
Environmental degradation: CO2 emissions, rising sea level, and acid rain
24
1
Environmental degradation: forest and soil degradation, nuclear test sites, and nuclear reactors
25
1
Majority religious affiliation
26
1
Urban centres
27
1
GDP per capita at US$ purchasing power parity
28
1
PART 2 Country by country digest
Bernard Eccleston
Deborah McNamara
Introduction
29
5
Australia
34
6
Burma/Myanmar
40
6
Cambodia
46
6
Canada
52
6
Chile
58
6
China
64
6
Colombia
70
6
Costa Rica
76
6
Ecuador
82
6
El Salvador
88
6
Guatemala
94
6
Honduras
100
6
Hong Kong
106
6
Indonesia
112
6
Japan
118
6
Korea
124
10
North Korea
125
4
South Korea
129
5
Laos
134
6
Malaysia
140
6
Mexico
146
6
New Zealand
152
6
Nicaragua
158
6
Panama
164
6
Papua New Guinea
170
6
Peru
176
6
Philippines
182
6
Singapore
188
6
Taiwan
194
6
Thailand
200
6
United States of America
206
6
Vietnam
212
6
Appendix A: data for figures in Part 2
Demographic indicators
Table A.1 Total population and population density
218
1
Table A.2 Infant mortality and life expectancy
219
1
Table A.3 Population distribution
220
1
Economic indicators
Table A.4 GNP per capita
221
1
Table A.5 External debt
222
1
Table A.6 GDP distribution
223
1
Table A.7 Employment distribution
224
1
Table A.8 Investment and saving (% GDP)
225
1
Table A.9 Government expenditure (% GDP)
226
1
Table A.10 Exports and imports (% GDP)
227
1
Table A.11 Major trading partners: exports
228
2
Table A.12 Major trading partners: imports
230
2
Table A.13 Major export commodities
232
2
Table A.14 Major import commodities
234
2
Social indicators
Table A.15 Main ethnic groups
236
2
Table A.16 Women's labour
238
1
Table A.17 Population per physician
239
1
Table A.18 Government social security expenditure
240
1
Russian Far East
241
7
Michael J. Bradshaw
Brunei
244
2
Macau
246
2
Pacific Islands
Anthony van Fossen
Overview
248
7
Melanesia
Anthony van Fossen
Fiji
255
2
New Caledonia
257
1
Solomon Islands
258
2
Vanuatu
260
2
Micronesia
Anthony van Fossen
Federated States of Micronesia
262
1
Guam
263
2
Kiribati
265
1
Marshall Islands
266
1
Nauru
267
1
Northern Mariana Islands
268
2
Palau
270
1
Polynesia
Anthony van Fossen
American Samoa
271
2
Cook Islands
273
1
French Polynesia
274
2
Niue
276
1
Tokelau
277
1
Tonga
278
1
Tuvalu
279
1
Wallis and Futuna
280
2
Western Samoa
282
2
Anglonesia
Anthony van Fossen
Norfolk Island
284
1
Pitcairn Islands
285
2
Appendix B: data for Brunei, Macau, the Russian Far East and the Pacific Islands
Demographic indicators
Table B.1 Total population and population density
287
1
Table B.2 Infant mortality, life expectancy, and urban population
288
1
Economic indicators
Table B.3 GNP per capita
289
1
Table B.4 GDP per capita
290
1
Table B.5 GDP distribution and employment distribution
291
1
Table B.6 Investment, saving and government consumption (% GDP)
292
1
Table B.7 External debt
293
1
Table B.8 Exports and imports (% GDP)
293
1
Table B.9 Major trading partners: exports
294
1
Table B.10 Major trading partners: imports
295
1
Table B.11 Major export commodities
296
1
Table B.12 Major import commodities
297
1
Social indicators
Table B.13 Main ethnic groups
298
2
Table B.14 Women's paid labour, population per physician, and government social security expenditure
300
1
PART 3 Documents
Michael Dawson
Introduction
301
2
Contemporary relations
Regional collaboration
APEC: First Ministerial Meeting, 1989
303
6
APEC: Declaration, 1996
309
2
The ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration), 1967
311
1
ASEAN Free Trade Area, 1992
312
3
NAFTA, 1994
315
2
Charter of the Organization of American States, 1948
317
1
PECC, 1980
318
2
Post-Cold War security
ASEAN Regional Forum: First Meeting, 1994
320
1
Establishment of CSCAP, 1993
321
2
US-Japan Joint Declaration on Security Alliance, 1996
323
3
International organizations
The United Nations
326
2
The World Trade Organization Agreement, 1994
328
1
The World Bank Group
329
1
Asia-Europe Meeting, 1996
330
4
Amnesty International's Annual Report, 1996
334
5
Historical themes
The USA and Japan
The Root-Takahira Agreement, 1908
339
1
Breakdown of negotiations, 1941
339
1
Declaration of war, 1941
340
1
Peace Treaty, 1951
341
3
Treaty of Mutual Co-operation and Security, 1960
344
1
The Cold War
The Korean War and China, early 1950s
345
1
UN Resolutions on Korea, 1950
345
1
ANZUS, 1951
346
1
Korean War Armistice, 1953
347
1
SEATO, 1954
348
3
Conflict in Indo-China
Vietnam's Declaration of Independence, 1945
351
1
The Geneva Conference, 1954
352
2
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964
354
1
Cease-fire in Vietnam, 1973
355
2
Cambodia and the UN, 1990-93
357
2
Revolution and change in China
Proclamation of the Central People's Government of the PRC, 1949
359
1
The Great Leap Forward, 1958
360
2
The Cultural Revolution, 1967
362
2
Nixon's visit to China, 1972
364
2
Joint Declaration on Hong Kong, 1984
366
2
Demonstration in Tiananmen Square, 1989
368
2
The Pacific Islands
The Treaty of Waitangi, 1840
370
3
A case for annexation of Hawaii, 1892
373
1
UN resolutions on Micronesia, 1947-91
374
2
The South Pacific Forum, from 1971
376
5
Acknowledgements
381
2
Glossary
383