Indonesia was until recently Southeast Asia's only member of OPEC, and the 1970s oil price raises provided an export revenue windfall that contributed to sustained high economic growth rates, averaging over 7 % from 1968 to 1981.

Although nationalist movements throughout the colonial world led to the political independence of nearly all of the Asia's remaining colonies, decolonisation was intercepted by the Cold War ; and South East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Asia remained embedded in a world economic, financial, and military system in which the great powers compete to extend their influence.

These economic reforms, pushed by President Kim Dae-jung, helped Korea maintain one of Asia's few expanding economies, with growth rates of 10. 8 % in 1999 and 9. 2 % in 2000.

Within months of the 1991 Paris Agreements, Vietnam established diplomatic and economic relations with Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) member states and also with most countries of Western Europe and Asia's Far East.

The country remained one of Asia's poorest and was totally dependent on Soviet economic assistance.

He argued that East Asia's economic growth had historically been the result of increasing the level of investment in capital.

In the past the forum also addressed China's entry into the World Trade Organization, as well as Southeast Asia's economic crisis during the 1990s.

After the Chinese economic reform program, which began in 1978, Shanghai again became the most important economic centre in mainland China, and is emerging to become one of Asia's centres for commerce.

# Expand the trade and financial market within Asia and increase the bargaining power of Asian countries in lieu of competition and, in turn, enhance Asia's economic competitiveness in the global market ;

Asia's economic problems, he argued, encouraged the growth of the doctrine in South Korea, though he claims it ignores the poor and needy.

The British Press called Siti " The Asia's Celine Dion " because of the strength of excellent vocal and performance.

Asia's eponymous debut album Asia, released in March 1982, received considerable commercial success, spending nine weeks at number one in the U. S. album chart and selling over 4 million copies in the U. S. alone.

The airport has five operating terminals spread over an operational area of and is India's and South Asia's largest and most important airline hub ; CSIA handled 30. 74 million passengers and 656, 369 tonnes of cargo during FY 2011-12.

Chuganji held the title of Japan's and Asia's oldest living man for over 3 and a half years-the longest that this title has ever been held.

Chuganji was the last surviving Asian man born before 1894, as his successor as Asia's oldest living man, Kameni Nakamura, was born in late 1894 and was over five and a half years younger than Chuganji.

Established in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation ( SMC ) is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 17, 000 employees in over 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

As of April 2010, the 20 books in the True Singapore Ghost Stories series have sold over one million copies worldwide, making Lee Asia's top writer of ghost stories.

There were 32 official military delegations and over 250, 000 people enjoyed the Aero India 2005 show, which is considered Asia's premier air show.

This tour also marked another milestone in TVXQ's Japanese career history by making them the 3rd foreign artist ( after Michael Jackson and the Backstreet Boys ) to perform at Asia's Dream Stage, Tokyo Dome, for 3 consecutive days, attracting crowds of over 165, 000.

The Company operates over 2, 200 stores in Asia and Europe, and has for the second year running been voted the No. 1 in retail-Pharmacy and Drugstore category of Asia's top 1, 000 brands.

The area is well known for Khewra Salt Mines, Asia's largest salt mine, in use for over 2000 years, and which features an underground mosque.

Asia's richest event, the HSBC Champions tournament, was first played in November 2005 with a prize fund of $ 5 million ; it is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour but did not count towards the money list for its first three years as any high placings by Asian Tour players would distort the money list.

* The University of Central Asia's three campuses in Tekeli, Kazakhstan ; Naryn, the Kyrgyz Republic ; and Khorog, Tajikistan

Incheon International Airport is also currently Asia's eighth busiest airport in terms of passengers, the world's fourth busiest airport by cargo traffic, and the world's eighth busiest airport in terms of international passengers in 2010.

* CNNGO Asia's 25 greatest actors of all time 2010

In June 2010 Kapoor was described as " India's Most Beautiful Woman " by People, whilst UK magazine Eastern Eye named her " Asia's Sexiest Woman " in 2011.

It is also placed at 4th place in Forbes Asia's Fabulous 50 List of 2010.

* The Geopolitics of Strategic Asia, 2000-2020 in Strategic Asia 2010-11: Asia's Rising Power and America's Continued Purpose ( National Bureau of Asian Research, September 2010 )

Asia's Player of the Century Cha Bum-Kun was the manager of the club from 2004 to 2010, when he replaced former national team manager Kim Ho who had been the club's first manager.

* Boris G. Yudin, Research on humans at the Khabarovsk War Crimes Trial, in: Japan's Wartime Medical Atrocities: Comparative Inquiries in Science, History, and Ethics ( Asia's Transformations ), Jing Bao Nie, Nanyan Guo, Mark Selden, Arthur Kleinman ( Editors ); Routledge, 2010, ISBN 0-415-58377-2

* 4th amongst Asia's Top Restaurants and 2nd in Singapore's Top 5 Restaurants Miele Guide 2009 / 2010: Jaan par André.

In 2010, for the first time, angela performed at Southeast Asia's largest anime convention, Anime Festival Asia ( AFA ), held annually in Singapore.

In the same study, the Asian Development Bank estimates that seven economies would lead Asia's powerhouse growth ; under the Asian Century scenario, the region would have no poor countries, compared with eight in 2011.

Asia's set included only " An Extraordinary Life " from Phoenix, the rest of the songs coming from the first two albums plus one cover each from The Buggles (" Video Killed the Radio Star " with Wetton on lead vocals and Downes on vocoder ), King Crimson (" The Court of the Crimson King ", which was recorded by a previous incarnation of that band with Greg Lake on lead vocals ) and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (" Fanfare for the Common Man ").

The islands of Sundaland rest on an extension of Asia's shallow continental shelf, called the Sunda shelf.

Central Asia's location as a region of the world

Tūrān ( Central Asia's ) location as a region of the world

The space was added to Asia's world map on July 23, 2009.

It is Asia's third largest stock exchange in terms of market capitalization behind the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and the sixth largest in the world.

Lion dance has spread across the world courtesy of the local Chinese community and immigrant settlers located at different Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Pacific and Australia continents and countries worldwide including South East Asia's Malaysia.

* Swan Lake Swan Lake is located in Dongying City victory East15 kilometers southeast of Swan Lake tourist resort area, was built in 1997 and open to the outside world a set of tourism, leisure and entertainment as one of the large-scale water upstream paradise, Asia's largest artificial lake plain reservoir.

R-16 Korea is one of the most recognized bboy championships that invites bboys from all around the world to now Asia's bboy capital South Korea.

The School is ranked 3rd in Australia and Asia and 57th in the world for its full-time MBA program ( Economist Intelligence Unit, Which MBA ?, 2008 Global Full-Time MBA Rankings ), in the top 3 business schools in Australia and New Zealand and among Asia's 15 best schools ( Asia Inc, 2003 ).

At the beginning of the 18th century, Europe had not yet dominated in the world economy on account of the fact that its military did not match that of Asia's or of the Middle East.

Asiaweeks mission statement said it all: " To report accurately and fairly the affairs of Asia in all spheres of human activity, to see the world from an Asian perspective, to be Asia's voice in the world.

The exciting final scene signifies the celebration of the close partnership between the two sides of the Harbour and represents an even brighter future for Asia's world city-Hong Kong.