These scholars have held that, if not for Confucianism's influence on these cultures, many of the people of the East Asia region would not have been able to modernize and industrialize as quickly as Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and even China have done.

They quickly gained air superiority over the Allies, who at this stage of the war were often disorganized, under-trained and poorly equipped, and Japanese air power contributed significantly to their successes in the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore, the Dutch East Indies and Burma.

Malaysia is a country in South East Asia whose strategic sea-lane position brought trade and foreign influences that fundamentally influenced its history.

Four of the islands are shared with other nations: Borneo is shared with Malaysia and Brunei, Sebatik, located eastern coast of Kalimantan, shared with Malaysia, Timor is shared with East Timor, and the newly divided provinces of Papua and West Papua share the island of New Guinea with Papua New Guinea.

border countries: Malaysia 1, 782 km, Papua New Guinea 820 km, East Timor 228 km

Indonesia claimed all territories of the former Dutch East Indies, and previously viewed British plans to group the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States, the Unfederated Malay States, Sarawak and British North Borneo into a new independent federation of Malaysia as a threat to its objective to create a united state called Greater Indonesia.

The highest court in the judicial system is the Federal Court, followed by the Court of Appeal, and two High Courts, one for Peninsular Malaysia, and one for East Malaysia.

Peninsular Malaysia and the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak each has a high court.

In 2007, the economy of Malaysia was the 3rd largest economy in South East Asia and 28th largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity with gross domestic product for 2008 of $ 222 billion with a growth rate of 5 % to 7 % since 2007 Malaysia also accounts for two thirds of global $ 82. 2 billion sukuk market in 2007.

The network of roads in Peninsular Malaysia is of high quality, whilst the road system in East Malaysia is not as well developed.

He long sought to establish an East Asian Economic Group as an alternative to APEC, excluding Australia, New Zealand and the Americas, and during his premiership Malaysia signed up to an ASEAN Free Trade Area ( AFTA ) and ASEAN + 3, a regional forum with China, Japan and South Korea.

Kuala Lumpur was the site of the first East Asia Summit in 2005, and Malaysia has chaired ASEAN, the OIC, and the NAM in the past.

Under a special arrangement agreed during the formation of Malaysia, the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak can retain their respective immigration control systems.

As a result, a passport is required for foreigners when traveling from Peninsular Malaysia to East Malaysia, as well as traveling between Sabah and Sarawak.

Previously, Malaysian citizens from Peninsular Malaysia were required to present a Malaysian passport when travelling to East Malaysia from Peninsular Malaysia, but this is no longer required for social / business visits up to 3 months as long as they do not land in a third country.

However, West Malaysians are required to produce a Malaysian identity card or, for children below 12 years, birth certificate, obtain a special immigration printout form ( Document In Lieu of Internal Travel Document, IMM. 114 ), and keep the form until they leave East Malaysia.

It has been a supporter of East Timor since the latter's independence and has expanded trade links with its traditional allies Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.

Malaysia has an article in its constitution which distinctly segregates the ethnic Malays and indigenous peoples of Malaysia — i. e. bumiputra — from the non-Bumiputra such as the Chinese and the East Indians under the social contract, of which by law would guarantee the former certain special rights and privileges.

Isfahan became more of a legend than a place, and now it is for many people simply a name to which they attach their notions of old Persia and sometimes of the East.

It is perhaps difficult to conceive, but imagine that tonight on London bridge the Teddy boys of the East End will gather to sing Marlowe, Herrick, Shakespeare, and perhaps some lyrics of their own.

The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Book again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.

That is, we must find Saxons in East Anglia, Kent, Sussex and Hampshire in the last half of the fourth century.

He is dedicated to building the nation's strength and, as are all West Germans, to a free Berlin and to reunion with captive East Germany.

Gen. Taylor will report to President Kennedy in a few days on the results of his visit to South Viet Nam and, judging from some of his remarks to reporters in the Far East, he is likely to urge a more efficient mobilization of Vietnamese military, economic, political and other resources.

The `` West Berlin '' crisis is really an East Berlin crisis.

First of all there is ample area in East Greenwich already zoned in the classification similar to that which petitioner requested.

It has already been reported in your newspapers that the East Greenwich School Committee is considering additions to at least one elementary school and to the high school to insure future accommodations for a school population that we know will increase.

The `` fruitful course '' of metropolitanization that you recommend is currently practiced by the town of East Greenwich and had its inception long before we learned what it was called.

But there is nothing we can do to stop Soviet Russia from granting de facto recognition to East Germany.

The weekly loss is partly counterbalanced by 500 arrivals each week from West Germany, but the hard truth, says Crossman, is that `` The closing off of East Berlin without interference from the West and with the use only of East German, as distinct from Russian, troops was a major Communist victory, which dealt West Berlin a deadly, possibly a fatal, blow.

Such payments shall be made to small domestic producers of zinc as long as the market price for prime western zinc at East Saint Louis, Illinois, as determined by the Secretary, is below 14-1/2 cents per pound, and such payments shall be 55 per centum of the difference between 14-1/2 cents per pound and the average market price for the month in which the sale occurred as determined by the Secretary.

The logic of creating a strong, balanced, competitive two-system railroad service in the East is so obvious that B. & O. was publicly committed to the approach outlined here.

That's because the good professor teaches only Weider methods at his famous Montreal Health Studio which is located at 1821 Mt. Royal East in Montreal.

Rich in Christian and Moslem art, Istanbul is today a fascinating museum of East and West that recently became a seaside resort as well with the development of new beaches on the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara only a short distance from the center of town.

In the second half of the Sixteenth Century, Sinan, the great architect who is the Michelangelo of the East, designed the massive buttresses that now help support the dome.

This is a penetrating description of our post-war illusion, which applied to other areas than East Europe.

Raymond Vernon reports that residents of East St. Louis have been driving across the Mississippi, through the heart of downtown St. Louis and out to the western suburbs for major shopping, simply because parking is easier at the big branches than it is in the heart of town.

It is a main flavoring for halvah, the candy of the Middle East.

Houghton said 6 p.m. Friday had been set for a canvass of all 480 homes in the subdivision, which is located northeast of Dequindre and 14 Mile Road East.

The Silver Sands are located on the East side of the village, and are one of Scotland's seven " Blue flag " awarded beaches, which denotes an exemplary standard of cleanliness, facilities, safety, environmental education and management.

Brown's main campus is located on College Hill on the East Side of Providence.

It is located south of Asia Minor, the Anatolian peninsula of the Asian ( or Eurasian ) mainland ( now part of modern-day Turkey ), so it may be included in Western Asia or the Middle East: At a confluence of Western Asia, Southern Europe, and Northern Africa, Cyprus has had lengthy periods of mainly Greek and intermittent Anatolian, Levantine, Byzantine, and Western European influences.

Elbonia is supposedly located somewhere in the former Soviet bloc: a strip dated April 2, 1990 refers to the " Tiny East European country of Elbonia.

Dar es Salaam is located at 6 ° 48 ' South, 39 ° 17 ' East (− 6. 8000, 39. 2833 ).

Boston United Hand in Hand Cemetery is located on Lower East Street straddling the

It was located on East Lafayette, then called Champlain Street, between Helen and East Grand Boulevard, near Belle Isle.

On Diego Garcia, the main plantations were located at East Point, the main settlement on the eastern rim of the atoll ; Minni Minni, north of East Point ; and Pointe Marianne, on the western rim, all located on the lagoon side of the atoll rim.

The world headquarters are located in Rome, in the former seat of the Department of Italian East Africa.

South of Georgetown the primary road is the East Bank Demerara Road, a two-lane road that runs from Georgetown to Timehri, where the Cheddi Jagan International Airport-Timehri ( CJIAT ) is located.

Between 1966 and 1968, Soesdyke, located on the East Bank Demerara Road, was connected to Mackenzie by a modern two lane highway, called the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

Geneva is located at 46 ° 12 ' North, 6 ° 09 ' East, at the south-western end of Lake Geneva, where the lake flows back into the Rhône River.

The Gallipoli peninsula (; ; ) is located in Turkish Thrace ( or East Thrace ), the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles straits to the east.

International flights: Toussaint Louverture International Airport ( formerly known as Port-au-Prince International Airport ), which opened in 1965 ( as François Duvalier International Airport ), is located 10 km North / North East of Port-au-Prince.

The port of Hong Kong has always been a key factor in the development and prosperity of the special administrative region, which is strategically located on the Far East trade routes and is in the geographical centre of the fast-developing Asia-Pacific Basin.

Hertfordshire is located immediately to the north of Greater London and is part of the East of England Government Office Region.

It is located at 183 Queen's Road East, in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island.

Hawala (, meaning transfer ), ( also known as hundi ) is an informal value transfer system based on the performance and honor of a huge network of money brokers, which are primarily located in the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and South Asia.