Earlier, I got a nasty email from someone who said "I knew what she meant" referring to haircuts and makeup for Asians. I did not know what she meant because Asia is the largest and most diverse continent:
Subregions of Asia
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Here is an alphabetical list of subregions in the UN geoscheme for Asia.
1 Central Asia
2 Eastern Asia
3 Southern Asia
4 Southeastern Asia
5 Western Asia
Central Asia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Eastern Asia
China - the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
Macao Special Administrative Region of China
Japan
Mongolia
North Korea
South Korea
Southern Asia
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Iran
Maldives
Nepal
Pakist...
2007-02-18
11:41:31
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Here's the rest of the list:
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Southeastern Asia
Main article: Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Vietnam
Western Asia
Main article: Southwest Asia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Cyprus
Georgia
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestinian territories (West Bank and Gaza Strip)
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syrian Arab Republic
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Why would anyone assume that I would know what an Asian looks like? I'm more than certain that the people from all these places do not all look the same.
2007-02-18
11:50:15 ·
update #1