Chapter 28

Section 1

1. In East Asia, China and North Korea are communist, while South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan are democratic. Because of this, China and North Korea have command economies, and South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan have mixed economies and market economies.

2.The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation plays an important role in the economic activities of the East Asian region as it makes trade among China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan efficient and fair.

Creative Writing: It was a very good idea to have let China into the World Trade Organization on the United States' part. China may have had some critisism for past anti-humanitarian actions, that were used in order to stop citizens from speaking out against the government, but these actions can help keep workers in line and focused so that the world wide economy can increase.

Section 2

1. Industrialization of the East Asian region lead to nuclear power, and nuclear accidents like in 1999 in Japan. It has also lead to acid rain, deforestation, desertification and other forms of pollution.

2. East Asian countries naturally recieve many earthquakes and typhoons. Japan alone also has over 80 active volcanoes.

Creative Writing: Japan, since the 1970's has encouraged the stopping of pollution of industries and is now the leader of addressing environmental issues. In 2006, Japan was ahead of all other auto manufacturers in developing fuel cell engines that produced no emissions. Japan has also made aquacultures so that over fishing does not occur.