Exam 11: Asia Pacific Region

The Four Asian Tigers are: China, Thailand, India, and North Korea.

Northeast China was the industrial and technological center of the country in the 1970s and 1980s.

_____ is now Japan's most important trading partner.

Which of the following are the two most important steps China has to take to ensure that the road to economic growth is smooth?

_____ is known as China's Silicon Valley.

One of Japan's advantages over other countries is its language; the syntax of the Japanese language is similar to that of certain programming languages.

Which of the following most accurately represent the "three direct links" leading to the establishment of One China?

The three contiguous provinces in Northeast China _____, Jilin, and Heilongjiang have long represented a cohesive unit in terms of culture and the political economy and are referred to as "dongbei", meaning Northeast, or "dong sansheng", meaning Northeastern Three Provinces.

Give a brief account of the four major regional economies of China.

Aside from the United States and Japan, _____ is the most important single national market.

Which of the following regions is considered as the information technology (IT) corridor in north China?

Negotiators from the Beijing area are known for their unusual bureaucratic sloth and imperialist perspective.

Give an account of rural China. How have the multinational companies contributed toward its development?

_____ at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula in China is the focus of bi-national relationships and has one of the world's largest and most modern port facilities.

What are BOPMs? According to C. K. Prahalad and his associates introduced a new concept into the discussion of developing countries and markets-bottom-of-the-pyramid markets (BOPMs)-consisting of the 4 billion people across the globe with annual incomes of less than $1,200. These markets are not necessarily defined by national borders but rather by the pockets of poverty across countries. These 4 billion consumers are, of course, concentrated in the LDCs and LLDCs, as defined in the U.N. classification scheme, particularly in South Asia and sub-Sahara Africa. Prahalad's basic point is that these consumers have been relatively ignored by international marketers because of misconceptions about their lack of resources, both in terms of money and technology, and the lack of appropriateness of products and services usually developed for more affluent consumers. C. K. Prahalad, why have they been ignored by international marketers?

This region in China includes three cities of over 5 million inhabitants (Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen); five cities with more than 1 million inhabitants (Zhuhai, Huizhou, Foshan, Zhongshan, and Dongguan); and a number of cities that each contain approximately half a million inhabitants, such as Macau. Identify the region.

According to C. K. Prahalad and his associates introduced a new concept into the discussion of developing countries and markets-bottom-of-the-pyramid markets (BOPMs)-consisting of the 4 billion people across the globe with annual incomes of less than $1,200. C. K. Prahalad, the global market consisting of the 4 billion people across the globe with annual incomes of less than $1,200 is termed subsistence market.

C. K. Prahalad and his associates introduced a new concept into the discussion of developing countries and markets-bottom-of-the-pyramid markets (BOPMs)-consisting of the 4 billion people across the globe with annual incomes of less than _____.

Illustrate the "one country, two systems" approach of China.

This region in China is the political and R&D center of China. The 75-mile corridor in this region hosts some 5,000 Chinese high-tech companies, and more than 1,000 international IT companies. Perhaps the key to this region is the quality of its higher education. Identify the region in discussion.