Asia

Some consider the following countries or regions as part of East Asia, while others do not.

• The parts of China that are not historically dominated by Han Chinese: Qinghai, Tibet, Xinjiang (considered either East Asia or Central Asia or South Asia in the case of Tibet[25][26][27][28][29][8]-here the primary question is cultural, with geography also at issue)
• Mongolia[citation needed](considered either East Asia or Central Asia-here culture and/or geography may be at issue)
• Vietnam[citation needed](considered either East Asia or Southeast Asia-here the primary question is geographic)
• Siberia, Russia [30](considered either East Asia or North Asia-here the primary question is political, with culture and geography also at issue)

In business and economics, East Asia has been used to refer to a wide geographical area covering ten countries in ASEAN[citation needed], People's Republic of China, Japan, South Korea, and the Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan)[20] for the purpose of economic and political regionalism and integration[dubious - discuss]. The tendency of this usage, perhaps, started especially since the publication of World Bank on The East Asian Miracle in 1993 explaining the economic success of the Asian Tiger and emerging Southeast Asian economies (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand).[citation needed]} In addition, this usage has also been driven by Asia-wide economic interconnectedness since the co-operation between ASEAN and its three dialogue partners was institutionalised under the ASEAN Plus Three Process (ASEAN+3 or APT) in 1997. The idea of East Asian Community arising from ASEAN+3 framework is also gradually shaping the term East Asia to cover more than greater China, Korea, and Japan. This usage however, is unstable: the East Asian Summit, for instance, includes India and Australia.
East Asia is considered to be a part of the Far East, which describes the region's geographical position in relation to Europe rather than its location within Asia. However, in contrast to the United Nations definition, East Asia commonly is used to refer to the eastern part of Asia, as the term implies. Observers preferring a broader definition of 'East Asia' often use the term Northeast Asia to refer to the greater China area, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, with Southeast Asia covering the ten ASEAN countries. This usage, which is increasingly widespread in economic and diplomatic discussion, is at odds with the historical meanings of both 'East Asia' and 'Northeast Asia'.[31][32][33] The Council on Foreign Relations defines Northeast Asia as Japan and Korea.[34]


USA should not be permitted in.
Changjiang River is, China is in the east asia, and it will join the East Asia community. However, some it insists that the United States should not be accepted!

http://forum.globaltimes.cn/forum/showthread.php?t=8200

Lots of Asia people now are making polls there to decide whether US is permitted in East Asian Community.
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