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The Pacific Rim: Diversity and Interconnection Map: Pacific Rim ThePacific Islands: Opportunities and Limits Map: Pacific Islands Japan: DrivingForce in the Pacific Rim Map: Japan Map: Japan Country Reports Australia(Commonwealth of Australia) Brunei (Negara Brunei Darussalam) Cambodia (Stateof Cambodia) China (People's Republic of China) Hong Kong Indonesia (Republicof Indonesia) Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic) Macau Malaysia Myanmar(Union of Myanmar) New Zealand (Dominion of New Zealand) North Korea(Democratic People's Republic of Korea) Papua New Guinea (Independent Stateof Papua New Guinea) Philippines (Republic of the Philippines) Singapore(Republic of Singapore) South Korea (Republic of Korea) Taiwan (Republic ofChina) Thailand (Kingdom of Thailand) Vietnam (Socialist Republic of Vietnam)Articles from the World Press Regional Articles 1. Asia, a Civilization inthe Making, Masakazu Yamazaki, Foreign Affairs, July/August 1996. Accordingto Masakazu Yamazaki, modernity is the force that will bring about theconvergence of East and West in the Pacific Basin region. Born in the West,modernity has radically transformed both East and West in this century. Inorder to have historical relevance, the Pacific sphere must, and it is hopedthat it will, serve as a transitional stronghold, helping to overcome fanaticnationalism and fundamentalism in all its forms. 2. Controlling EconomicCompetition in the Pacific Rim, Charles W. Kegley Jr., USA Today Magazine(Society for the Advancement of Education), May 1998. China, Japan, and theUnited States are the big three economic powers in the Pacific Rim, and theymust learn to cooperate economically, politically, and militarily ifprosperity is to succeed. A unified collective spirit in the Pacific Rim, andin the entire global system in the twenty-first century, is theresponsibility of these big three powers. 3. How Asia Went from Boom toGloom, Andrew Z. Szamosszegi, The World & I, May 1998. Due to the recent EastAsian economic crisis, many countries must reform the economic systems thatlifted them from poverty to near prosperity. (Part contents)