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Asian people," Asian ". '' 2006 . [http://www.yale.edu/yjhple/volume_1/pdf/033%20(koenig).pdf] Though it may be based on residence, it is also often considered a "race" or an "ethnic group". In the ern and Central Asia n people are usually not considered Asian peoples.Lee, Sharon M. Population Reference Bureau. Asian Americans Diverse and Growing. 2006. September 10 2006 . {Link without Title} DEFINITIONS BY COUNTRY Korea and Japan As early as 1920, Japan ese and Korean elites had a conception of Asia as the civilization of the East in contrast to Europe .Menon, Sridevi. Duke University. "Where is West Asia in Asian America?Asia and the Politics of Space in Asian America." 2004. April 26, 2007. http://socialtext.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/24/1_86/55.pdf Malaysia and Singapore In Malaysia and Singapore , their three largest ethnic groups, Malays , Chinese , and India ns, are all considered Asian. 44th IFLA 2007 World Congress - Malaysia -Truly Asia The paradox of low body mass index and high body fat percentage among Chinese, Malays and Indians in Singapore United States See Also: Asian American Racial classification of Indian Americans For purposes of the ( 1923 )PBS United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind 261 U.S. 204 (1923). 2000. 2006 . {Link without Title} According to Sharon M. Lee in her 1998 publication, for many non-Asian Americans in the United States (in 1998) Asian American means s, Vietnamese American s, and Korean American s.Katsiavriades, Kryss. Qureshi, Talaat. English Usage in the UK and USA. 1997. October 26 2006 . {Link without Title} United Kingdom See Also: British Asian In the 2006 . {Link without Title} The United Kingdom, Anglophone Africa and Anglophone Caribbean are places in the Western world where the word "Asian" is used primarily to identify people from the . {Link without Title} Canada See Also: Asian Canadian In Canada, Asian refers to people from the Far East, Southeast Asia,Asian Canadian. 2000. 2006 . {Link without Title} Australia See Also: Asian Australian Notably, the ''and Southern Asian'' , ''South-East Asian'' and ''North-East Asian'' . Russians are classified as ''Southern and Eastern Europeans'' while Middle Easterners are classified as ''North African and Middle Easterners''.Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups Second Edition. 2005. August 20 2006 . {Link without Title} Anglophone Africa and Caribbean In parts of . {Link without Title} The United Kingdom, Anglophone Africa,Sinha, Gayatri. Diatribe or art? The Hindu. 2002. , although in South Africa, Asian can refer to East Asians as well.University of Maryland. Assessment for Asians in South Africa. 2003. September 29 2006 . {Link without Title} New Zealand New Zealand's census called Statistics New Zealand defines the Asian to include people of Chinese, Indian, Korean, Filipino, Japanese, Sri Lankan, Cambodian and Thai ancestries.Statistics New Zealand. Asian people. 2006. December 4, 2006. {Link without Title} Norway Statistics Norway considers people of Asian background to be people from all Asian countries, including Turkey .http://www.ssb.no/vis/english/subjects/02/02/20/innvutv_en/main.htmlhttp://www.ssb.no/vis/samfunnsspeilet/utg/200604/10/art-2006-10-10-01.html DEFINITION BY INDIVIDUALS Paul Thomas Welty Paul Thomas Welty in his book The Asians Their Evolving HeritageWelty, Paul Thomas. The Asians Their Evolving Heritage Sixth Edition. New York:Harper & Row Publishers, 1984. ISBN 0-06-047001-1 claims that Asians refer exclusively to people of the "South Asian Subcontinent", "Southeast Asia" and "East Asia" (pp. 21)."The region called Asia in this book stretches from Pakistan on the west to Japan on the east and from the northern borders of China to the southernmost boundaries of Indonesia." The staple food of Asians is rice or wheat (pp.30)., but other common foods include barley, millet, corn, sorghum and sweet potatoes. Asian culture has been predominately influenced by the civilizations of India and China and the influence of Islam (pp.54). Asian people frequently live in large family systems often incorporating three generations under one roof, (pp.55). Asians have long valued education and literacy and have lived in societies led by a scholar class (pp. 365). South Asians have characteristics in common (pp. 61). South Asians are a religious people who share the commonality of having been under British Rule , (pp. 61). Due to their location between the Middle East, Europe, and other parts of Asia, they have come into contact with various other cultues, making their culture an amalgam of different cultures (pp. 61). East Asians have characteristics in common (pp. 153). East Asians are connected by the commonality of Chinese Cultural influence as well as Indian Philosophy (pp. 158). East Asians are also mostly Farmer s except for modernized Japan (Welty, pp. 158). Southeast Asians have characteristics in common (pp. 323). Southeast Asians are influenced by Hinduism , Buddhism , Islam and Confucism (pp. 326). Southeast Asians share the family system, poverty, and respect for teachers and learning (pp. 327). Due to the geography of many islands and coastal territory, Southeast Asians have been influenced by Indian, Japanese, Chinese and recently American cultural influences (pp. 329). Sudha Ramachandran Sudha Ramachandran, writer for the Asia Times, claims that China and India vie for the status of Asia's "''mother civilization''"Ramachandran, Sudha. Asia Times. "India has its own soft power: Buddhism." 2007. July 9, 2007. {Link without Title} , but Indrani Bagchi who is also a Times Asia writer claims that India is the heart of Asian civilization because it is the origin of Buddhism . Keith Lowe Dr. Keith Lowe, race-relations expert for the Canadian government,Ontario Multicultural Association. "Speaker Biography: Dr. Keith Lowe." 2007. July 29, 2007. claims that Asian people refer to Central, South, Southeast and East Asians.Asian Heritage Month. "Credits." 2007. July 29, 2007. [http://asian-heritage-month.org/credits.html ORIENTALS AND THE ORIENT The term ".Friedman. Haladina. The Politically Correct Handbook. 1992. September 1 2006 . {Link without Title} MARGINAL INCLUSION West Asians The name " and " Central Asia ", the Sinai Peninsula to Persia and Asia Minor to Arabia . To the ancient Greeks , Asia usually referred to the Persian Empire , while to the Romans , Asia was a small region or, later, province at the Western end of Anatolia (now Turkey ). Clovis Maksound, Director for the Organization of Global South, argues that the term "Middle East" is a ns like Turks, Iranians, Cypriots, and Arabs,Lee, Sharon M. Population Reference Bureau. Asian Americans Diverse and Growing. 2006. September 10 2006 . {Link without Title} and the Central Asians of the former Soviet Republics are not referred to as "Asian" by United States government agencies. The Canadian government uses "West Asian" in its statistics; however people from the Arab countries are counted in a separate "Arab" category. http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/89-621-XIE/89-621-XIE2007003.pdf http://www.google.com/search?q=west+asian+site%3Astatcan.ca Russians Most of Russia 's huge territory is in Asia, though the majority of its population is in Europe and ethnically Slavic . Depending on context, Russian people may be considered European or mixed according to their individual ethnic Nationality , ancestry, or appearance. The word Eurasian is also often used to describe Russia's position in the world. See also 2006 . {Link without Title} Pacific Islanders In normal usage Asian does not refer to the people from the , many Pacific Islanders did not consider themselves the same Social Identity as Asians, and classified themselves separately. REFERENCES SEE ALSO
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