Why are the oceans a valuable resource for east asian countries?
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Fishing, seaweed, trade, access to other countries.
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China is one of the world's major mineral-producing countries. Coal is the most abundant mineral (China ranks first in coal production); high-quality, easily mined coal is found throughout the country, but especially in the north and northeast. There are also extensive iron-ore deposits; the largest mines are at Anshan and Benxi, in Liaoning province. Oil fields discovered in the 1960s and after made China a net exporter, and by the early 1990s, China was the world's fifth-ranked oil producer. Growing domestic demand beginning in the mid-1990s, however, has forced the nation to import increasing quantities of petroleum. Offshore exploration has become important to meeting domestic needs; massive deposits off the coasts are believed to exceed all the world's known oil reserves.\n\nChina's leading export minerals are tungsten, antimony, tin, magnesium, molybdenum, mercury, manganese, barite, and salt. China is among the world's four top producers of antimony, magnesium, tin, tungsten, and zinc, and ranks second (after the United States) in the production of salt, sixth in gold, and eighth in lead ore. There are large deposits of uranium in the northwest, especially in Xinjiang; there are also mines in Jiangxi and Guangdong provs. Alumina is found in many parts of the country; China is one of world's largest producers of aluminum. There are also deposits of vanadium, magnetite, copper, fluorite, nickel, asbestos, phosphate rock, pyrite, and sulfur.\n\nExports:$583.1 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)\nExports - commodities:machinery and equipment, plastics, optical and medical equipment, iron and steel\nExports - partners:US 22.8%, Hong Kong 16.2%, Japan 12.4%, South Korea 4.4%, Germany 4% (2004)\nImports:$552.4 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)\nImports - commodities:machinery and equipment, oil and mineral fuels, plastics, optical and medical equipment, organic chemicals, iron and steel\nImports - partners:Japan 16.1%, Taiwan 10.9%, South Korea 10.4%, US 7.7%, Hong Kong 7.4%, Germany 5.4% (2004)\n\nGood luck!
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The Phillipines are far from stable.\n\nAs part of the end of WWII Japan was forbidden to raise a military.  We are there to provide them with protection.  Japan wants us there.
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The quantity and quality of a resource is determined by whether it is a renewable, non-renewable, or a flow resource. \n\nRenewable resources, such as plants and animals, can replenish themselves after they have been used if their physical environment has not been destroyed. If trees are harvested carefully, a new forest will grow to replace the one that was cut. If animals eat grass in a pasture to a certain level, grass will grow again and provide food for animals in the future, as long as the carrying capacity of the land is not exceeded by the pressure of too many animals. \n\nNonrenewable resources, such as minerals and fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas), can be extracted and used only once. \n\nFlow resources, such as water, wind, and sunlight, are neither renewable nor nonrenewable because they must be used as, when, and where they occur. The energy in a river can be used to generate electricity, which can be transmitted over great distances. However, that energy must be captured by turbines as the water flows past or it will be lost.
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East China Sea, South China Sea, Sea of Japan, Phillipine Sea, Java Sea, Greenland Sea, Sea of Galilee, and the Indian Ocean
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Some resources we use are renewable and some are not. True renewables include energy sources like wind and solar. Sort-of renewables include water, food and firewood. Although these can be tapped or grown to satisfy demand, aquifer draw-down and soil erosion can limit how great a load can be sustained. All material resources need to be used wisely, not wastefully, since most resource use usually entails waste products, expense and disposal of unused material. Nonrenewables can be either reclaimable, like metals, or expendable (nonreclaimable) like petroleum. A reason for special care in consumption of expendables is that the supply is limited. Once used up, they're gone for good. \nReclaimables: In the 4.5 billion years of earth's existence, seismic and erosive action changed the distribution of materials in it; many valuable minerals became concentrated into a small number of areas, making them far more practical to extract than if they were more uniformly distributed. This fortunate situation is a one-time happening; if we throw them away they become widely dispersed, so when the concentrated sources run out, we either lose them or we have to collect them some time later at great expense. This is is why we need to recycle aluminum and many other metals including copper, lead, zinc, titanium and even iron. You'd think we'd keep pretty careful control of the more expensive stuff like gold, silver and platinum, but surprisingly a little of that still gets tossed (but less than used to be). Actually aluminum is abundant and not hard to find, but it takes a lot of energy to extract it from its ore, so reclaiming it pays too. \nExpendables: The petroleum we are using up today took many millions of years to form. At the current consumption rate we will use up all the petroleum we can get in 45 years (ref.). After that, we have to have figured out an alternative or we are in deep muck. Currently we have no practical alternative, especially for mobile, "go anywhere anytime" uses like cars. Hydrogen sounds good on the surface, but the only practical way to mass-produce it is from petroleum, losing energy as we do! So if we can postpone that moment of awful truth by conserving fuel now, we have a better chance of developing a true alternative. I hope you're on the side of the future. Your children will thank you.
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The Pacific Ocean...if you know the answer, then why are you asking?
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These have become necessary aspects of our modern lives, to access the resources necessary to fulfill the needs of modern civilization.  We are now capable, though, in producing synthetics to take the place of many aspects of mining and logging, and we are also capable of much cleaner, environmentally friendly access to resources, such as re-planting, minimally invasive mining, etc.  Good stewardship of resources is essential for continued growth and sustainable resources for our future.
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Natural resources\n\nThere is a substantial amount of petroleum and natural gas under the seabed: see North Sea oil.
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Land in Japan is expensive because there is a scarcity of land and Japan is one of the most expensive countries in the world.\nIn fact, that sum is pretty cheap for an apartment. For the most of us who are used to living in large dwelling spaces, a typical Japanese dwelling is smaller than our whole living room alone, and for those with huge bathrooms, expect a Japanese bathroom to around the size of your closet, just a little larger.\nHowever, it doesn't change the fact that the Japanese have one of the highest living standards in the world, and probably the most technological country on the planet. They had nation wide 3G when we were still playing snake on our non-colour Nokia phones.\nit is pretty funny that they have such a large currency. If you want something more shocking, have a look at Indonesia. If you're always wanted to be a billionaire, go to Indonesia. A few hundred U.S bucks is already several millions of rupiah.\nImagine going to a country and paying 500 million for a skirt or a 3 course meal at a decent restuarant. Or 20 million for a bottle of drinking water.\nWell, look no further than Indonesia, where everyone is a billionaire because of their ridiculously inflated currency.\nIt makes you wonder, Gee, how much do they earn a year? Well, if you need to know, while some of Asia's richest people are from Indonesia (and mostly of Chinese descent, they run more tha 80% of the entire Indonesia economy.), the rest of them are paid less than that bottle of drinking water you buy in the U.S (Say U.S$1 - 5) per day.
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China is a big country with over 2000 cities, some big, some small. Some have seaports, some have airports. Most of these cities have Class A road to connect them.  There is one thing in common, as China is growing, they need resources - goods, raw materials, finished goods, capital goods. They need to import good which is not produced in China. This need transportation industry to transfer the goods form one place to the other.
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My guess would be NO. The whole South east Asia is different from other parts of the world. They are very much capable of settling their own matters (a bit more violent). These countries are only 50 year old so they need time to learn how to govern.
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Here are several sources that are involved with wildlife conservation in asia.  That have all made an impact in there own way, but there is no one group that can do it all.  It is an individual effort from many different sources.  I hope these help you out.
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If this all was true, the waters off the EAST coast would be higher, since Earth spins toward the east. \nHowever; even the ocean has areas of higher/lower elevation, according to Topex Dynamic Ocean Topography.\nhttp://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/MOVIES/Topex_Dynamic_Ocean_Topography.mpg\nBut there, around NZ, the ocean does not show higher elevation; it's at a normal  level.
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East Coast is safer.\n\nWest Coast has a lot of really big Volcano's and we are waiting for an Earth Quake called "The Big One"
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it is the opinion of most biologists that the sea contains much more biomass
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Coral reefs have many uses.\n\nFirst, they act as a giant breakwater stucture. They minimize the impact of stormes, alrge waves and prevent beach erosion.\n\nSecond they are a source of food. Reefs have abundant fish and spawning grounds for larger species. Many people rely on fish protein to survive and living near a reef can provide this.\n\nThird they hold economic value though tourism as an unspoiled reef can bring tourists and thier money to a region.\n\nFourth they hold cultural values. Many cultures have developed using the reef as part of their structure.