Iran 1996
Yearbook 1996 Iran. Who won the parliamentary elections in March and April? Both Iranian and foreign observers were divided in the view of which groupings dominated. Political parties in the…
The interior of continental Southeast Asia (such as the Mekong region) and the large islands (such as Sumatra, Borneo), which was formerly completely covered with tropical rainforests, is increasingly being developed and populated. The population density is increasing in these areas. Within Southeast Asia, the agricultural favored area of Java emerges with the highest population densities; The difference to the other islands in Indonesia is particularly striking.
The concentration of large metropolises is striking in South and East Asia. In the ranking of the world’s largest agglomerations, many of the top places are occupied by metropolitan regions in Asia. In first place is Tokyo, followed by megacities like Delhi, Shanghai, Mumbai, Dhaka, Jakarta, Seoul, Calcutta, Manila and others. In the Perfluent Delta around Guangzhou and Hong Kong, a new urban agglomeration is emerging that, with its almost 60 million residents, could compete with Tokyo for first place as the largest urban agglomeration in the world.
As a comparison with the population figures from 1970 shows, all the cities mentioned – and many others in the region – have increased their population figures many times over in just a few decades. The most important reason for this development is the urban-rural divide characteristic of many developing and emerging countries, which has greatly accelerated the urbanization process in this part of Asia. In China, for example, less than 30 percent of the population lived in cities in 1980; today it is well over 50 percent. For more information about the continent of Asia, please check politicsezine.com.
Yearbook 1996 Iran. Who won the parliamentary elections in March and April? Both Iranian and foreign observers were divided in the view of which groupings dominated. Political parties in the…
Yearbook 1996 Indonesia. In Indonesia the military-dominated regime has for decades ensured that no opposition statements disturbed the image of a people in complete harmony with the official state ideology.…
Yearbook 1996 India. The country’s biggest corruption scandal was revealed just before the spring parliamentary elections. An investigation by the federal police CBI suggested that the businessman Surinder Jain would…
Yearbook 1996 Georgia. The breakout region of South Ossetia in the north of the country declared itself presidential republic in September and at the same time announced presidential elections. Ljudvig…
1991 Santa Cruz Massacre On November 12, 1991, a young murdered student was buried in the cemetery in Dili. As the procession entered the cemetery, the army opened fire with…
Yearbook 1996 Cyprus. There is no solution to the Cyprus divide between Greeks and Turks. A peaceful settlement between the ethnic groups is necessary for the island’s planned negotiations for…
Yearbook 1996 China. China continued his economic progress, but did not become a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1996. Prime Minister Li Peng said at the National…
Yearbook 1996 Cambodia. In the spring, Cambodia’s fragile bipartisan government was close to falling since the royalist party FUNCINPEC’s leader, First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh, accused partner Cambodian People’s…
The country, which had been in a state of emergency since the 1962 uprising, increased its military dependence on Britain and the United States. As far as internal economic policy…
Bhutan depended on India, both in terms of imports – consumables, fuels, grains, machinery, spare parts, cars – as well as exports. 93% of Bhutan’s exports went to India –…