Blake Maines

About Asia

There are many countries in Asia. Some are Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait and also South and North Korea. This vast area has many different kinds of climate. Asia has some of the coldest and some of the hottest, some of the wettest and some of the driest. Winds from the mountains can cause winters to be long, and summers to be short.

 There is a little rainfall but is still labeled as a desert. Asia is approximately 17,210,000 square miles. It makes up 8.6% of earth surface. Some interesting facts of Asia are it is the largest continent of land mass. Asia land area is larger than the actual moon itself. And lastly Asia holds up about 60% of the World’s population with about 4 million people.

 Food Crisis In Asia

Asia faces a food crisis and huge social unrest, unless hundreds of billions of dollars are invested in better irrigation systems to grow crops for its people and population, according to a UN report. There is no new land or water to develop so they have to make use of what we have. Existing irrigation systems are often 50 to 70 years old and are leaking and water is evaporating.  Since the demise of communism and the rise of the free market, farmers have increasingly begun to take irrigation into their own hands, mainly using cheap Chinese-made pumps.

The food crisis is compounded by millions of wealthier people in developing countries turning away from traditional rice and cereal-based diets to western dairy and meat-based foods that require more water. The UN expects the world to have an extra 2.5 billion mouths to feed within 40 years, most of them in developing countries.

Climate Action Network in Asia

Climate Action Network South Asia, has been trying to pursue “climate change and development” issues both within the region and outside the region. It’s an organization that speaks out to come together about climate issues. Nations and leaders all over the world recognize the scientific evidence supporting the observed phenomena and agree on changes that may come up in the years ahead. Major thing has been able to reach civil societies in all South Asian countries.

CANSA objectives are too prevent dangerous climate change, protect global climate from dangerous human interference, and inspire government, business, community and individual action to this effect. Also to develop an understanding of climate change and its causes, and share the information with all people even the members.  The main mission of CANSA though is to support and civil society organizations to influence the design and development of an effective global strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

China 

The government of China consists of three bodies, political body, the Communist Party of China, and  the administrative body, the state council and the people enforcement body,the people liberation army. China has a old culture compared to other countries in the world. The Chinese has created martial arts as we know today. Architecture in china is based on symmetry, seen in Chinese pagodas. Food known from china are rice, soybeans, and also different types of chicken.

In 1945 the republic of China became a member of the UN. IN 1971, Mao Zedong took control of the republic of China. He changed the name to the peoples republic of China. At this time the republic of china was kicked out of the UN, and the peoples republic of china joined.

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