Asia as a continent is rich in terms of the diversity of the major cultures, religion and languages. In terms of population, the two big countries India and China make up more than seventy percent of the entire number of people living in Asia.
While the majority of Asia is comprised of countries which are developing nations, some like Japan and Singapore are considered as developed ones belonging to the 'first world' which comprises mostly of the developed nations of the west.
Asia is considered to be the continent which will economically dominate the world in this century.
1. Asia Pacific On Facebook
Singapore has maximum number of Facebook fans in automobile and e-commerce industry. Whereas in Australia people prefer Australian brands. In Australia the ratio of man and woman on Facebook is 1:1 and on social media platforms Australia has maximum number of fans for Fashion and e-commerce industry.
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2. Asia Pacific Wealth Report: 2013
In the year 2013 the wealth of Asia Pacific grew to record breaking standards of 12.2% and it reached to a value of US$ 12 Trillion. The population of this area increased to 9.6% and reached to 3.68 million in 2013.
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3. 2013 National Opinion Poll
Year 2013 has seen an 18% fall in Canadians who considered that Canada is a part of Asia. Only 46% Northern Canadian believe that Canada is the part of Asia and also 12% of Quebecers believe that Canada is a part of Asia. Majority of Canadians give priority for promoting Canada in Asia.
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4. Meaningful Brands Study 2013: Key Findings For Asia-Pacific
According to a recent study people staying in Asia Pacific region does not connect well with brands and almost half of them did not care if the brands present in their area cease to exist. The data says that they will not care if 73% brand used in their region stop to exist.
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5. Accelerating Energy Efficiency In Asia
Energy efficiency techniques are used all over Asia and these techniques try to use maximum energy from each primary source. From the supply side to enhance energy efficiency more power plants are being created which are efficient and upgraded. From the demand side such products and appliances are used which can save energy. In the designing of new buildings also people are trying to make use of energy efficient techniques.
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6. What's A Toilet Worth In South Asia
2.5 billion People all across the world do not have access to improve and hygienic sanitary conditions out of which 1 billion people are from south Asia. These 1 billion people do not have any access to appropriate toilets. In south Asia 675 million people use open defecation. 71% people in Afghanistan have no access to proper sanitation and 65% people in India and Nepal are also in same condition.
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7. 15 Big Stats In Asia’s Tech World For October
Asia has seen an explosive growth on facebook and it turns out to be a huge market for potential sellers. In the Q3 in year 2013 facebook got more than 155 million monthly users from Asia. According to statistics mobile commerce has huge future and potential in Asian markets as Asian mobile users are most receptive in the entire world.
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8. East Asia Pacific: The Region At Risk
East Asia Pacific regions are highly populated and many cities are so dense that they fall in the danger city zones. In the high risk areas, slums are growing pretty fast and 1.6 billion people were affected by disaster in that area from year 2000. In between 1980 to 2011 almost 40% floods have been seen in East Asia pacific zone.
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9. Start Up Asia Bandung Hackathon
Asia Bandung Hackathon happened during 13-14 October 2012 in which there were 528 developers and 185 spectators. From Jakarta 286 developers attended the fest, from Bandung 113, from Yogjakarta 32 and from other places 97 people attended this fest.
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10. What Climate Change Means For Africa And Asia
Dramatic climates and extreme weathers are experienced by our planet. If no corrected measures are taken in time we will observe a rise of 2°C in next 20-30 years and a rise of 4°C by the end of the century.
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11. Asia Pacific On The Web
Now, a big question arise that what does most of the Asian internet users do on the web? There are 2.2 billion web users all across the world and out of them 46% reside in Asia. Almost half of Asia pacific users access internet on their mobile and in the year 2011 5 billion apps have been downloaded by the Asian users.
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12. Asia As The New Global Economic Hub
51% of energy demand would be supplied by the oil and gas in the year 2035.
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13. Matta Fair
Almost 72% people attending MATTA fair is women aged above 30 years 28% people who attended this fair in 2012 were male. Almost 82% people who attended this fair already had an idea as to what are they looking for. On Friday 27% people attended the fair where as on Saturday the number of people attending this fair was 61%. On Sundays the people who visited this fair were almost 28%.
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14. Start Up Asia Singapore 2013
Total participant in the fest were 978 out of which 233 were females and 745 were males.
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15. Digital Ad Spending In China: Stats And Trends
Worldwide digital ad spend is 117.6 billion in the year 2013 out of which 13.23 billion is spend by China.
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16. The Maldives - An Island Nation In Numbers
Maldives is a nation that has 1190 islands out of which only 192 are inhabited. The population of the country is 308,000 which is scattered in an area of 900,000 square feet. This makes the country a nation that has most disparate population. The annual income of the country which is attained by tourism is $379,000,000.
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17. 5 Of China’s Coolest Home Grown Smart Phones In 2013
Popular phones made in China are Meizu MX3, Xiaomi Mi3, MeituKiss, Huawei and OPPO R819.
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18. Asia’s Top 10 Tallest Hotels
Asia is a land filled with natural beauty and cultural diversity. Asian tourism has many tallest hotels and some very popular of them are Swissotel the Stamford, Nagoya Marriott Associa, Pullman Shanghai Skyway, Centara Grand, Grand Lisboa and Baiyoke Sky hotel.
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19. 10 Things The Chinese Make More Of Than Anyone Else In The World
China economy depends on export and some common things produced in China are air conditioners, energy saving lamps, solar cell products, mobile phones, shoes, cement, coal, and pork and shipbuilding capacity.
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20. Green Urbanization In Asia
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