1. Question: In what sense can (and cannot) East Asia be understood as a region? (500 words) (Hello, I am a year 3 students. This is my class discussion question, you should write in essay form and

1. Question:  In what sense can (and cannot) East Asia be understood as a region? (500 words) 

(Hello, I am a year 3 students. This is my class discussion question, you should write in essay form and share your opinion or view)

You can take a look on these readings, they may help you (if you want) 

 -Mark R. Thompson. 2019.Authoritarian Modernism in East Asia, Routledge, 45-47.

-Zhiqun Zhu. 2009.Understanding East Asia's Economic ‘Miracles’, Ann Arbor, Mich.:Association for Asian Studies, chp. 1: introduction, 1-3.

- Dajin Peng. 2000. ‘The Changing Nature of East Asia as an Economic Region.’ Pacific 

Affairs, 73, no. 2, 171–191.

2. Please summaries these two reading (do it separately, 250 words each) 

Mark R. Thompson. 2019.Authoritarian Modernism in East Asia, Routledge, 45-47. (##page 45-47)

Dajin Peng. 2000. ‘The Changing Nature of East Asia as an Economic Region.’ Pacific 

Affairs, 73, no. 2, 171–191.  (##page 171-191)