东亚的经济崛起显而易见。1982年到1992年期间,东亚国内生产总值年平均增长率达4.7％;同期北美为2.7％,而欧洲仅为2.4％。1960年东亚各国各地区的国内生产总值之和仅占全世界的4％,1992年则上升到25％,到2010年会达到33％。按照购买力平价计算,现在东亚地区的国内生产总值已经超过美国或欧洲联盟,到2005年将超过两者的总和。这种经济力量的对比所发生的重大变化将大大影响已有地缘经济和地缘政治方面的 The rise of East Asia’s economy is obvious. Between 1982 and 1992, the average annual growth rate of East Asia’s GDP was 4.7%; in North America it was 2.7% in the same period, while in Europe it was only 2.4%. In 1960, the sum of GDP of all the countries and regions in East Asia accounted for only 4% of the world’s total. In 1992, the GDP of that country increased to 25% and reached 33% by 2010. In terms of purchasing power parities, the GDP of East Asia now exceeds that of the United States or the European Union and will exceed the sum of the two in 2005. Significant changes in the comparison of such economic forces will have a significant impact on the geo-economic and geopolitical