The Oriental Region

The Oriental Region (OL) consists of all lands east of Heard, Kerguelen, St. Paul, Amsterdam, Rodriguez, and Seychelles Islands and Iran; south of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the eastern Palearctic Chinese Provinces of Xinjiang and Qinghai (Schmid, 1966), Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandung, and the island of Okinawa; west of Guam, Palau, Halmahera, Obi, Buru, Teun, and Barbar Islands and Australia; and north of Antarctica.

To match our requierements, we have divided the Oriental Region in 26 areas:

• Japan ( only the southern islands)
  
  
• 10 Chinese provinces:
  • North-West: Gansu, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang
  • South-West: Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan
  • South: Fujian, Guandong, Guangxi, Hainan
• Hong Kong
• Taiwan
  
  
• Bangladesh
• India
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka
  
  
• Cambodia
• Lao
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Viet Nam
  
  
• Indonesia
• Philippines
• Peninsular Malaysia (for Malaysia and Singapore)
  
  
• Korea (theoritically off limits :)
  
  
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