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Pacific Rim is a political and economic term used to designate the countries on the edges of the Pacific Ocean as well as the various island nations within the region. more...

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There are many centres in the Pacific Rim, such as Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Seoul, Tokyo, Manila, Los Angeles, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Santiago, San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver. Honolulu is the headquarters of various intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations of the Pacific Rim including the East-West Center, Institute of Asian Research and RIMPAC.

The region offers great global diversity — with the economic dynamism of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore; the mastery of technology in Japan, Korea and the western United States; the natural resources of Australia, Colombia, Canada, the Philippines, and the Russian Far East; the human resources of China and Indonesia; the agricultural productivity of Chile, New Zealand, the Philippines, and the United States among others.

Some theorists opine that with the relative decline of the old centers of industrialism in Europe and eastern North America, the center of world economic activity may refocus on the Pacific Rim.

The Pacific Rim National Park is located on Vancouver Island, British Coloumbia, Canada. Some people may get confused over which is which.

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