What is, Where is Asia?

 

A question regarding what is Asian and what is Oriental came up on the board.  This is a list of all of the countries that are in Asia according to the World Atlas. (found by a Google Search)


Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Macau, East Timor, India, Andaman Is., Nicobar Islands, Indonesia, Bali, Iran, Iraq, 
Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, 
Mongolia, Nepal, Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Fed., Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen.