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Originally Posted by HarryT
Astra,
The word "Asian" has a different meaning in the UK and US. In the UK it means "from the Indian subcontinent"; in the US it means "from the Far East" - ie Japan, China, Vietnam, Korea, etc.
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I've always used 'Asian' to refer to the area from India to Japan.
But the
BBC's 'Asian' network seems to have the subcontinent meaning Harry describes - maybe I'm out of step.
