Far EastThe Far East (English: Fareast; Ri: Far East; Korean: ) is a geographical concept with Europe as the center of the world. In the past, some Europeans were Europe-centric, with southeastern Europe and northeastern Africa as the "Near East", West Asia as the "Middle East" and the farther away as the "Far East". Later, the original Middle East and the Near East were collectively called the "Middle East". Now sometimes "Middle East" refers to "Middle East". In the same way, Western countries were called "Taixi" by the ancient Chinese.

The Far East is associated with East Asia. During the British Empire, the term became popular in the English language as a collective term for the east of British India. Before World War I, the Near East generally referred to the areas near the Ottoman Empire, the Middle East to the northwestern regions of Asia and Central Asia, and the Far East to refer to the countries and regions of the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans, including China, Ribben, Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Similar appellations are found in many European languages, including French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Dutch.