Hong Kong is located on the Pearl River Delta in China. Beginning as a trading port, Hong Kong became a dependent territory of the United Kingdom in 1842, and remained so until transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in 1997.

India is a country in South Asia. India is bordered by Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Indonesia in the Indian Ocean. The capital city of India is New Delhi.

Indonesia is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. It is the world's largest archipelagic state. Indonesia shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Malaysia. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The capital city of Indonesia is Jakarta.

Japan is an island country (Pacific Ocean) in East Asia. It lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The Japan archipelago comprises over 3,000 islands. The largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. The capital city of Japan is Tokyo.

Macao or Macau is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong. Macao lies on the western side of the Pearl River Delta.

Malaysia is a federation that consists of thirteen states and three federal territories in Southeast Asia. The country is separated into two regions - Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo - by the South China Sea. Malaysia borders Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines. The capital city of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur.

Singapore is an island micro-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. The capital city of Singapore is Singapore City.

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. Taiwan is also commonly used to refer to the territories governed by the Republic of China (ROC) and to the ROC itself. The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa is located off the coast of mainland China, southwest of the main islands of Japan but directly west of the end of Japan's Ryukyu Islands, and north-northwest of the Philippines. It is bound to the east by the Pacific Ocean, to the south by the South China Sea and the Luzon Strait, to the west by the Taiwan Strait and to the north by the East China Sea.

Thailand is a country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. Thailand is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar. By the maritime boundary, the country is bordered to the southeast by Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand, to the southwest by Indonesia and India in the Andaman Sea. The capital city of Thailand is Bangkok.

Vietnam is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. Vietnam is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east. The capital city of Vietnam is Hanoi.