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Looking at the traceroutes from China to other East Asian countries, it can be seen that links within China are direct while to other East Asian countries they go via the United Kingdom, Japan and Hong Kong.
China to China*:* Direct
China to Japan: China-> Japan
China to Thailand: China->Hong Kong->Japan->Thailand OR China -> Thailand
China to Indonesia: China-> Indonesia
China to Singapore: China ->Hong Kong->Japan->Singapore
China to Malaysia: China->Hong Kong->Malaysia
China to Korea: China-> Korea
China to Vietnam*:* China->Hong Kong-> United Kingdom->Hong Kong-> Vietnam
Looking at the traceroutes from Japan sites to other East Asian countries, it can be seen that links with other Japanese sites are direct while to other East Asian countries they go via the United States, Hong Kong, Canada, and Vietnam.
Japan to Japan: Direct
Japan to China: Japan -> United States (New York) ->Hong Kong ->china OR Japan->China
Japan to Vietnam: Japan -> Vietnam
Japan to Korea: Japan -> United States(Colorado) -> Korea
Japan to Thailand: Japan -> United States(New York) -> Canada -> Thailand
Japan to Malaysia: Japan -> United States(Colorado) -> Malaysia
Japan to Singapore: Japan -> Singapore
Looking at the traceroutes from Korea to other East Asian countries, it can be seen that links within Korea are direct while to other East Asian countries they go via Unites States,Hong Kong, Germany, United Kingdom and Canada
Korea to Korea: Direct
Korea to China: Korea -> United States->Hong Kong OR Korea -> China
Korea to Thailand: Korea ->United States (Colorado -> Canada (Quebec) ->Thailand
Korea to Singapore*: * Korea -> United States(Colorado) -> Singapore
Korea to Japan: Korea -> Japan
Korea to Philippines*:* Korea -> Germany->Hong Kong->Philippines
Korea to Vietnam*:* Korea -> United Kingdom-> Hong Kong -> Vietnam
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