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Tall Buildings of East Asia

Tall buildings and skyscrapers in this atlas's Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers subcategory standing in East Asia, the largest single region within this subcategory by a wide margin: mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. Belongs here: any tall building or skyscraper this atlas records as standing in one of those countries or territories, from the earliest Asian supertalls of the 1990s through the current generation of Chinese megatall towers. Does not belong here: a tall building anywhere in Southeast, South or West Asia, gathered under this subcategory's Tall Buildings of Southeast Asia or Tall Buildings of the Middle East groups, or a building anywhere outside Asia, gathered under one of this subcategory's other groups.

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Era of Emergence
1930 CE 1
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Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Cayan Tower

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Central Plaza, Hong Kong

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Changsha IFS Tower

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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China Merchants Bank Global Headquarters Main Tower

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers

China Resources Tower (Shenzhen)

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers

China World Trade Center Tower III

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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China Zun

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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CITIC Plaza

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Citymark Centre

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Eton Place Dalian Tower 1

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers

Goldin Finance 117

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Guangxi China Resources Tower

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Guangzhou International Finance Center

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Guiyang International Financial Center T1

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers

Haeundae LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers

Iconic Tower (Egypt)

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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International Commerce Centre

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
1 link

International Finance Centre Hong Kong

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
1 link

International Land-Sea Center

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
1 link

Jin Mao Tower

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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KK100

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
1 link

Logan Century Center 1

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
1 link

Lotte World Tower

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Minying International Trade Center T2

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Nanjing Financial City Phase II Plot C Tower 1

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers

Ningbo Center

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Ping An Finance Center

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
1 link

Ping An Finance Centre

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
3 links

Shandong International Financial Center

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers

Shanghai Tower

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Shanghai World Financial Center

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
2 links

Shun Hing Square

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Suzhou IFS

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Suzhou International Financial Center

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
1 link

Taipei 101

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
5 links

Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
2 links

Two International Finance Centre

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
1 link

Wuhan Greenland Center

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
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Zifeng Tower

Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers
1 link
Sources
1. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia, Skyscraper, history section
Quote, Wikipedia, Skyscraper, history section
From the 1930s onward, skyscrapers began to appear in various cities in East and Southeast Asia as well as in Latin America.
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