a popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia)
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The cost of travel to the far east is prohibitive. 到远东旅游的费用高的令人不敢问津。
The company suffers a reversal in the Far East. 该公司在远东的业务遭到倒退。