It's too broad a term - it covers too many disparate countries and ends up being like using Americas to refer to Canada and the USA or similar.
I read the headline and assumed it was "Japan and China" but it wasn't.
TBF the entire Western Hemisphere is about the population of China, so it's actually far far worse.
The equivalent term is "The West."
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TBF the entire Western Hemisphere is about the population of China, so it's actually far far worse.