Finding Information for Groups of Countries

Sometimes you don't want to do research on a single country, but rather get comparative information on several countries at once. To do that you should employ the Principle of Mass Similar. You can apply it to international searches, too. In this case let's say you want to get search results about exports, focused on Asia. Apply the Principle of Mass Similar and include several Asian countries in your query along with the simple keyword “exports.”

Japan Korea China Mongolia Malaysia exports

Even though you're using a lot of keywords, you're getting a lot of results. In fact, you might be getting too many. If that's the case, then narrow down your search a bit:

 Japan Korea China Mongolia Malaysia ...

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