Editing Philosemitism (section)

=== In Asia ===
Very few Jews live in [[East Asia]]n countries, but Jews are viewed in an especially positive light in some of them, partly owing to their shared wartime experiences during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. Examples include [[South Korea]],<ref name="Korea">Alper, Tim. "[https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle-features/48771/why-south-koreans-are-love-judaism-1.22961 Why South Koreans are in love with Judaism]". ''The Jewish Chronicle''. May 12, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2014.</ref> Japan, and [[China]].<ref>Nagler-Cohen, Liron. "[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4216893,00.html Chinese: 'Jews make money']". ''Ynetnews''. April 23, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2014.</ref>

==== China ====
According to Mary J. Ainslie, philosemitism in China is "part of a civilizationist narrative designed to position China as globally central and superior".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ainslie |first1=Mary J. |date=2021 |title=Chinese Philosemitism and Historical Statecraft: Incorporating Jews and Israel into Contemporary Chinese Civilizationism |journal=The China Quarterly |language=en |volume=245 |pages=208–226 |doi=10.1017/S0305741020000302 |issn=0305-7410 |s2cid=218827042 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

==== South Korea ====
In general, Jews are stereotyped with characteristics that in South Korean culture are considered positive: intelligence, business-savviness and commitment to family values and responsibility, while in the [[Western world]], the first of the two aforementioned stereotypes more often have the negatively interpreted equivalents of guile and greed.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} The South Korean ambassador to Israel, Ma Young-sam said that, in South Korean primary schools, the [[Talmud]] should be mandatory reading.<ref name="Korea" />

==== Japan ====
{{Main|Jewish settlement in the Japanese Empire}}
{{See also|Japanese-Jewish common ancestry theory|Kirisuto no Haka}}

==== Indian subcontinent ====
{{See also|Theory of Kashmiri descent from lost tribes of Israel}}

==== Central Asia ====
{{See also|Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry}}