It is also the case in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.