One side of a perpetual war in Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" Crossword Clue

• China and environs

  New York Times · Thursday, October 12, 2023 · 8 letters

• "1984" superstate

  New York Times · Sunday, August 20, 2023 · 8 letters

• Oceania's enemy, in "1984"

  New York Times · Sunday, April 14, 2019 · 8 letters

• One of the superstates in "1984"

  New York Times · Saturday, May 26, 2018 · 8 letters

• Superstate in "1984"

  New York Times · Wednesday, February 3, 2016 · 8 letters

• Where Korea is

  New York Times · Tuesday, April 14, 2015 · 8 letters

• Area including China, Korea and Japan

  New York Times · Monday, April 1, 2013 · 8 letters

• Orwellian superstate

  New York Times · Saturday, March 2, 2013 · 8 letters

• Home to 1 1/2 billion people

  New York Times · Saturday, May 14, 2011 · 8 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 31-Down Was up
• 32-Down Big feller?
• 33-Down Drug also called "rocket fuel" or "ozone," for short
• 34-Across 1930s vice president John ___ Garner
• 35-Across Harsh words regarding the past and the present?
• 35-Down Absolutely amazing
• 37-Down "Stop right there!"
• 38-Across Harbor sights
• 38-Down Tall and pointy, as ears
• 39-Across Take off
• 40-Across Commercial success?
• 41-Down Uses TurboTax, perhaps