Developments in international education in Asia during 1985 are considered in three essays presented in the Biennial International Education Seminars conducted by the Institute of International Education. Countries covered by the essays and the authors are: China, Hong Kong, and Thailand (Jay Henderson); Macau (Josef Silny and Jay Henderson); and Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei (Norman G. Goodman). For China, topics include: opportunities and obstacles to China's international education options, development projects in China that depend on American resources and on overseas Chinese philanthropists, and recent education reforms. Topics on Hong Kong include: language policy; access to higher education; primary, secondary, and postsecondary education; and characteristics of seven postsecondary institutions. Recent education policy decisions in Thailand are described, and institutional profiles for 14 postsecondary institutions are provided. Public and private education in Macau, a small colony, are covered, along with the Junior College and the University of East Asia, which has a university college and graduate college. In addition to providing facts and figures on Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei, government actions affecting education, study abroad opportunities, and local universities are addressed. Profiles of students by field of study at all levels in U.S. colleges and universities are provided for China, Hong Kong, and Thailand. (SW)