I use the term
Asia Pacific (APAC) when referring to the Asia. Banks do this. Sports do this. Its used a lot when you want to see the Asian part of something.
But if you work for US think tanks or are involved in that area, you may have noticed they are trying to push the phrase
"Indo Pacific" to replace APAC. I personally haven't seen it used much but again it depends where you are.
As you can see already, this term is supposed to subtly move the center to India and take away APAC where we see China being the center. The US is always playing this slimey ass games trying to manipulate words without telling you. No wonder so many Indians shill for this term .The emphasis on the neologism “Indo Pacific,” launched by Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and enthusiastically endorsed by President Donald Trump, appeared to be new, despite its interesting though distant past.
Some people are not aware of this so I'm letting you guys know. Because you will see the west try to use this term more.
But terms don't mean crap. Build back better, blue dot network, QUAD etc. All these terms went nowhere. The world isn't determined by the west anymore.