Asia Pacific, 23 Jan 1949: Communist Victory in Northern China
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 23 Jan 1949 (End of the Old Order: Communist Victory in Northern China), showing the following events: Partition of India; Independence of Burma; Malayan Emergency; First Republic of South Korea; Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; Pingjin Campaign; Operation Kraai.

S o v i e t U n i o n

I n d o n e s i a(Neth.)

Chinese

Communists

Mongolia(Sov. sat.)

Philippines(US infl.)

Warlords(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Nationalist

China

Australia(UK dom.)

Fr.
Indo-
china(Fr. prot.)

T.N.G.(Aus. T.T.)

Solomon Is.(UK)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Papua &
New Guinea(Aus. terr.)

E.T.R.(Sov. sat.)

Alaska(US terr.)

Taiwan(Nat. Ch.)

Kuril Islands(Sov. adm.)

Ryukyu Is.(US adm.)

Rep. of
Indonesia

N.Korea(Sov. sat.)

Brunei(UK prot.)

P. Timor(Port.)

B.C.O.Z.(Br./Com. pres.)

Nauru(Aus. T.T.)

W. Samoa(NZ T.T.)

American
Samoa(U.S.)

Gilbert

Islands(UK)

Ellice Is.(Br.)

Tokelau(NZ terr.)

Phoenix Is.(UK)

Marshall

Islands(US)

Mariana

Islands(US)

M i c r o n e s i a(US T.T.)

Paracel Is.(Fr. ctrl)

Spratly Is.(disp.)

Bonin Is.(US occ.)

Volcano Is.(US occ.)

International
Date Line

Aug 1947Independence of
India & Pakistan

Jan 1948Independence of Burma;
civil war breaks out

Jun 1948–Jul 1960Malayan Emergency

Aug 1948Republic of Korea
estab. (S. Korea)

Sep 1948Democratic People’s Rep. of
Korea proclaimed (N. Korea)

29 Nov 1948–31 Jan 1949Communists capture
Beiping (Beijing)

19 Dec 1948–5 Jan 1949Second Dutch “Police
Action” in Indonesia

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