Asia Pacific, 28 Mar 1959: China under Mao
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 28 Mar 1959 (The Cold War in Asia: China under Mao), showing the following events: Partition of Vietnam; SEATO; Return of Dairen; Independence of Malaya; Great Leap Forward; Tibetan uprising.

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I n d o n e s i a

People's

Republic of

China

Japan(US infl.)

Mongolia(Sov. sat.)

Solomon Is.(UK)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Papua &
New Guinea(Aus. terr.)

Kuril Islands(Sov.)

Ryukyu Is.(US adm.)

Dutch
New Guinea(Neth.)

Brunei(UK prot.)

P. Timor(Port.)

Nat. China
(Taiwan)

Nauru(Aus. T.T.)

W. Samoa(NZ T.T.)

American
Samoa(US)

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.(S.Viet. ctrl)

Spratly Is.(disp.)

Bonin Is.(US occ.)

Volcano Is.(US occ.)

International
Date Line

Jul 1954Creation of
North & South
Vietnam

Sep 1954SEATO alliance
formed

Oct 1955Soviets return
Port Arthur to China

Aug 1957British grant Malaya
independence

? Apr 1958–? Jan 1961Great Leap Forward:
attempt to modernize China;
leads to tens of millions
of deaths in famine

Mar 1959Tibetan uprising;
crushed by China

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