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...the countries of southeast Asia, partly because the Portuguese...opposed the efforts of the French priests to enter China. Siam...country. When Pallu returned to France in 1665 bringing an account...stronghold and a center of French influence in eastern Asia. Rome's formal support...in 1680 of the first French East India Company ship from Surat...

...elite troops - so long as their French officers and cadres survived...of men and material from the colonies to the continent. Class after...importance of compensation to French strategy.57 There were other...experienced less discrimination in France proper than at the hands of...of wonder at the marvels of French civilization furnishing material...

...spot from which Russia, France, and Germany had ousted...an active role in China. French political leaders were paying...possessed a great empire of colonies and "protectorates" in...open two cities in Yunnan to French commerce. 22 In 1895, French influence, now more strongly entrenched...

...colonial holding in the Far East to be formally organized within the French Empire was the New Hebrides...complicated by an intense Anglo-French rivalry. In the 1870s...Australian and New Zealand colonies. Eventually, the two governments...economic contribution to France, although French influence emerged as dominant because...French interests in the Far East were not confined to them...

...245. There were 15,528 French and 1,856 foreigners...the most valuable of the French Pacific islands, the only...has exercised any notable influence on world economy. Its development...Value per cent Value Per cent France 35,999 35.1 60,726...30.7 2,184 2.1 Other French colonies 8,610 8.4 421 0.4 United...405 1.3 -- -- Neth. East Indies 1,136 1.1...

...The European View of Asia. by Henri Copin La...century, time enough to influence the way in which the French viewed Asia. Let us first of...assurer le service de France en Indochine, quittera...Europeans view of the Far East was influenced by...resources provided by the colonies. On this basis...constraint, under the influence of a freer and truer...century, transforms the French view of Indochina...In this way, the East was seen as the promise...we associate with Asia. In this respect...

...French over the future of the colony, but for much of the war, neither Britain nor Free France could turn their Far Eastern...weight to the CLI and the French garrison within Indo-China...gained from introducing token French forces to the Far Eastern...relations, British support for French military operations was...to restore their imperial influence in Southeast Asia, Anglo-French attitudes...allied land forces in South East Asia, General Sir William...

...Defence of the Netherlands East Indies, 1940-41. by...possessed one of the richest colonies in the world, the Netherlands...designs on the Netherlands East Indies. In those inter...requirements in the Far East began to differ considerably...position of Great Britain and France in Europe. However, the situation in the Far East became more complex during...order to protect her rich colony of Malaya and provide naval...inhabitants did have some influence on administrative affairs...two Governments and the French Gov ernment acted together...defence of South-East Asia took place. 19 Although...

...reports, Olarovskii noted the influence of the English in the administration...difficult to decrease this influence without the aid of more Russians...the excessive pretension of France".(93) In the process...independence and limiting British influence in Central Asia to the goals of Russian foreign policy in the Far East. Siam, he noted, bordered...

...concerted treatment of Southeast Asia as a distinct historical...For example, Southeast Asia was used by the end of the...identified as the South-East Asia Command; however, the territory...the Philippines or all of French Indochina. Meanwhile, in...Asia Union centred on its colonies in the region as part of its...retain its possessions and its influence. This was countered by the...

The Triumph of the East: It Is a Commonplace That...Happened Was the Rise of Asia, and the Start of a Momentous...and Wagner too large, his influence on the Nazis too obvious...ruled India, the Dutch the East Indies, the French Indo-China; the Americans...windfalls" of New World colonies and conveniently located...epitomised the subjugation of Asia better than the violation...Austria-Hungary, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan...

...foreign policies, especially in Asia. A key objective of American...both Japan and the rest of Asia. But Japan also seems to maintain an influence of its own on the Korean peninsula...the strategic dialogue in East Asia. While Canberra welcomes...

U.S. influence wanes in Asia: American companies are losing...Switzerland, GEC Alsthom of France and Siemens AG of Germany...that Americas influence in Asia is waning, even as European ties to the East soar. European companies...crises throughout Southeast Asia, combined with a strong U...reverse course, says Bob French, principal of R D French...

The Sick Man of Asia: Russias Endangered Far East. by Rajan Menon RUSSIA ACQUIRED...question: Will the Russian Far East remain Russian? The weakening...Russias control over its Far East, which would have consequences...American interests in Northeast Asia, could occur in three ways...defined as preponderant influence without formal territorial...how Russia acquired its Far East. How the East Was Won RUSSIA...intercession to lift the Anglo-French blockade of the Chinese capital...

...patrols the waters of East Asia. The cold war ended in 1989...happen to the U.S. empire in East Asia in 1997. The difference...the Russians, whereas in East Asia the U.S. satellites are...as they induce deflation in East Asia in order to achieve economic...Asians will become of U.S. influence. In short, to sum up the...

...Lounge with a member of the French delegation. As we chatted...year on the island - from France will probably succeed before...China. It all began when France lost Southeast Asia, notably Vietnam, at Dienbienphu. France lost Algeria because the...treasure. The Dutch lost the East Indies colonies for the same reason the United...nationalism. It is not a colony in the traditional sense...

WE MUST FIND COLONIES-OR RETURN TO BARBARISM...began to push into the Near East because that was the only alternative...technology offered. Frustrated in Asia, they eventually developed...States, 2.2 million from Asia, 8.3 million from other...been creeping into Spain, France and Italy at an estimated rate...barbarians of central Europe and Asia broke up and destroyed the...

Asia, West to feel shift of Hong...profound consequences for all of Asia - and the West. At the stroke...and Japanese colonialism in Asia; the last will be the reversion of the Portuguese colony of Macao to China in 1999...SWEEP OF HISTORY * Foreign influence: British leaders, President...buffer between British and French colonies in Southeast Asia. China...executives taken by the Far East Economic Review found a majority...

...Advance the Causes of ASEAN Asia; (Statement of Speaker JOSE...dream of unifying Southeast Asia. And, in ASEANs movement...defeat of the EU Charter in the French and Dutch referendums. ASEANs...parliamentary organizations in Asia. My congressional colleagues...democracies: the US, UK, France, Italy, Canada, Germany...settlement conflicts in Middle East We, the ASEAN parliamentarians...Israeli conflict. Tehrans moral influence on Hizbullah in the Lebanon...

...Foreigners Are Not Always Right; "Asia Is Not Going to Be Civilized...the West, There Is Too Much Asia, and She Is Too Old...were alive today to witness East Asias rise to pre-eminence...nor the inscrutability of the East. For these reasons, the Philippines...unity, brotherhood, and influence. Its fraternal harmony must...Persians to the Crusaders, French, British, the Ottomans...

LEBANON , country, Asia leb n n, non , officially...mi (10,400 sq km), SW Asia. The country is bordered...Mediterranean Sea, on the north and east by Syria and on the south...is the official language; French, English, and Armenian are...distribution center for the Middle East, and commerce was its major...1860, led to intervention by France (1861), and the Ottoman...cautiously, to reduce Syrian influence in the Lebanese security forces...

...climates of Alaska. East of the 100th meridian...earlier groups of French and Spanish settlers...quarter are from Asia. Religion and Education...important explorers for France were Giovanni da...nations to establish colonies in the present United...and Sweden in a colony on the Delaware...developed. The French established strongholds...and spread their influence over the Great Lakes...well as Japan in East Asia had already disrupted...after the fall of France in June, 1940...of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity...Japanese takeover of French Indochina (July...

...various peoples who came from Asia via the Bering Strait more...English auspices, touched the east coast in 1497. In 1534...of a northwest passage to Asia. Subsequently, French-English rivalry dominated...through the Company of New France (Company of One Hundred...extending French knowledge and influence. The greatest of all the...who envisioned the vast colony in the west that was made...North American possessions east of the Mississippi to Britain...residents of the Thirteen Colonies (the future United States...

...of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1652. King Philips War...British on one side and the French and Native Americans on...further settlement of Maine. French influence, which had been reasserted east of the Penobscot, declined...all New England, seized French fortifications there. After...conflicts increased between the colonies and England, nonimportation...West Indies, Europe, and Asia, and towns such as Bath...

...In the West (unlike the East) the religious organization...was an exception, but his influence was benign. In the chaotic...Boniface VIII and Philip IV of France, bringing the papacy to...administration, but of excessive French influence over papal policy. Except...Spain and Portugal and in East Asia. In France, Catholicism...