dates

1800s → European colonialism
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1895 → Japan controls Taiwan
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1910 → Japan controls Korea
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1941–45 → WWII in Asia
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1947 → India + Pakistan independence
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1949 → Communist Revolution in China
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1950–53 → Korean War
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1954–77 → SEATO
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1961 → Non-Aligned Movement
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1967 → ASEAN founded
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1968 → Japan #2 economy
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1975 → Vietnam War ends
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1978 → China Reform & Opening
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1978–97 → Asian Economic Miracle
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2025 → Timor-Leste joins ASEAN → 11 members

1855 → Bowring Treaty (Siam/Thailand + Britain)
→ Thailand using diplomacy + modernization + balance between Britain and France