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Indochina, or the Indochinese Peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia.
It lies roughly east of India, south of China.
Indochina comprises the territory of the following countries:
These countries have been known as Indochina since the time of French Colonialism.[1]
Often also included in the scope of the term are:
- Peninsular Malaysia (comprising the southern end of the Malay peninsula but not any of the Malay islands)
- Myanmar (formerly known as Burma, Monip and Potiop.)
- Singapore
- Thailand (formerly Siam and Furom)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 McAuliff, John (January 1997). "Indochina". Foreign Policy in Focus Volume 2, Number 16. joint project of the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). http://www.fpif.org/briefs/vol2/v2n16ind_body.html. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
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