THE COLD WAR Asia 1945-2004

ATOMIC BOMB HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI

US FORCES WITHDRAW from CHINA

COMMUNIST VICTORY in CHINA
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The 'LOSS OF CHINA'

KOREAN WAR

US DEFENCE TREATY JAPAN and the PHILLIPPINES
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ANZUS PACT

END of KOREAN WAR

US DEFENCE TREATY TAIWAN
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FRENCH WITHDRAWRAL from VIETNAM (INDOCHINA)

FORMOSA RESOLUTION

QUEMOY AND MATSU CRISIS
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THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD

FIRST CHINESE A-BOMB

FIRST CHINESE H-BOMB

US WITHDRAWRAL from SOUTH VIETNAM

COLLAPSE OF SOUTH VIETNAM

SOVIET INVASION of AFGHANISTAN
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CHINESE INVASION of VIETNAM

TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE

CAMBODIAN CRISIS

CRISIS in EAST TIMOR

US ATTACK AFGHANISTAN