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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 38, Number 26. 1975

Asia in turmoil

Asia in turmoil

Seato was a product of the anti-communist drive by the United States and other western countries after World War II. The war had left Asia in turmoil. In the late 1940's revolutionary forces had seized power throughout Vietnam and consolidated their position in north Korea. Despite a massive influx of American military aid, the Chinese Communist Party was successfully leading a vast armed struggle against the regime of Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek. India and Pakistan had achieved political independence after two hundred years of British colonial rule. Armed revolutions were taking place in the Philippines and Malaya, while the Indonesian nationalists had thrown out the Dutch.

Photo of a child sitting on spend artillery shells