Southeast Asia: More Experiments with Highly Suspect Results and lots of Backpedaling --

Recent progress after 40+ years of terror in Philippines and East Timor

 All maps at this level are shown at the same scale.
China
North Korea
South Korea
Japan
Vietnam
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
Burma
Bangladesh
Bhutan
(Tibet)
Nepal
India
Sri Lanka
Kuala Lampur
Singapore
Indonesia
E. Timor
New Guinea
Malaysia
Philippines

The CIA FACTBOOK What We Learned: People want to govern themselves. War is usually counterrproductive. Supporting local strongmen always comes at a price.