Processes in Asia

(a) French Indo-China Rise of Anti-Colonialism Indo-China (today’s Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) had shown its discontent right from the beginning of the French occupation ( ). While the Indo-Chinese resisted the imposition of French language and culture, they learned from them the ideas of revolution. During the First World War about , Indo-Chinese fought in France and returned with first-hand knowledge of how the French had fought and suffered during the War. Communist ideas from mainland China were also a major influence.

Many became convinced that the considerable wealth of Indo-China was benefiting only the colonial power. Decolonisation is a process through which colonial powers transferred institutional and legal control over their colonies to the indigenous nationalist governments.