1. Chapter 31: Asia and the Pacific, 1945–Present
Mao & the Communists took control of China and turned it into a military power.
India split into three countries—India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
Japan and the "Asian Tigers" became economic powerhouses.
Australia and New Zealand have drawn closer to Asia.

3. Section 1 Communist China
Communists defeated the Nationalists in 1949, & Chiang Kai- shek fled to Taiwan to set up their own government.
Under Mao Zedong's disastrous Great Leap Forward program, vast communes were formed to boost farm production. Instead, millions of people starved.
Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Mao tried to wipe out old ways and ideas.
Reformers, led by Deng Xiaoping, seized power after Mao's death, ended the revolution, and turned to modernization.

5. Fears of Communist expansion led to the Korean War, in which Chinese troops and United Nations troops (mainly US) clashed.
Tensions between China and the USSR led to ties among the US, & China in the ‘70s.
Discontentment with Communist rule has created pockets of opposition in recent years
Western nations have worried over China's military strength.
China joined the World Trade Organization in 2002 and is a major Player

6. Sec. 2 Independent States in South and Southeast Asia
After WWII, the Indian National Congress governed India.
Despite its hard-fought independence, the country's progress was stifled by bitter divisions along ethnic and religious lines.
India experienced an industrial boom, but population growth, poverty, and ethnic tensions have become growing problems.
After a brief civil war, East Pakistan became the state of Bangladesh. Both Pakistan and Bangladesh are poor and politically unstable.

9. France reluctantly allowed the creation of a Communist North Vietnam and a non-Communist South Vietnam.
After French withdrawal, American troops were involved in a protracted war. US withdrew, the Communists unified Vietnam.
Communists seized power in Laos and Cambodia, but U.S. fears of "falling dominoes" were not realized.
Despite setbacks in the 1950s, many Southeast Asian societies are moving toward democracy.

12. An uprising in the Philippines overthrew corrupt president Ferdinand Marcos in the 1980s.
In 2001 Filipino president Gloria Arroyo took office, promising a renewed integrity in the government.

13. Section 3 Japan and the Pacific
After WWII American remodeled many aspects of Japanese society along Western lines.
The newly democratic Japan emerged as a giant economic power.
2010, Japan's GNP was greater than Great Britain & France combined.
South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong—have also been economic success stories.
Authoritarian rule has given way to democracy in all but Singapore.
Taiwan is home to the Republic of China, founded by Chiang Kai-shek after the Communist victory in mainland China.

14. Australia and New Zealand have long identified themselves with Europe.
Both are military allies of the US, but recent trends in trade and immigration have drawn them closer to Asia.