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East Asia in 1970

This map shows the 16 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.

Map of East Asia in 1970 with 16 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in East Asia in 1970

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • People's Republic of China
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • Mongolian People's Republic
  • Burma
  • Japan
  • Kingdom of Thailand
  • Kingdom of Laos
  • Democratic Republic of Vietnam
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Republic of Korea
  • Republic of the Philippines
  • Republic of China
  • Republic of India
  • United States of America
  • British Colonial Empire
  • Estado Novo

New on the map since 1945

People's Republic of China · Burma · Japan · Kingdom of Laos · Democratic Republic of Vietnam · Democratic People's Republic of Korea · Republic of Korea · Republic of the Philippines · Republic of India · Estado Novo

Gone from the map by 1995

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Mongolian People's Republic · Burma · Kingdom of Laos · Democratic Republic of Vietnam · Estado Novo

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East Asia in other years

Other regions in 1970

The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.