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Cochinchina, 120, 126, 136
colonialism/colonisation
Chinese, 18, 20, 54, 108
European, 7, 125, 127, 131, 132, 135,
137, 138, 142, 143, 144, 148, 151,
152, 153, 160, 162, 165, 207, 239
Comintern, 130, 136, 138, 144
commanderies, 18, 20, 54
Communist Party of Thailand, 182
Conference of Asian and Australasian
Trade Unions, 165
Confucius, 11–14, 15, 16
‘Confucian Leninism’, 154–5
Confucian qualities/values, 13, 15
worldview, 11–14
Confucianism, 14, 15, 16, 50, 69, 74, 79,
90, 112, 129, 151, 154, 156, 157, 166
neo-Confucianism, 48, 73
congrégationsof Chinese in Indochina, 135
Constantinople, 153
coolie trade, 118, 122, 124
Cultural Revolution, 157, 180, 181, 183,
184, 189, 193, 194, 199, 220
Czechoslovakia, 184

Dai Viet, 46, 47, 49, 50, 67. See also
Vietnam
Dali, kingdom of, 21, 52, 55, 56–7, 79
dao, 17
de. See‘virtue’
‘democratic centralism’, 154
Deng Xiaoping, 2, 193, 198, 199, 202,
212
Dien Bien Phu, 167
Dinh Bo Linh, 45
divination, 10, 14
Dutch East India Company (VOC), 103,
104, 111
Dutch in Southeast Asia, 95, 96, 99–104,
107, 109, 110, 111–12, 115, 116, 117,
124, 134, 144, 178

economic development, 152, 157, 167, 175,
194, 209–11, 220, 221, 222, 225, 231

elites, 13, 16, 24, 29, 31, 127, 131, 132,

149, 151

foreign policy making, 5, 187

nationalist, 143, 188

political, 5, 33, 104, 118, 133, 143,

158, 164, 222

ruling, 7, 10, 44, 45, 56, 67, 104, 129,

149, 151, 153, 160

embassies, purpose of, 30–1, 36

rules for, 48, 77, 115–16

to China from

Ayutthaya, 97

Bengal, 97

Britain, 96, 115–16

Brunei, 91, 97

Burma, 61, 103, 110, 113, 119,

159

Cambodia, 49, 62, 74, 76, 77, 97,

103, 111

Champa, 49, 74, 93, 97, 103

Funan, 30

Holland, 101, 111

Japan, 98

Laos/Luang Phrabang, 110, 119

Melaka, 91

Philippines/Luzon, 10

Portugal, 101, 111

Russia, 111

Ryukyu Islands, 97, 98

Samudra, 97

Siam, 66, 77, 93, 103, 110, 119

Spain, 101

Sri Lanka, 97

Srivijaya, 77

Sulu, 97

Vietnam, 97, 103, 110, 114

emperor, role of, 16, 17–18, 19, 21, 22,

36, 50, 68, 80, 87, 96, 156. See also

Son of Heaven

Esen Timür, 61

eunuchs, 89, 103

Europe/European powers, 1, 5, 96, 112,

117, 121, 122, 220

European Union, 214, 240, 241

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