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Malaya, 25, 98, 117, 120, 132, 134, 136,
138, 144–5, 151, 153, 163, 164, 177,
178, 185, 188
Chinese in, 125–6, 132–3, 139, 145,
162
Federation of, 145, 164
Malayan Chinese Association, 145
Malayan Communist Party (MCP), 133,
138, 144–5, 162, 163, 164, 185, 212
Malayan Emergency, 145
Malayan Indian Congress, 145
Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army,
144
Malaysia, 3, 178, 185, 188, 193, 196,
211, 213, 216, 218, 222, 234, 238,
239, 242
relations with China, 178, 193, 196,
222, 234, 239
Malayu, 77
Maluku Islands, 95, 103
Manchuria, 105, 141
Manchus, 103, 105, 106, 107, 129. See
alsoQing dynasty
mandate of Heaven, 2, 10, 12, 59, 75,
78, 79, 118, 157
mandala, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 56, 68, 70,
92, 160, 102
Mangrai, king of Lan Na, 65
Manila, 96, 101, 105, 110, 124, 135, 196,
218, 219
Mao Zedong, 2, 14, 144, 150, 151, 153,
154, 158, 181, 183, 191, 193, 197,
198, 228
thought of, 151, 176, 197
Marco Polo, 57
Marcos, Ferdinand, 196
Marx, Karl, 152, 157
Marxism–Leninism, 3, 151, 152, 165,
176, 191
Marxist–Leninist worldview, Chinese,
151–8
Mataram, 238
Mecca, 85, 87, 94, 162
Meiji restoration, 129, 235

Mekong River, 30, 62, 122, 190

delta of, 47, 107

Melaka, 87, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 98, 99,

101, 103, 239

embassies to China, 91, 97

Melaka Straits, 26, 41, 42, 88

Mencius, 15

Meng-zi. SeeMencius

merchants, 25, 26, 29, 35, 40, 42, 43,

47–51, 53, 57, 64, 70, 75, 77, 86, 87,

88, 97, 98, 99, 101, 104, 105, 107,

110, 111, 112, 116, 123, 157, 237, 238

Meuang Sua, 57. See alsoLuang Phrabang

Miao, 21, 118

migration, of Chinese, 18, 24, 54, 57, 64,

66, 69, 111, 126, 127, 132, 134, 135,

138, 139, 149, 226, 231, 133

Ming dynasty, 24, 34, 64, 68, 73–94, 95,

96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 105,

106, 107, 246

voyages, 82–9, 91, 96, 180

reasons for, 86–9

Mischief Reef, 219, 239

Middle Kingdom, 9, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22,

42, 68, 72, 78, 79, 82, 102, 110, 112,

148, 172

Mogadishu, 84

Mombasa, 84

Mon, 25, 36, 39, 47, 48, 65

Mongolia, 226

Mongols, 6, 21, 52–7, 59–66, 67, 69, 75,

78, 80, 89

conquests of/invasions by, 53–7, 59–66

See alsoYuan dynasty

Mongkut, king of Siam, 119, 120

Moral order, 12, 15, 21, 108, 128, 156,

157

Moscow, 142, 153, 176, 177, 181, 183,

184, 194, 198, 199, 200, 201, 206

Mount Meru, 32, 70. See also

macrocosm–microcosm parallelism

Muhammad, 70

Muong, 56, 89

Muslim rebellion in China, 118

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