COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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since 17th century
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since 15th century
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last night
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Detailed explanation-1: -Over a period of more than 350 years the French gradually extended their control over Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. As early as the 16th century European missionaries were welcomed in Indochina for their technical skills and connections to European suppliers of modern weapons and western merchandise.
Detailed explanation-2: -France obtained control over northern Vietnam following its victory over China in the Sino-French War (1884–85). French Indochina was formed on 17 October 1887 from Annam, Tonkin, Cochinchina (which together form modern Vietnam) and the Kingdom of Cambodia; Laos was added after the Franco-Siamese War in 1893.
Detailed explanation-3: -On the missionary front, Nicolas Trigault resumed France-China relations when he left Europe to do missionary work in Asia around 1610, eventually arriving at Nanjing, China in 1611.
Detailed explanation-4: -Indochina, also called (until 1950) French Indochina or French Indochine Française, the three countries of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia formerly associated with France, first within its empire and later within the French Union.