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Indochinese

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In·do·chi·na  (nd-chn)
1. A peninsula of southeast Asia comprising Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), and the mainland territory of Malaysia. The area was influenced in early times by India (particularly the Hindu culture) and China.
2. The former French colonial empire in southeast Asia, including much of the eastern part of the Indochinese peninsula. French influence extended from roughly 1862 to the fall of Dien Bien Phu (1954).
Indo·chinese (-nz, -ns) adj. & n.
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Partly because of its cooler climate but also because the Red River and its valley seemed a useful backdoor to southern China, the French selected Hanoi as capital of the French Indochinese Union.
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The group includes two social service organizations: the Korean Women's Association (KWA), which serves the Korean, Samoan, and Filipino communities, and the Indochinese Cultural and Service Center (ICSC), which serves the Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian communities.
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In 1887, it combines Cochin China, northern Vietnam (called Tonkin), central Vietnam (Annam), and Cambodia to form the Indochinese Union.
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