Watch this video on Southeast Asia during World War I. It was a complicated place in 1914 because the British, French, American, Dutch, and Japanese empires claimed much of the region. It was also home to many Chinese people and Muslims, who had broad transnational interests.
Source: World History Project, https://youtu.be/O0X27eF4tjc
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