National Democratic Movements in Asia,Africa, and Latin America

During the transition of capitalism toward imperialism, the suffering and disaster suffered by the colonial peoples of Asia increased in depth and severity. In western Asia, after accelerating invasions by England, Russia, France, and Germany, Turkey sank into semicolonialism. Russia carved out northern Iran as her sphere of influence, while England carved out southern Iran as her sphere of influence. In central and southwest Asia, England took control of Afghanistan and swallowed up Burma; France invaded and occupied the Indochina peninsula. Both the United States and Japan entered the ranks of the colonialist powers. The former occupied the Philippines while the latter swallowed up Korea. During the process of invading the Asian nations, the capitalist nations collaborated with the various feudal authorities of those nations, deepening the suffering of the people of those nations and inhibiting the development of Asian economics and construction.