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War and despotism have marred Asia's Century, but a prouder accom-plishment has ultimately defined
it: the birth of nationhood.


From the clutches
of colonialism sprang nearly 20 Asian countries, each with its own pivotal historicmoments,


  Milestones of the Asian Century(1940-1959)
亚洲世纪里程碑 (1940-1959)

 

 



☆1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and later seize Hong Kong and Singapore

1941年,日本偷袭珍珠港,随后夺取了香港和新加坡
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☆1944U.S. General Douglas MacArthur and American troops return to the Philipppines

1944年, 道格拉斯·迈克阿瑟将军领导美国军队回到菲律宾
from the rise of home grown
icons to the
cleaving of
still-fraile   states
......

 


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☆1945 U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1945年,美国在广岛和长崎投放原子弹
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☆1948Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu extremist

1948年,甘地在新德里被印度极端分子杀害

 

 

 




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☆1949 People's Republic of China founded

1949年,中华人民共和国成立
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☆1953 Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealand's Edmund Hillary reach peak of Mount Everest; armistice signed to end Korean War

1953年,Sherpa Tenzing Norgay和新西兰人Edmund Hillary登上喜马拉雅山;同年,朝鲜战争签署停战协议

 

 

 




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☆1954 Siege at Dien Bien Phu

1954年,奠边府围困
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☆1959 Akiko Kojima of Japan is first Asian crowned Miss Universe

1959年,日本的Akiko Kojima成为亚洲第一位环球小姐