But the outcome was similar throughout the region following Japan’s defeat in WWII. Civil war broke out in China, the Korean Peninsula was divided, and the other Southeast Asian colonies, with the sole exception of Thailand, resorted to military force to achieve independence.
但是随着日本在二战中投降，全东亚地区的走上了相似的道路。中国爆发了内战，朝鲜半岛分裂了，其他的东南亚殖民地，就除了台湾之外，都采取武力以获得独立。