What is Indochina?
[[File:Indochina Peninsula.png|thumb|350px|Dark green: always included, Light green: usually included]] '''Indochina''' or the '''Indochinese [[Peninsula]]''' or the [[Mainland Southeast Asia]] is a [[region]] in [[Southeast Asia]]. The region lies roughly east of [[India]], south of [[China]]. Indochina comprises the territory of the following countries: * [[Cambodia]]<ref name = McAuliff>{{cite web|url = http://www.fpif.org/briefs/vol2/v2n16ind_body.html|title = Indochina|work = Foreign Policy in Focus Volume 2, Number 16|date = January 1997|publisher = joint project of the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)|first = John|last = McAuliff|accessdate = 2008-10-24|archive-date = 2008-10-15|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081015081402/http://www.fpif.org/briefs/vol2/v2n16ind_body.html|url-status = dead}}</ref> * [[Laos]]<ref name = McAuliff/> * [[Vietnam]]<ref name = McAuliff/> Those countries have been known as Indochina since they were [[French Indochina]].<ref name = McAuliff/> Often also included in the scope of the term are: * Peninsular [[Malaysia]] (comprising the southern end of the [[Malay Peninsula]] but not the Malay Islands) * [[Myanmar]] (formerly known as Burma) * [[Singapore]] * [[Thailand]] (formerly Siam) == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commonscat|Indochina}} {{Asia-stub}} [[Category:Southeast Asia]] [[Category:Peninsulas of Asia]]