1 A FIRST LOOK AT ASIA 1
2 SOUTH-EAST ASIA：MALAYA—NATURAL BACKGROUND 15
3 MALAYA—THE HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 22
4 MALAYA—POPULATION AND CHIEF TOWNS 31
5 SOUTH-EAST ASIA：THE MAINLAND—BURMA 37
6 THAILAND(SIAM) 44
7 INDO-CHINA 48
8 SOUTH-EAST ASIA：THE ISLANDS—JAVA，SUMATRA，AND BORNEO 54
9 THE REST OF INDONESIA AND THE PHILIPPINES 66
10 THE PEOPLE＇S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 72
11 CHINA PROPER 78
12 MANCHURIA AND THE OUTER TERRITORIES 96
13 CHINA—GENERAL 106
14 JAPAN AND KOREA 115
15 SOVIET ASIA 138
16 SOUTH-WEST ASIA(LAND OF THE FIVE SEAS) 151
17 THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT 169
18 THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA 178
19 PAKISTAN 193
20 INDIA AND PAKISTAN—GENERAL 200
21 THE DOMINION OF CEYLON 209
INDEX 214
GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION 216