Indo-China

Gum Lac or Shellac. It is obtd from a resin secreted by the insect Laccifer lacca and deposited on the twigs of various species of trees in India, Siam and Indo-China. The collected material is dried, ground and washed to remove the adherent red dye. 

The effect of this type of imperial interaction was to create expectations in the nationalisms they produced which would be very difficult to fulfil. The colonial boundaries were of course sacralised as the correct boundaries for anti-imperial nationalism. But in Burma, Burman ethnie nationalism became fatally entangled with state nationalism after independence, with a constant state of unwinnable war against minority ethnie nationalisms. Vietnam was very fortunate that the anti-imperial nationalism of the Indo-Chinese communist party was unable to take control of the whole colony in 1945, and eventually renamed itself the Vietnamese Workers Party in 1951. The French were able to steer Laos and Cambodia to a fragile independence in 1954 (Goscha 1999). The wars of Indo-China up until 1980 were nevertheless bedevilled by Vietnamese attempts to lead the anti-imperial nationalisms of Laos and Cambodia in the Indo-Chinese Revolution of which they had dreamed since 1930, and problems remain between these variants of nationalism. 

Naval Intelligence Division 1943. Indo-China. Geographical Handbook Series. London Naval Intelligence Division. 

A. Krervanw Pierre Cambodia, Indo-China Fruits are used as condiment and to flavour curries, sausages and cordials... 

There are a number of examples of locahzed conflicts where CWs have been intentionally used but cannot be verified e.g. in 1951-1952 in the Korean War in 1963 the Egyptians used mustard bombs against Yemeni royalists in the Arabian peninsula in the Indo-China War (see Vietnam War) in 1970, in Angola antiplant agents were almost certainly used and in former Yugoslavia, there were rumors of the use of psychotomimetic agents. 

Manufacture. Obtained from the secretions of lac insects, which are parastic on the small branches of some kinds of wood, e.g. croton, in the districts of east India and Indo-China. These insects secrete resinous matter due to stimuli from the females, and the branches are eventually covered by the substance this is called Stick Lac . The substance is collected, selected and powdered. Then this is dipped in water and a clear red dye is extracted from it. The residue is called Raw Lac . It is melted,... 

I)urin>< the late 1910s and early 1950s the / a.steur continued to serve as a French Government troopship carryinjj soldiers to the fifthtinfj in Vietnam, then part of French Indo-China. (Photo Marine)... 

The history of the hevea plantation is full of events. This tree was exclusively a product of the Brazilian forest until 1876. At that time, an Englishman, Wickman by name, smuggled hevea seeds from Amazonia, which were sown in Ceylon. Subsequently, rubber planting developed in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Indo-China, Regulating the level aiid the cost of production of the hevea latex has always been difficult in spite of international agreements such as the Stevenson plan (1922). 

In the Asian region water resources are correlated with precipitation, which has extremely uneven distribution. For example, the maximum average annual precipitation is recorded in the western slope of India (more than 10,000 mm) and vast areas in Indo-China and the Indonesian islands receive annually from 1,500 mm to excess of 3,000 mm. On the other hand, almost all the northwestern part of the Region is extremely dry, with the annual precipitation less than 200 mm. Precipitation also varies... 

We can add here that these high arsenic-containing geological rocks occupy the vast area between the Indostan and Indo-China peninsulas, and similar problems are shown in Thailand and Malaysia. This can be called arsenic biogeochemical sub-region of the biosphere in the context of a biogeochemical mapping (Bashkin and Howarth, 2002). 

The herb is credited with anti-scorbutic properties. The herb is also used for bladder troubles, as it is supposed to pulverize the stones in the bladder [69]. The leaves are used in Japan as a salad. The roots are used in Indo-China countries for the preparation of gargles. 

C-Mavacurine has been isolated in 0.1 % yield from the root bark of a sample of Strychnos nux-vomica L. obtained from Indo-China, thus providing a link between American and non-American Strychnos species. The aerial parts of the same sample furnished strychnine, brucine, and vomicine, but no quaternary alkaloids (4). 

NATURAL HABITAT A wood decomposer, typically saprophytic. Ten//nus species are common on the dead tissue of deciduous trees, mainly Fagaceae (oak, chestnut, shiia [Pasania] and beech). In nature, they particularly prefer oaks. Fruiting in the fall, early winter and spring, this species is indigenous to Japan, China and other countries in the temperate zone of the Indo-China region. 

E. couminga Baill. is common in Madagascar and the Seychelles islands, is more toxic than E. guineense, and the leaves have been the cause of mass poisoning of livestock. Cynometra densiflora Elmer E. densiflora Merrill) of the Philippines and E. fordii Oliver of Indo-China are devoid of toxic... 

There followed a rapid succession of reports of the isolation and characterization of alkaloids Schlittler (13) described the secondary coumingidine from E. couminga Ruzicka, Plattner, and Engel (14) isolated coumingine and a new tertiary base, which was also found in E. guineense along with a second tertiary base by Engel and Tondeur (15) Paris (16) isolated cassaine from an unknown but botanically described Erythrophleum from Indo-China. 

Ironically, the first recorded 20th century use of solanaceae in a military situation occurred in Hanoi, French Indo-China (later known as North Vietnam) on 27 June 1908. On that day, two hundred French soldiers were poisoned by datura in their evening meal. One of the intoxicated soldiers saw ants on his bed, a second fled to a tree to escape from an hallucinated tiger and a third took aim at birds in the sky. The delirious troops were soon discovered and all recovered after medical attention. Two indigenous non-commissioned officers and an artilleryman were later convicted by courts-martial of plotting with ex-river pirates who had been influenced by "Chinese reformer agitators. 10,11... 

Talc was formed by the hydration of magnesium-bearing rocks under pressure, and may be derived from basic igneous rocks or from dolomite or marble. It occurs in many parts of the United States, in Germany, France, Egypt, Morocco and Indo-China. 

Jiaozuo Coalfield is located at the are turning part from near NS to WE direction in the southern uplift region of the Taihang Mountains on the North China plate, and also in the transitional zone from Taihang Mountains orogenic belt southward the North China tectonic zone. The coal measure strata of this area has experienced at least 4 tectonic movement periods as below (Coal Industry Department of Henan Province Henan Polytechnic University 2010) Indo-China period (Tj-Ji), Yanshanian period (J-Kj), Paleogene period (Ej-Qi) and Neotectonic period (Qj to now). 

Vigna umbellata (family Leguminosae Papilionoideae) Rice bean is native to Indo-China and it is now grown in Asia and in other areas of the tropics such as Mauritius, East Africa, West Indies, Australia and the USA. The seed is made into soups and stews and also as bean sprouts. The seed is processed into dhal. 

Styrax benzoin (family Styracaceae) Commonly known as styrax and distributed in the tropics, particularly in Indonesia, Indo-China and Thailand. The oil is used in perfumes, as an aromatic for lemonades, in baking and chewing gum. 

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