Cold War alliances and conflicts that persist in Asia?

Question

Please list some Cold War alliances and conflicts that persist in Asia. Discuss ways in which these alliances and conflicts remain similar to the past and/or have altered in their nature since the Cold War.

Answer 1

The two primary Cold War alliances in Asia were SEATO (South East Asian Treaty Organization) and the Chinese and Societ alliances with Communist Vietnam and North Korea.  

SEATO was created in 1954 as an Asian variant of NATO, and included the following nations:

Australia

France

New Zealand

Pakistan

Philippines

Thailand

United Kingdom

United States

It lasted until 1977, when it was disolved.  However, it should be noted that all those counjtries still maintain fairly friendly relations with each other, and where possible, act in concert.

Chinese relations with Vietnam did a nosedive by the end of the American war in Vietnam.  While the Soviets maintained some ties with the Vietnamese (due to major naval port facilities at Cahm Rahn Bay), the Chinese resented Vietnamese involvement in Cambodia, acting against the Chinese backed Khmer Rouge.  That resentment boiled over into open war in 1979.  The Vietnamese handed the Chinese their heads!  The Soviets and Chinjese continued small scale support for North Korea until the Cold War came to an end, and the North Koreans still rely on some aid from the PRC.  

Japan is a key US ally in the region, too, of course, as is Taiwan, as well.