Editing Westernization (section)

====Southeast Asia====

=====Thailand=====
Although Thailand is geographically located in [[Southeast Asia]], through the 18th and 19th centuries, Siam faced imperialist pressure from [[France]] and the [[United Kingdom]], including many unequal treaties with Western powers and forced concessions of territory; it nevertheless remained the only Southeast Asian country to avoid direct Western colonization. The country became westernized by itself, the Siamese system of government was centralized and initially organized into a modern unitary absolute monarchy during the reign of [[Chulalongkorn]], later as a constitutional monarchy following the [[Siamese revolution of 1932]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Leventon |first1=Melissa |last2=Gluckman |first2=Dale Carolyn |title=Modernity Through the Lens: The Westernization of Thai Women's Court Dress |journal=Costume |date=June 2013 |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=216–233 |doi=10.1179/0590887613Z.00000000025 }}</ref> In the late 1950s, Thailand became a major ally of the [[United States]], and played a key anti-communist role in the region as a member of the [[Southeast Asia Treaty Organization|SEATO]]. Currently, Thailand continues to have strong ties to Western countries.

=====Vietnam=====
Starting from the period of the [[Nguyễn dynasty]] as a protectorate of France, the Vietnamese transitioned from [[chữ Hán]] and [[chữ Nôm]] writing systems to the Vietnamese alphabet ([[chữ Quốc ngữ]]). Between the late 19th to early 20th centuries, a number of [[French_colonial_architecture#Vietnam|French style buildings]] were built in [[Saigon]] and [[Hanoi]], becoming two of several locations in Asia claiming to be the [[Paris of the East (disambiguation)|Paris of the East]]. Vietnam is also a member of the International Organisation of La Francophonie. Under the Nguyễn dynasty, Christianity became established as a minority religion for currently around 7% of the population. After the abdication of Emperor [[Abdication of Bảo Đại|Bảo Đại]] and the [[August Revolution]] that took place during the end of World War II, Vietnam would incorporate [[socialist]] and [[United States|American]] values as it underwent industrialization and economic development during and after the period of [[Reunification Day|political division]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nguyen |first1=Quynh Thi Nhu |title=The Vietnamese Values System: A Blend of Oriental, Western and Socialist Values |journal=International Education Studies |date=2016 |volume=9 |issue=12 |pages=32–40 |doi=10.5539/ies.v9n12p32|doi-access=free }}</ref>