<Li> Colony of Aden (1937 - 1963) </Li> <Li> Federation of South Arabia (1962 - 1967) </Li> <Li> Protectorate of South Arabia (1963 - 1967) </Li> <Ul> <Li> Afghanistan--founded by the Anglo - Afghan Treaty of 1919 of the United Kingdom and declared independence in 1919 . </Li> <Li> China--Independent but had European spheres of influence . </Li> <Li> Bhutan--Had British sphere of influence . </Li> <Li> Iran--Had Russian sphere of influence in the north and Britain in the south . </Li> <Li> Japan--was a Great power and had its own colonial empire (including Korea and Taiwan). </Li> <Li> Mongolia - Had Russian sphere of influence and Soviet controlled </Li> <Li> Nepal--Had British sphere of influence . </Li> <Li> Thailand--was the only independent state in Southeast Asia, but had Britain sphere of influence in the north and south and France in the Northeast and East . </Li> <Li> Turkey--succession to the Ottoman Empire in 1923, the Ottoman Empire itself could be considered a colonial empire . </Li> </Ul>

In the late 1800s only european imperialists expanded in asia