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China 1940
Asia

We started working in Asia in China in 1940, when we started a scholarship programme there, and subsequently opened an office in Chongqing in 1943.  Since then we have expanded throughout most of the countries of Asia.  Find out more about our work in the region on this page.
When did we open in…?
Find out when we opened in each part of Asia, from Afghanistan to Korea and from Malaysia to Vietnam
World Map, kept in British Council office, Nigeria 1951
Malaysia
We opened our first offices in Malaya and Sarawak in 1947.  Read more about the history of our work Malaysia
Sir John Llewellyn meeting Minister of Culture - Sabah 1978. Photograph by  British Council Representative
Central Asia
After the break-up of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the 1990s, we expanded our work in Central Asia, and now have offices in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, as well as Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Caucasus
Group of Central Asian girls
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