缓和国际紧张局势是亚非会议的主要议题之一。到底紧张局势是从那里来的呢?第二次世界大战以后,亚洲发生了深刻的根本变化。六万万中国人民获得解放,成立了中华人民共和国。朝鲜和越南也建立了新民主国家。殖民地的印度已不存在,存在的是印度共和国了。印度尼西亚和缅甸也摆脱了殖民地统治的桎梏。其他亚洲国家也都在为民族独立而斗争。惟一例外的是日本,它由帝国主义国家跌落为半被占领国。亚洲总的形势,用尼赫鲁的话说,就是“亚洲 Alleviating international tensions is one of the major topics in the Asian-African conference. Where did the tension come from? After the Second World War, profound and fundamental changes took place in Asia. Sixty million Chinese people were liberated and the People’s Republic of China was founded. North Korea and Vietnam have also established new democracies. The colonial India no longer exists and the Republic of India exists. Indonesia and Myanmar have also been free from the shackles of colonial rule. Other Asian countries are also fighting for national independence. The only exception was Japan, which fell from an imperialist country to a semi-occupied state. The overall situation in Asia, in Nehru’s phrase, is “Asia.”