"The deep underlying reason for the agreement between Germany and France this time lies in France's increasing focus on Southeast Asia over the past few years. France has gained a significant advantage in Vietnam and Cambodia, essentially establishing the core of its colonial presence in the Far East."
"In 1883, France had already expanded the scope of its Far East colonies to near the Beibu Gulf of the Far East Empire, with the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam having completely become a protectorate of a major power."
"In Africa, France's biggest progress is the northern expansion of the coastal colony in Gabon, annexing the western Oren Kingdom (a former kingdom in central Gabon), while the westward and southward paths are blocked by Belgium's Congo colony."
"Germany also has certain advances in Africa, primarily in the Bam Kingdom in the Gulf of Guinea (part of German Cameroon), which is adjacent to the Spanish Guinea colony, with the British Bonny colony to the west."
