Depending on where you are, the nearest communist country could be almost any South American nation, Russia, China, Vietnam or Cuba.
China
China, obviously.
China
No, North Korea is a communist nation.
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Japan
the nation south of Mongolia is china
Vietnam and Laos. North Korea and China are also communist but are not in South-East Asia.
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North Korea is the only nation to border both China and South Korea.
As a communist nation, China became part of the global communist alliance lead by the USSR. Western nations were in conflict with the communist bloc during the Cold War.