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B. 29 countries

The Bandung Conference, also known as the Asia-Africa Conference, was a meeting of Asian and African states that took place in Bandung, Indonesia, from April 18-24, 1955. The conference was attended by 29 independent countries from Asia and Africa, as well as representatives from Indonesia, which was still a Dutch colony at the time, and the People’s Republic of China. In total, 29 countries were represented at the conference. The Bandung Conference was significant because it marked the first time that newly independent countries from Asia and Africa came together to discuss their common challenges and interests. The conference laid the foundation for the Non-Aligned Movement, which was established in 1961 and aimed to promote the interests of developing countries that were not aligned with either of the superpowers during the Cold War.