China in the Cold War
- Created by: Liam Malone
- Created on: 10-05-15 12:51
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- Involvement in Vietnam
- The Chinese, along with the USSR, supplied North Vietnam with aid during the war
- Involvement in Korea
- MacArthur was ordered to cross the 38th Parallel, but only Korean troops should be used near the Yalu River, to not provoke China
- MacArthur ignored this order which provoked the Chinese into involvement
- MacArthur was sacked on April 11 1951
- MacArthur ignored this order which provoked the Chinese into involvement
- Mao feared that US forces would invade the Chinese mainland. Therefore he ordered 300,000 troops to be stationed across the Yalu River (Korea-China Border)
- On October 14 1950, Chinese troops secretly crossed the border into Korea
- Chinese forces crossed the 38th Parallel and took Seoul on January 4 1951
- MacArthur was ordered to cross the 38th Parallel, but only Korean troops should be used near the Yalu River, to not provoke China
- Civil War
- KMT vs CCP
- KMT- Kuomintang. National Peoples party lead by Chiang Kai Shek
- The KMT received aid from the US.
- CCP- Chinese Communist Party lead by Mao Zedong
- After Japanese occupation, the CCP appeared to be nationalists
- The CCP introduced Land Reform and Guerilla Warfare.
- KMT- Kuomintang. National Peoples party lead by Chiang Kai Shek
- China fell to communism on October 1 1949
- The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) was declared by Mao Zedong
- The US refused to recognise the PRC
- Chiang Kai Shek and the Nationalists fled to Taiwan
- The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) was declared by Mao Zedong
- KMT vs CCP
- Recognition by the US
- When Nixon came to presidency (1969), he recognised the PRC for the first time
- 1972 Feb: Nixon meets Zhou Enlai and Mao
- The Sino-American agreement had successfully opened up diplomacy between the Communist Powers.
- Nixon's aim was to persuade the Chinese to help achieve peace in Vietnam
- China then started to pressure Hanoi into peace
- 1972 Feb: Nixon meets Zhou Enlai and Mao
- When Nixon came to presidency (1969), he recognised the PRC for the first time
- Involvement in Vietnam
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