China and Taiwan dates.

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When did the US declare Taiwan strategically unimportant?
1949
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When did the US send the 7th fleet to the Taiwan Strait?
1950
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Why did the US send the 7th fleet to the Taiwan Strait?
Defend against the CCP invasion of Taiwan, Mao saw it as opposition, exacerbated conflicts when MacArthur later visited Jiang in Taiwan
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When did the US forces approach the Yalu river?
1950
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When was the trade embargo on China, no UN seat and Us bases put in Taiwan?
1953
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When was the US Taiwan defence treaty?
1954, infuriated Mao
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When did China shell Taiwanese Islands?
1958
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What was the US response to the Chinese shelling of Taiwanese islands?
US threatened atomic bomb, Chinese backed off
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When did Nixon contact China to end the Vietnam war and improve relations?
1969/1970
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When did the US and China exchange table tennis players and pandas?
1971
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When did Kissinger visit China?
1971
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when did Nixon visit Beijing to lift the trade embargo?
1972
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When did the US and China establish diplomatic relations?
1979
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1953

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