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creation of prc
oct 1949, mao zedong, cold war extends to east asia, communist country
alliance with ussr
1949-59, new china will support soviet union, us does not recognize new country, ccp sees this as serious threat
sino-soviet treaty of friendship, alliance, and mutual assistance
feb 1950, military agreement
korean war
conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, supported by the United Nations and the United States. It ended in an armistice divided along 38th parallel
sino-american talks
august 1955, brought about by taiwan straight crises, not much progress made throughout eisenhower administration
sino-soviet relationship
cordial in first half of 1950s, top priority of chinas diplomacy, in second half, ccp begins to disagree w krushchev’s direction, in 1960, ussr removes its personnel from area and sino-soviet alliance collapses
sino-soviet split
ussr and china become rivals for power in third world, breaks bipolarity of cold war, begins facilitating relations between us and china
prc and third world 1960-69
60s - ccp places high priority on 3rd world relations, strategy was to support national liberation and build close relations with the newly independant third world countries, largely failed because prc wasnt military powerful or wealthy
triangular diplomacy 70s-89
us and china concerned over soviet threat, each country tried to use the others to gain power, mao sees china as model for liberation for the rest of the world
why was china important?
not in any area us or ussr wanted, or in the periphery of the cold war, but had a massive population and territory
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