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Communists Have a Stronghold in China
Under leader, Mao Zedong, the Communists had a stronghold in northwestern China. By 1945, Communists controlled much of northern china because they won the peasant’s loyalty. While north China was becoming a Communist region, southwestern China under Jiang Jieshi, was protected from the Japanese by rugged mountain ranges. The United States sent many supplies and money to help fight the Japanese. -
Mao Zedong 1949-1976
He was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he governed as Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976 -
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Communist Control of China (1949)
Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the “fall” of mainland China to communism in 1949 led the United States to suspend diplomatic ties with the PRC for decades. The creation of the PRC completed the long process of governmental upheaval in China begun by the Chinese Revolution of 1911. -
Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship
In the early years after its birth, New China established diplomatic relations with the USSR, other socialist countries and some friendly countries. China publicly declared that it stood on the side of socialism. On 14 February 1950, the two sides signed the "Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and mutual Assistance" and other agreements. -
Korean War - Chinese Involvement (Oct-Nov. 1950)
In some of the fiercest fighting of the Korean War, thousands of communist Chinese troops launch massive counterattacks against U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) troops, driving the Allied forces before them and putting an end to any thoughts for a quick or conclusive U.S. victory. -
Great Leap Forward
Mao was determined to reshape China’s economy based on Marxist socialism. Under the Agrarian Reform law of 1950, Mao seized the holdings of the farmlands. His forces killed more than a million landlords who resisted. He then divided them among all the peasants. In 1958 Mao proclaimed the “Great Leap Forward”, larger collective farms, or communes. -
Second Taiwan Crisis w/ China
It was a conflict that took place between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) governments in which the PRC shelled the islands of Kinmen and the nearby Matsu Islands along the east coast of the PRC (in the Taiwan Strait) in an attempt to drive away the ROC Army. The United States used the nuclear threat to win the Crisis. -
Sino-Soviet Split 1960-1968
The Sino-Soviet split (1960–1989) was the worsening of political and ideological relations between the neighboring states of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the Cold War.
The split concerned the leadership of world communism. The USSR had a network of communist parties it supported; China now created its own rival network to battle it out for local control of the left in numerous countries. The Sino-Soviet split was one of the key events -
1972 Nixon Visit to China
President Richard M. Nixon arrived in China for an official trip. He was the first U.S. president to visit the People's Republic of China since it was established in 1949. This was an important event because the U.S. was seeking to improve relations with a Communist country during the Cold War.Nixon met with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. The two leaders agreed to expand cultural contacts between their two nations. Nixon also established plans for a permanent U.S. trade mission in China. -
Open Door Policy
statement of principles initiated by the United States (1899, 1900) for the protection of equal privileges among countries trading with China and in support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity.The Open Door policy was received with almost universal approval in the United States, and for more than 40 years it was a cornerstone of American foreign policy. -
Deng Xiaoping 1978
He was the leader of China from 1978 until his retirement in 1992. After Mao Zedong's death
