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China becomes communist
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As the USSR was a communist country, it was natural that the new Chinese government should want to be its friend and ally. However, the Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance which they singned alarmed the USA, because they feared that communism would spread in East-Asia.
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In october 1950, Chinese forces invade Tibet overthorwing their ruler, the Dalaï-Lama, and making the country into part of People's Republic of China.
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When there is a war between North and South Korea, China supports North sending 300,000 troops to help.
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USA takes under their protection Taiwan, because they recognize Chiang Kaishek's government as the true one.
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A new soviet leader began to develop more friendly relations with USA and other capitalist contries.
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In 1959 the Tibetians rebelled against Chinese rule. The Chinese troops crushed the rebellion and forced the Dalaï-Lama to flee to India. So many people followed him into exile that Tibet is still officially a Chinese autonomous region.
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The Soviets stopped all economic aid to China by 1960.
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It increased when China tested its own atomic bomb, and they installed armed guards on the border areas.
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A dispute with Vietnam turned into a full-scale war, because a year earlier Vietnam signed a treaty with the USSR, their bitter ennemy. China invaded Vietnam at the start of 1979. But they withdrew in March 1979
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