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Open Door Policy
The Open Door Policy was a statement of principles initiated by the United States in 1899 and 1900 for the protection of equal privileges among countries trading with China and in support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity. -
Communist China takeover
October 1st 1949, Chinese Communist Leader Mao Zedong gained control of China and created the People’s Republic of China. This ended a costly civil war in China between the Chinese Communist party and the Nationalist Party. Zedong wanted a total overhaul of land ownership and wanted socialist ideals above all. -
Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship
The Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, signed on February 14, 1950, is the treaty of alliance between the People’s Republic of China and the Soviet Union. The treaty’s terms allowed China to be recognized by the Soviet Union. The treaty was signed in the Soviet Union. The treaty dealt with many issues such as Soviet privileges in Xinjiang and Manchuria and the provision of a $300 million loan from the Soviet Union to repay the huge economic devastation that China had suffered from a decade of war -
Korean War
The Korean War began on June 25, 1950 when 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel. The war was North Korea, supported by the Soviets and China, vs South Korea who was supported by all of The United Nation but mainly U.S troops fought for them. This was the first military action of the Cold War. -
The Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward was Mao’s plan to develop industry and agriculture in China. The Great Leap Forward was a five year plan that would last from 1958 to 1963. Mao believed that both agriculture and industry had to grow. Industry needed to prosper and it could only prosper if the work force was well fed and the agriculture workers needed industry to produce the proper tools for their crops. Mao needed to form a series of communes in order to make his plan work. -
Second Taiwan Crisis
Second Taiwan Crisis was a conflict that took place between China and Taiwan. It was a Taiwanese attempt to drive away the ROC army. The crisis began on August 23, 1958 when China began an intense artillery bombardment on the Kinmen Islands. America responded to a request of aid from the ROC, according to obligations in the mutual defense treaty that had been ratified in 1954. President Eisenhower ordered the U.S Navy to help the Nationalist Chinese gov’t protect supply lines to the island. -
Sino-Soviet Split
During the 1960’s China and the Soviet Union were the two largest communist countries. Most of ideological debates between the two communist parties concerned peaceful coexistence with capitalist. To the Chinese public Mao Zedong rejected peaceful coexistence with Capitalism. He perceived a marxist revisionism from the Soviet Union. When the differences proved intractable China formally denounced the Soviet Union form of Communism as a product of revisionist traitors. -
Nixon's Visit to China in 1972
Nixon’s 1972 Visit to China- Nixon’s visit to China in 1972 was an important step towards normalizing relations between the U.S and China. It was the first time a president had visited the PRC, which was seen as an enemy to the U.S at the time, and ended 25 years of separation of the two sides.
