MAO ’ S RED CHINA
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MAO’S RED CHINA
China and the World, 1949-1976
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CHINA’S PLACE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COLD WAR
• PRC Comes into Being at Beginning of Cold War
• Natural PRC Would Ally With USSR
• This Alarmed the Americans…Domino Theory in Asia
• Mao’s Foreign Policy Largely Dictated by Marxism-Leninsm
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Uncertain Relations With the USA• The Marshall Mission• US Provides Aid to
Kuomintang During Chinese Civil War
• After Civil War, US Appears Willing to Recognize PRC
• Cold War Hysteria (McCarthyism) Prevents Recognition
• Red Scare, Particularly After Signing of Friendship Treaty With USSR
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EARLY 1950S: WORSENING RELATIONS WITH USA
• Chinese Invasion of Tibet Incorporates Region Into China• The Korean War• China Refused Entry in United Nations• USA Supports and Protects Chiang Kaishek’s Taiwan
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THE SINO SOVIET SPLIT• Hostility of UN and US
Toward China Brought USSR & China Closer
• Khrushchev’s Warming of Relations with USA Disturbed Mao
• Mao Disagree with “Peaceful Co-existence”
• Armed Clashes Ensue Between China and USSR Along Border
• 1960s USSR Stopped All Aid to PRC
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CHINA AND THE USA• Relations Remain Bad in the
1960s• China Alarmed by USA
Presence in Taiwan and Involvement in Vietnam
• Vietnam Conflict Brought US Bombers Close to China
• US Withdrawal From Vietnam Leads to Improvement in Relations
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CHINA’S SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS
• 1959 Tibetan Revolt Crushed - Dalai Lama Flees to India
• Conflict with India - War Breaks Out in 1962
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PEACE WITH NEIGHBORS
• 1962 - 1979 Peace with Neighbors
• 1979 Chinese Dispute with Vietnam Turns into War
• Aim of War to Stop USSR Influence