2 Flashcards
1
Q
October 1949 China
A
Chinese Communist Party under Chairman Mao defeated the Chinese Nationalist Government and establishes the Communist People’s Republic of China
2
Q
Where does the Nationalist Government retreat to?
A
Taiwan
3
Q
How did the West react to China in October 1949?
A
West (inaccurately) view this as a failure of containment , refuses to recognize the new government and introduced containment policies to Asia by pumping money into Taiwan and Japan : pushes China towards USSR
