China Flashcards
When did China become communist?
October 1949.
What was the leader of the US supported nationalists?
Chang Kai Chek
Who was the leader of the USSR supported communists?
Mao Zedong
When and what the treaty of Friendship?
February 1950. Supposed to for 30 years and worth $300 million.
Why were there disagreements between the USSR and China?
Dissatisfaction with aid and recovery slow. Chinese felt USSR aid was insufficient and that it was holding back their economic recovery.
Disagreements over nuclear weaponry
China refused to sign the test ban treaty in 1963
Idealogical differences, Chinese were more doctrinaire communists
Mao viewed Khruschev as weak
Chinese Great Leap Forward, an attempt to develop industry and modernise economic system. Soviets viewed this as too labour intensive.
When was the cultural revolution?
1966-69
When were the border disputes?
Chinese-India border dispute 1962
1964-69 Sino-Soviet border dispute. This flared up in March 1969
Why did US want to develop relations with China?
Nixon wanted withdrawal from Vietnam and needed the Chinese to effect this move.
Simply to gain Chinese support against the USSR
New markets for US industry
China regarded USSR as the stronger superpower so sought a counterbalance to Soviet dominance
China wanted US technology and investment to improve its industry
What actions did Nixon make to improve relations with China?
1971 Ping Pong diplomacy. China entered UN
1972 Nixon visited China
1972 Friendship treaty-renunciation of desire to dominate SE Asia, withdrawal of US troops from Taiwan and eventually full diplomatic recognition of China (1978)
Assisted the end of the Vietnam war
Increased trade - 2 billion dollars of orders to US
