The Cold War : China

Question 1

when was the communist revolution in China and who was it led by

Answer 1

-Mao in 1949

Question 2

why would the US be upset by communist china

Answer 2

-backed China with investments for decades against Japan

Question 3

who did the USA back in the Chinese Civil war

Answer 3

-the Republic of China against the Chinese communists

Question 4

when was the Chinese civil war

Answer 4

-1945-49

Question 5

how did the US support the republic of China against the chinese Communists (2)

Answer 5

-refused to recognise the People’s Republic of China and maintained relationship with Republic of China in Taiwan
-Truman sent US seventh fleer to Taiwan straits

Question 6

how did the USA and China view the Korean war

Answer 6

-USA saw china fuelling global communist revolutions
-China saw aggressive USA trying to get a foothold in Asia to attack China directly

Question 7

how did the USA support Taiwan/ republic of China during/ after the Korean war

Answer 7

-trade embargo on China
-kept China out of UN
-military base in Taiwan
-1954 US-Taiwan Defence Treaty

Question 8

what happened between China and Ike twice in the 50s

Answer 8

-Mao attempted to take two Chinese Nationalist islands in 1954 and 1958
-both times Ike threatened military/ nuclear action so Mao backed down

Question 9

what happened in 1960s in China (2)

Answer 9

-1964 China’s first nuclear weapon’s test
-breakdown of relation between USSR and China

Question 10

what changed USA’s and China’s relationship and when

Answer 10

-1971 US olympian missed bus and invited to play ping pong in china
-first foreigner entered China in 20 years
-ping pong diplomacy

Question 11

what was the effect of ping pong diplomacy (3)

Answer 11

-US embargo lasting 20 years lifted
-further established China’s acceptance into UN and diplomatic relations with other countries
-Nixon visited china