When you ask this question, are you referring to Red China or Nationalist China? Because there were TWO China's during the cold war time frame: Communist China headed by Mao & Nationalist China led by Chang Kai Shek.
Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist force retreated to Taiwan to escape Mao Zedong's Communist Armies .
It was a fight about democracy and communism. That is what the cold war was about.
He was president during the cold war and vietnam.
Initially, China was a staunch ally of the Soviet Union, and sent thousands of troops to Korea during that war. However, the relationship between the two soured, and China even had border clashes with the Soviet Union. During the Nixon Administration, the president opened relations with China.
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Nationalist China was an ally during the cold war.
When you ask this question, are you referring to Red China or Nationalist China? Because there were TWO China's during the cold war time frame: Communist China headed by Mao & Nationalist China led by Chang Kai Shek.
Taiwan (Nationalist China) was an ally of the US during the cold war. Red China entered the Korean War (a hot battle of the cold war) as a combatant in 1950. The USSR supplied war material to both North Korea, and North Vietnam during those wars.
Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist force retreated to Taiwan to escape Mao Zedong's Communist Armies .
It was a fight about democracy and communism. That is what the cold war was about.
During the "Cold War", there were TWO Chinas: Red China & Nationalist China (Formerly called Formosa; now called Taiwan). We supplied defense material to Taiwan.
Australia & New Zealand were part of ANZUS and SEATO during the Viet War; Both countries are located in the Asian Sphere, there was no fear of Nationalist China (Taiwan) as it was an ally during the Cold War.
The US and Red China engaged in war only once, during the Korean War (1950-1953). Korea was a limited war (limited to conventional weapons only=no nukes). Nationalist China (Taiwan) was a US ally during the cold war period.
He was president during the cold war and vietnam.
mao tse-tung.
During the cold war (which ended twenty years ago) there were TWO Chinas. Which one are you questioning: Communist China or Nationalist China?