During the Korean War (1950-1953), the United States only recognized Taiwan (Nationalist China), and Nationalist China was considered an ally to the US.
True. The United States favored Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists during the Chinese Civil War, particularly in the context of World War II and the early Cold War. The U.S. provided military and economic support to the Nationalist government in its fight against both Japanese invasion and Communist forces led by Mao Zedong. However, this support ultimately did not prevent the Nationalists' defeat in 1949, leading to the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
The United States established 'spheres of influence', or areas of China that were controlled by the United States.
South Vietnamese invasion of Laos American support for Taiwan
Sun Yat-sen founded the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT) in China.
During the Korean War (1950-1953), the United States only recognized Taiwan (Nationalist China), and Nationalist China was considered an ally to the US.
The Nationalists
After WW2 the United Nations began a policy of containment to prevent the spread of Communism. The Chinese civil war involved government nationalists and communist guerrilas. The US supported the nationalists to try to stop the communist takeover.
The U.S. was allied to the Nationalist part of china.
Soviet Union supported Communist China and nearly all the other powers supported Nationalist China.
American support for Taiwan The Vietnam War
Some supported the Nationalist but most supported the communist
American leaders feared that a Nationalist defeat would create a communist superpower. -nova net
United States Court for China ended in 1943.
United States Court for China was created in 1906.
The United States is larger than China by about 257,000 km2
The area of the United States is 1.6% larger than the area of China, but China has 4.3 times as many people as the United States.