Abstract: From the very inception of the People's Republic of China in 1949, both China and the United States wanted to improve their relationship, but ideological differences, mutual suspicions, and the lack of adequate knowledge about each other prevented a rapprochement. The dominance of the conservatives in the US Senate and their commitment to Nationalist China and their domestic anti- Communist jihad were the other complicating factors. The machinations of the Soviet Union, ever desirous of inserting a wedge between China and the United States, also thwarted China's efforts to normalize relations with the United States. The outbreak of the Korean War hardened attitudes on both sides. At the end of World War II, Korea, though independent of the Japanese occupation, found itself divided at the 38th parallel. The Soviet forces had reached Korea first and had crossed the 38th parallel, but on the arrival of the American forces several weeks later had retreated north of the parallel.2
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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