POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
COLD WAR IN ASIA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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to give help to the communists
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to take land for their empire
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to reach a peace agreement
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to loan money for rebuilding
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Detailed explanation-1: -What were the factors that led the Chinese to decide that they had to enter the war on behalf of North Korea? It has been generally accepted in the west that the Chinese were motivated by a combination of Chinese xenophobic attitudes, security concerns, expansionist tendencies and the communist ideology.
Detailed explanation-2: -Following setbacks sustained by the Korean People’s Army and the crossing of the 38th parallel by the United Nations Command led by the United States Armed Forces, in October 1950 Chinese forces secretly crossed into North Korea in response to security concern of a possible U.S. invasion of Chinese territory.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Beijing’s propaganda expressed it to be “a natural ally of the oppressed peoples of the world in their struggle for national liberation, ” justifying efforts to help North Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-4: -America wanted not just to contain communism-they also wanted to prevent the domino effect. Truman was worried that if Korea fell, the next country to fall would be Japan, which was very important for American trade.