POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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Chinese nationalists were aligned with Joseph Stalin in Europe.
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Chinese nationalists supported North Korean independence.
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The Americans wanted to maintain productive trade relations with Japan.
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The Americans thought China might become a communist state in Asia.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The United States supported Jiang because it feared his defeat would create a communist superpower. Jiang was the Nationalist leader of China. He was fighting a civil war against communists led by Mao.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States supported the Nationalists in the Civil War in China because the latter were fighting the Chinese communists who were backed by the Soviet Union. The US wanted to stop the spread of communism internationally as they saw it as a threat to their own political system as well as their very way of life.
Detailed explanation-3: -Though only nominally democratic, the Nationalist Government of Chiang Kai-shek continued to receive U.S. support both as its former war ally and as the sole option for preventing Communist control of China.
Detailed explanation-4: -Americans feared that Jiang’s defeat would create a communist superpower spanning most of Asia. corrupt officials diverted US aid dollars into there own pockets. When Mao promised to feed ppl he won the support. The US had no intention on fighting so they couldn’t back Jiang up.