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Development and Spread of the Cold War
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What is the Communist victory in China (1949)?Show answer
In October 1949 the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Zedong won the long civil war against the Nationalists, who fled to Taiwan, and proclaimed the People's Republic of China. This was a transformative event for the Cold War. The world's most populous country had become communist, doubling the apparent reach of the communist camp and seeming to confirm Western fears that communism was advancing. In the United States the "loss of China" provoked a domestic political crisis and the search for who was to blame.
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Explain why the Communist victory in China in 1949 alarmed the United States. [4 marks]
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Explain why China intervened in the Korean War. [12 marks]
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"The Korean War militarised the Cold War." How far do you agree? [20 marks]
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