Remake of G 12 P 2 Mao's foreign policy by https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/9eb16fphhpk2xxaq en-us 2022-11-03 09:26:33 UTC 2025-11-08 04:18:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Korean War (1950-53) maejimayoshinori https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/9eb16fphhpk2xxaq/wish/2368203132 -one milion death (1/3) of PLA died fighting a war Stalin wanted
-US strengthened support for Taiwan, could not invade
-funds for domestic industry had to be diverted to the war and to repaying the soviets for their supplies
-faced opposition from the PLA, but overcame them
 
-war justified increasing political and social repression. 
-gave national pride in standing up for communism against America, a superpower
-convinced the chinese that China needs to stand by itself, without dependence on other nations. 
 
]]> 2022-11-03 10:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/9eb16fphhpk2xxaq/wish/2368203132 atomic bomb (1964) maejimayoshinori https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/9eb16fphhpk2xxaq/wish/2368235932 -Showed China was a superpower
-followed by hydrogen bomb detonation in 1967
-Done without soviet assistance
-showed it could become a superpower without soviet union.
-increase prestige and pride

]]> 2022-11-03 10:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/9eb16fphhpk2xxaq/wish/2368235932 sino soviet split (1961) maejimayoshinori https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/9eb16fphhpk2xxaq/wish/2368266192 Showed the Chinese people that China was an independent superpower 
Allowed China to contest the USSR's position as the leader of the communist world. 
Could criticise Khrushchev as being too soft on the west (nuclear test ban treaty 1963, cuban missile crisis), portray himself as the true Marxist

It also isolated China, dangers of armed confrontations with the USSR, felt detente was isolating China
Border clashes in 60s and 70s, sometimes deadly
Fears that officials were passing information to Moscow
Soviets withdrew advisers]]> 2022-11-03 11:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/9eb16fphhpk2xxaq/wish/2368266192 Easing of tensions with the US (1972) maejimayoshinori https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/9eb16fphhpk2xxaq/wish/2368266513 Led to international recognition of the PRC, instead of the govt in Taipei
Increased international standing
Hoped to isolate the USSR with their own detente]]> 2022-11-03 11:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/9eb16fphhpk2xxaq/wish/2368266513 Cuban missle crisis (1962) maejimayoshinori https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/9eb16fphhpk2xxaq/wish/2368344356 Could discredit Khrushchev and Moscow's claim to be leader of the communist bloc]]> 2022-11-03 12:28:03 UTC https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/9eb16fphhpk2xxaq/wish/2368344356 Sino Soviet treaty (1950) maejimayoshinori https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/9eb16fphhpk2xxaq/wish/2368364696 Weakened position vis a vis Soviet Union as the treaty was unfavourable for China
(Soviet aid had to be repaid with interest, etc.)
Led to China entering Korea to serve Stalin's ambitions, had to pay for the weapons USSR supplied to China
Tensions between Stalin and Mao

]]> 2022-11-03 12:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/9eb16fphhpk2xxaq/wish/2368364696 Sino-Indian War (1962) maejimayoshinori https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/9eb16fphhpk2xxaq/wish/2374899175 India backed by USSR
China won at the end]]> 2022-11-08 12:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/9eb16fphhpk2xxaq/wish/2374899175