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Mao Sedong takes control of Government after winning civil war
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The chinese and Soviets signed a treaty agreeing to not attack eachother, but to help eachother
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Conflict between US, supporting the democratic South Korea, and North Korea
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Plan by Mao to modernize China's government to rival America's by 1988
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PRC attacked kinsmen island, US stepped in and won by threatening nuclear action
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ideologies between the soviets and chinese began to conflict, leading to them breaking their alliance and publicly denouncing one another
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In order to patch up post-cold war relations, President Nixon travelled to china to adress foreign relations with Mao, and also show a brighter future between the two countries
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China, knowing that it needs western technologies and allies to push its economy, opens its doors to foreign trade. After this, the economy flourishes.