US Involvement with East Asia

Korean War Breaks Out

Jun 25, 1950

The United Nations and United States rush to South Korea's defense when the Korean War breaks out between the Northern and Southern Part of Asia.

First Taiwan Strait Crisis

Aug 1, 1954

In 1955, during the First Taiwan Strait Crisis, the United States threatens a nuclear attack on China.

TIbetan Uprising

Mar 1, 1959

The United States joins the United Nation in condemning Beiging for human rights abuses in Tibet, while the Central Intelligence Agency helps arm the Tibertan resistance beginning in the late 1950s.