China during the Cold WAr

When the Japanese invaded China in 1937, a civil war was raging between the Nationalists and the Communists. The Communists held an advantage in northwestern China with the help of their leader, Mao Zedong. They won Chinese peasants’ loyalty by preparing them for war, putting forth effort to teach literacy, and improved food production. This section of the Chinese army controlled much of northern China by 1945.
During the Communists’ success in northeast China, the Nationalist forces dominated southwestern China with the help of their leader, Jiang Jieshi. Jiang assembled a 2.5 million-man army to prepare to fight Communists. The United States, from 1942 to 194...