Cold War period China's foreign relations

Author: Yang Kuisong
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The study of international Cold War history is largely based on a large number of declassified and open historical archives and documents from relevant countries, including the United States and the former Soviet Union. This book is compiled based on research achievements made using these new archival materials, serving as the lecture notes for the International Cold War History course at Peking University. The book focuses on explaining the formation and changes in China's foreign policy under the Cold War context, covering topics such as the origins of the Cold War and its impact on the Chinese Revolution, the Korean War and the rise of the Cold War in Asia, the Taiwan Strait crisis and the conflict between the U.S. and China, the revolutionary process of Chinese diplomacy, the strategic decision to align with the U.S. to counter the Soviet Union, the establishment of an international united front against Soviet hegemony, and the changes in Chinese diplomacy in the 1980s.