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UNB/Year 5/Semester 1/HIST1001/In class notes.md

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 ### Communism in China
 - Long complex power struggle between Chinese Communist (CCP), led by Mao Zedong, and Chinese Nationalists, led by Chiang Kai-shek
 - Civil War (1946-49): Communists win control of the mainland, establish Peoples' Republic (PRC) in 1949
-- Mao and Stalin sign treaty of alliance in 1950, but China is "junior partner" in Soviet opinion; the two countries eventually become rivals
+- Mao and Stalin sign treaty of alliance in 1950, but China is "junior partner" in Soviet opinion; the two countries eventually become rivals
+### War in Korea
+- Korea split into two zones (US and Soviet); evolve along different paths
+- Kim Il-Sung, Communist leader of Norther Korea, orders invasion of South in 1950 (had consulted Mao and Stalin)
+- US-led forces repel invasion, then invade North Korea; China sends troops, heavy fighting; armistice signed in 1953, after Stalin's Death
+## A change in leadership
+### The Rise of Nikita Khrushchev
+- Gradually emerges as dominant leader after Stalin's death, 1953-1956; reduces repression, seeks reform
+- Speaks of "peaceful coexistence", but a true believer in promoting Communism, competing with USA
+- Wants to improve living standards, but also invests heavily in space race; seeks to exert pressure on USA
+- Age of decolonization, states achieving independence in Asia, Africa: Khrushchev sees opportunity
+### The Soviet Union engages the "Third World"
+- Seeking to win friendship, influence in newly independent states; Khrushchev conducts visits
+- Soviets provide material aid, weaponry, other support - role of Komsomol and other organizations
+- Foreign students encouraged to study in USSR
+- Competing with USA for global influence
+- Mao's PRC also emerges as rival/competitor