Why did China intervene in the Korean War
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- WHY DID CHINA INTERVENE IN THE KOREAN WAR
- Motivated by security reasons
- US had sent the 7th fleet to Taiwan
- MacArthur had defied orders that he shouldn't sent troops to the Yalu River
- MacArthur publicly declared his support for Jiang and his opposition to Communist China
- Reasons other than security
- When Communist fought Nationalists, North Korea had sent 1000s of troops
- Mao felt obliged to help North Korea in return
- Stalin had encouraged Mao as he knew a Sino-American conflict would help strengthen his position in relation to both of them
- China would rely on Soviet financial and material aid, China & US would be weakened by the conflic
- China believed they were a superior power to which others had to defer
- When Communist fought Nationalists, North Korea had sent 1000s of troops
- Motivated by security reasons
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