d. Relations with the US
Inquiry Topic: Foreign policy successes and failures under Mao (1949–1976) Specified content: Relations with the USA, including “ping–pong” diplomacy In the context of the Cold War, which was developing rapidly in Europe, the CCP's victory in 1949 alarmed the US as it now seemed that Communism was spreading globally. However it was the Chinese involvement in the Korean War which embedded hostility between the...