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Abstract editorial illustration accompanying the article: How the Korean War derailed China’s plans to attack Taiwan

How the Korean War derailed China’s plans to attack Taiwan

A study of records from China, Taiwan, the United States and the former Soviet Union examines why the Chinese Communist Party’s plans to attack Taiwan in 1949–50 were never carried out. It argues that the Korean War was part of a broader Soviet shift that stopped indirect support for the operation and prompted the United States to change its policy toward Taiwan.

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