0200I Versions of Chapters 1,2,3.5,and 8 appeared The University of earlier,in somewhat different form,respectively, North Carolina Press in Chen Jian,"China in 1945:From Anti-Japanese All rights reserved War to Revolution,"in 1945 in Europe and Asia: Manufactured in the Reconsidering the End of World War II and the United States of America Cbanges of tbe World Order,edited by Gerhard Set in Janson and Meta types Krebs and Christian Oberlander (Tokyo: by Tseng Information Systems Deutschen Institut fur Japanstudien der Philipp- The paper in this book meets the Franz-von-Siebold-Stiftung,1997)(reprinted by guidelines for permanence and permission);Chen Jian,"The Myth of America's durability of the Committee on 'Lost Chance'in China:A Chinese Perspective in Production Guidelines for Book Light of New Evidence,"Diplomatic History Longevity of the Council on (Winter 1997)(reprinted by permission);Chen Library Resources. Jian and Yang Kuisong,"Chinese Politics and the Library of Congress Collapse of the Sino-Soviet Alliance,"in Brotbers Cataloging-in-Publication Data in Arms:The Rise and Fall of the Sino-Soviet Alliance, Chen Jian. 1945-1963,edited by Odd Arne Westad (Wash- Mao's China and the cold war/ ington,D.C.:Woodrow Wilson Center Press Chen Jian. and Stanford:Stanford University Press,1998) p.cm.-(The new cold war (reprinted by permission);and Chen Jian,"China history） and the First Indo-China War,195o-1954,"China Includes bibliographical references Quarterly,no.133 (March 1993),and Chen Jian, and index. "China's Involvement in the Vietnam War, ISBN o-8078-2617-o (alk.paper)- 1964-1969,"China Quarterly,no.142 (June 1995) IsBN o-8078-4932-4(pbk.alk.paper) (reprinted by permission of Oxford University 1.China-Foreign relations-1949- Press). 2.Cold War.I.Title.II.Series. Ds777.8.C434200I 327-51-dc2100-067240 050403020I5432I© 2001 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Set in Janson and Meta types by Tseng Information Systems The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chen Jian. Mao’s China and the cold war / Chen Jian. p. cm. — (The new cold war history) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-8078-2617-0 (alk. paper) — isbn 0-8078-4932-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. China—Foreign relations—1949– 2. Cold War. I. Title. II. Series. ds777.8 .c4314 2001 327.51—dc21 00-067240 05 04 03 02 01 5 4 3 2 1 Versions of Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 appeared earlier, in somewhat different form, respectively, in Chen Jian, ‘‘China in 1945: From Anti-Japanese War to Revolution,’’ in 1945 in Europe and Asia: Reconsidering the End of World War II and the Changes of the World Order, edited by Gerhard Krebs and Christian Oberländer (Tokyo: Deutschen Institut für Japanstudien der Philipp￾Franz-von-Siebold-Stiftung, 1997) (reprinted by permission); Chen Jian, ‘‘The Myth of America’s ‘Lost Chance’ in China: A Chinese Perspective in Light of New Evidence,’’ Diplomatic History (Winter 1997) (reprinted by permission); Chen Jian and Yang Kuisong, ‘‘Chinese Politics and the Collapse of the Sino-Soviet Alliance,’’ in Brothers in Arms: The Rise and Fall of the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1945–1963, edited by Odd Arne Westad (Wash￾ington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998) (reprinted by permission); and Chen Jian, ‘‘China and the First Indo-China War, 1950–1954,’’ China Quarterly, no. 133 (March 1993), and Chen Jian, ‘‘China’s Involvement in the Vietnam War, 1964–1969,’’ China Quarterly, no. 142 ( June 1995) (reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press)