Lesson Instructions

This lesson is about exploring China's other foreign relations during the Cold War between 1949-1991. To what extent was China successful in creating an independent foreign policy during the Cold War? To answer this question, in groups you will research and explore China's foreign relations with different regions and nations during the Cold War.

Make notes of any foreign policy events, actions, agreements and treaties that were signed between the PRC and nations in that region. Consider the following questions to structure your notes:
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  • What was China's overall aims and policies towards this region?
  • What diplomatic successes did China have in the region?
  • What diplomatic failures and challenges did China have in the region?
  • What competition did China face from the US and USSR in the region?
  • Overall, to what extent did China gain influence and power in this region by the end of the Cold War?

1. China and East Asia

  1. Iriye, A. (1990). Chinese-Japanese Relations, 1945-90. The China Quarterly, (124), 624-638. 
  2. Li, X. (2017). The Cold War in East Asia. Routledge: London, pp. 110-123
  3. Lovell, J. (2019). Maoism: A Global History, Chapter 3: China and the World in the 1950s (Korea)​
  4. Chi-Kwan, M. (2012). China and the World since 1945 - An International History. pp. 2, 11, 24, 27, 53, 59, 74-75, 87, 89, 98, 109, 111, 112, 118-119, 123, 129, 133 (Japan), 19, 131 (DPRK), 24, 59, 119 (ROK), 16, 22, 24-25, 27, 34, 54, 80, 84-85, 98, 100-101, 105, 128, 131, 133, 137 (Taiwan)

2. China and SE Asia

  1. Chi-Kwan, M. (2012). China and the World since 1945 - An International History. pp. 58-71 (Vietnam War), 36 (SEATO), ASEAN (119, 128-29), 38-39, 53-54, 64-66, 68 (Indonesia), 34-36, 50 (Laos), 54, 90, 105 (Malaysia), 36, 38, 39, 90, 104-5 (Philippines), 36, 39, 90 (Thailand), 34-35, 50, 56, 92, 101, 106 (Vietnam)
  2. ​Lovell, J. (2019). Maoism: A Global History, Chapter 5: Years of Living Dangerously - The Indonesian Connection (Indonesia); Chapter 7: Mao’s Dominoes? Vietnam and Cambodia (Indochina)

3. China and South Asia

  1. Chi-Kwan, M. (2012). China and the World since 1945 - An International History. pp. 1, 21, 26, 33, 38, 47-48, 50-53, 61-62, 66, 68, 117, 129 (India), 21, 36, 38, 61, 76-78, 87, 114 (Pakistan)
  2. Lovell, J. (2019). Maoism: A Global History, Chapter 10: China’s Chairman is our Chairman - Maoism in India; Chapter 11: Nepal - Maoism in Power?

4. China and Europe

  1. Chi-Kwan, M. (2012). China and the World since 1945 - An International History. pp. 9-18 (Europe and China Cold War), 45-57 (Sino-Soviet Split), 50 (Albania), 114/131 (Germany), 87-89 (Europe), 40, 101 (Hungary/Poland).
  2. Lovell, J. (2019). Maoism: A Global History, Chapter 8: You are old and we are young! Maoism in the US and Western Europe

5. China and Africa

  1. Chi-Kwan, M. (2012). China and the World since 1945 - An International History, pp. 132 (Congo), 68 (Kenya), 132 (Liberia/Nigeria/Sudan), South Africa (90)
  2. Lovell, J. (2019). Maoism: A Global History, Chapter 6: Into Africa

6. China and the Middle East

  1. Chi-Kwan, M. (2012). China and the World since 1945 - An International History, pp. 38, 53, 64 (Egypt), 53-54 (Algeria), 90 (Israel), 99, 101, 105-6, 126 (Afghanistan), 87, 99, 114, 118, 132 (Iran), 38, 112, 126-127, 131 (Iraq), 5, 37, 46, 112, 131, 132 (Middle East), 38, 87 (Turkey)

7. China and the Americas

  1. Chi-Kwan, M. (2012). China and the World since 1945 - An International History, pp. 52-53, 101 (Cuba), 53, 89, 132 (Latin America)
  2. Lovell, J. (2019). Maoism: A Global History, Chapter 9: Red Sun over Peru - The Shining Path

Further Reading

OBLIGATORY READING
  1. Chi-Kwan, M. (2012). China and the World since 1945 - An International History. Routledge: Oxon, pp. 1-7
RECOMMENDED READING
  1. Li, X. (2017). The Cold War in East Asia. Routledge: London, pp. 1-7
SUPPLEMENTAL READING
  1. Lovell, J. (2019). Maoism: A Global History, Introduction
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