The New China (China Revolution)

The Communist forces fought using guerilla warfare, while the Nationalist forces fought using positional warfare. The Nationalist forces occupied the major cities. The Communist forces had villages, and they were more organized. The used the countryside to deny the cities food, materials, and communication. They did not attack the Nationalist forces directly, until they were able to surround the Nationalists. The Americans aided the Nationalists heavily with money and equipment, but it was not used …

…lt;Tab/>Declining ('72)-splitting relationship made worse by China moving towards the U.S., Sino-Soviet border guarded by 44 Soviet divisions (larger army than the one in Eastern Europe) Good ('79)- U.S. and China agree to have normal diplomatic relations, the two exchange diplomatic representations, ended 30yrs of non-recognition<Tab/> <Tab/>Improving ('87)- China's beginnings of a normalized relation with the USSR