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> The Korean war broke out, USSR ordered China to strike back to maintain the iron curtain. On the contrary. It was Mao who had been pushing for the extension

by chewz 7y ago

> The Korean war broke out, USSR ordered China to strike back to maintain the iron curtain. On the contrary. It was Mao who had been pushing for the extension of Korean conflict in order to force Stalin's hand and get more and more aid and weapon technologies from USSR.

namelosw 7y ago
Thank you for pointing out. This makes more sense because it's Chinese border.
- chewz 7y ago
  Strategically it made sense for China which shortly became able to get independent politically from Soviet Union. But at the expense of brutal war.