Perhaps you missed the part where the US saw China as an opportunity to curb Russian influence in Asia? The Sino-Soviet split [1] was definitely a once-in-a-lif

Perhaps you missed the part where the US saw China as an opportunity to curb Russian influence in Asia? The Sino-Soviet split [1] was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the west to slither in. Other countries like India wanted to keep a more neutral stance while China not just denounced the new Russian interpretation of Marxism/Leninism, they embraced the prospect of capitalism once it was presented to them. They were opening up the country at the exact right moment in the cold war and benefited enormously from the post-WWII boom and ensuing rise of globalisation. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_split https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_split