Relations with
China
HIn August 1945 the Soviet
Union concluded a treaty of
friendship and alliance
with the Republic of China’s Kuomintang
(KMT) government
HAlthough the Soviets
promised to respect
KMT
Hthey stripped the region
of nearly all of its
industrial machinery
Hresisted efforts by the
Chinese government to reestablish
its authority
HGave arms taken from
captured Japanese
soldiers to the Chinese Communist
Party.
HWhen Soviet troops
withdrew, all Manchuria
fell to the CCP..
HThe subsequent victory of
the Chinese Communists
over the KMT in 1949 altered
the balance of power in Asia to the
momentary advantage of the Soviet Union.
