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**//China's Role in the Korean War//**
By: Jenna

China's role in the war was an important one at that. China was not involved in the war at first. The Korean war started on June 25,1950. China did not enter the war until October 2, 1950. General MacArthur of the U.S. decided that the Republic of Korea (ROK) troops, not the Americans, march up to the border of China to show that the U.S. was not trying to threaten the Chinese. The Chinese were threatened that ROK and the Americans were going to attack them. Zhou Enlai, the Chinese leader, told the ambassador of India that if the Americans were to pass the 38th parallel, that the Chinese would enter the war.

On October 19, 1950 General Walkers Eighth Army of the United States crossed the 38th parallel and that sent the Chinese into the war. The Chinese were not as well equipped as the United Nations were. The guns and weapons that the Chinese were using was from World War II from the Japanese. They had no trucks and the supplies/food was all carried on the soldiers' backs. Most of the Chinese soldiers had more than 5 years of experience, so the ROK soldiers were no match for China.

Once the Americans found out that the Chinese had entered the war, they started to attack the Chinese territory. At once, the Chinese started their plan of attack. They attacked at night. The soldiers would surround the Americans, cut them off and capture them in small groups. The United Nations leader had sent more troops forward to attack the Chinese but on the way China had got the news that the Americans were coming and did a surprise attack on them. That set the Americans back.

After this little happening, the Chinese disappeared into the mountains for a brief amount of time.

November 25, 1950 China was back in the war. 180,000 of China's troops were up against MacArthur's right flank. China's troops were all over the place attacking people and MacArthur's army retreated. In the east, the march was on for the Tenth Corps Army of the Americans against 120,000 Chinese soldiers. The 1st Marine Division (Americans) were caught by 8 Chinese Divisions. Some of the other divisions pulled back in time. By then, The Eighth Army had backed out of the 38th parallel.

Throughout the Korean war the Chinese were a powerful source. China helped out in many ways. They kept the Americans out of Korea for most of the war. China was on the North Korean side, they demonstrated loyalty and supporrt for their country and stayed with Soviet Union the whole war.

The party was founded in 1921 during the Chinese Civil War and concluded in the Chinese Revolution. The party was originally founded by Chen Duxiu and Li DazHao. The CPC was the largest political party in the world as they had more than 70 million members. 5% of China's population was apart of this party. During the Korean War and in the late in 1960's and early 1970's, the CPC had a movement called "Mao Zedong Thought" which became a strong branch of communism. After the death of Mao Zedong, the communist party moved on to socialism and chinese economic reform.
 * The Communist Party of China (CPC)**

Sources McGrowen, Tom. The Korean War, Chicago, Franklin Watts, 1992 Uschan, Michael. The Korean War, San Diego, Lucent Books, 2001 Wikipedia