Currents of History

3/2014
Articles

A “Turn to the left” in Chinese foreign policy from the late 1950s to 1962

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  • Niu Jun

Published 2016-12-07

Keywords

  • China’s diplomacy,
  • radicalization,
  • border conflict

How to Cite

Jun, N. (2016). A “Turn to the left” in Chinese foreign policy from the late 1950s to 1962. Currents of History. https://novitokovi.istorije.rs/index.php/journal/article/view/2651

Abstract

: This article explores the radicalization process of China’s foreign policy from the late 1950s to 1962. It argues that the initiative for foreign policy radicalization was very much founded in domestic politics, particularly since the key role was exercised by the overt struggle inside the CPC leadership over the results of the Great Leap Forward.
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