Effect

 of  the  Cold  War  on  Germany  and  China  

 
  China   Germany  
Social   -­‐ Korean  War  (1950-­‐53)   -­‐ 1949:  US/Soviet  intervention  in  zones  led  to  split    
o Launched  “Resist  America  and  Aid  Korea”   o Marshall  Plan  upset  Soviet  goals  à  more  
propaganda  campaign  –  linked  w/  Land   consumer  goals  in  West,  less  in  East  
Reform   o Due  to  split,  two  different  cultures  emerge  
-­‐ 100  Flowers  Campaign  (1956)   over  the  40  years  
o Defensive–  after  seeing  what  happened  in   -­‐ 1953:  Call  for  social  reforms  after  Stalin’s  death  à  
Hungary,  Mao  wanted  to  reduce  the  chance   Soviet  tanks  
of  a  democratic  counter-­‐revolution   -­‐ Prague  Spring  (1968)  
-­‐ Sino-­‐Soviet  Split   o Depression  and  anxiety  
o Led  to  Great  Leap  Forward  (GLF)  and  Cultural   o Sense  of  hopelessness    
Revolution  (CR)  
Political   -­‐ Followed  Stalinist  model  after  coming  to  power   -­‐ 1945:  Split  into  4  zones  of  occupation    
o Sino-­‐Soviet  Treaty  of  Friendship  (1950)   -­‐ 1949:  East  Germany  created  after  Berlin  Airlift  
-­‐ Mao  wanted  “cult  of  personality”  like  Stalin   o Social  Unity  Party  (SED)  was  the  leading  party  
-­‐ Cultural  Revolution   in  the  East  
o Due  to  fears  of  “revisionism”  at  home   -­‐ 1955:  East  joins  the  Warsaw  Pact  after  the  West  joins  
o After  Sino-­‐Soviet  Split,  who  he  had  called   NATO  
revisionists  as  well   -­‐ 1960s:  W.  Germany  implements  Ostpolitik,  where  
they  attempted  to  establish  détente  with  the  East  
Economic   -­‐ Early  land  reform  and  redistribution,  along  with  5-­‐ -­‐ After  creation  of  East  and  West  Germany  
Year  Plans   o E.  linked  to  COMECON    
-­‐ Great  Leap  Forward  (1956)  after  Sino-­‐Soviet  Split   -­‐ 1953:  Death  of  Stalin  à  worker’s  unrest  crushed  
o Wanted  to  establish  independence  from  the   -­‐ 1961:  Berlin  Wall  built  to  stop  flow  of  workers  to  the  
Soviet  Union   West  
-­‐ US  involvement  in  Vietnam  à  trade  deals  with  China   -­‐ 1960s:  Ostpolitik  and  détente  with  W.  Germany  
o Nixon  and  “ping-­‐pong  diplomacy”  (1971),   o East  sells  West  people  for  money  and  opens  
recognized  China  in  the  UN,  kicked  Taiwan   up  wall  for  West  Germans  to  visit  (and  spend  
out   money)