Who Won the Korean War? The Conflict Between China and the United State

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220401.028How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Korean War; Sino-American Relation; China; North Korea; South Korea

Abstract

Nowadays, the tension between China and the United States has been growing radically. Many scholars are conceiving of a possible limited war between these two superpowers. Looking back to the past, there is one “forgotten war” that is between China and the United States--The Korean War. The importance of this war has been underestimated, and in this presentation, the Korean War will be seen as a war conflict between China and the United States. I will examine the three important aspects of the war’s results, economically, militarily, and politically. I will argue that China is the winner of the Korean war. Militarily China won because the Chinese army had successfully pushed the American army back to the 38th parallel in a short time with outdated equipment and almost no air-force support compared to the enemy’s most advanced war machines. Economically, even though the United State gain control of South Korea, it’s not essential for the States. While for China, the enthusiasm for production was fully stimulated because of the Korean war. The recovery of China’s national economy was completed ahead of schedule and the Soviet Union support China with 50 key projects that are urgently needed to restore the Chinese economy. These are essential to China, the country gets what they need from the war, so they won. Politically, China won completely because it established an international prestige for military power as a newborn country over the United States. Overall, it’s a complete victory for China. All the outcomes satisfy this country’s needs. Further research on this topic would be to investigate the influence of the Sino-American relationship in the Cold War, and how this war has taught both countries to negotiate with each other in the future on trade and territorial conflict.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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AU  - Qingyang Zeng
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