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Originally Posted by CroFlames
Japan occupied and controlled large parts of China from 1901-1945. It was a modern mechanized military vs discombobulated and decentralized militias in China for a long time. China's biggest asset was the fact that they were leaning towards Communism and Stalin was a fan of having an ally on the SC. Make no mistake, the West and the USSR were never truly friends, even during the war years.
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China didn't go communist until 1949. The US wanted China in more than the USSR because they assumed China would take the US side against USSR.
The whole history of China and the United Nations is basically a story of the US flip flopping all over place in who it supported.