The Chinese Enter On October 25,1950, Chinese forces started a fight with the South Koreans less than 40 miles South of the Yalu River. Within less than a week Chinese MiGs had appeared along the Yalu. The sunday after Thanksgivng 1950, the Chinese struck with 300,000 men, which made up 33 divisions. ... South of the city of Koto-ri the marines took 12 days to reach the northeastern Korean plains 50 miles away which became the longest pull back in Marine Corps History. The entire battle with the chinese proved to be a devestating one for the U.N and the U.S.by summer 1951. ...

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Communist Russia and China were strong supporters of the North, and to keep Communism contained the United States sent troops to the South. ... They threatened to bomb China and to use atomic bombs on Korea. ... For the first time in the nations history Americans were asked to fight and die to contain an idea. ... China lost 967,000, and North Korea lost 624,000. ... Every member supported American arms for the first time, and possibly only time in its short history. ...

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"For the first time in the nations history Americans were asked to fight and die to contain an idea". ... Despite this support, America's Korean campaign was unsuccessful, this was to some degree the fault of President Truman, who had not believed that the Chinese government would be prepared to intervene and he also underestimated the military power of China. Therefore, not wanting to engage in an all-out war with China and the Soviet Union, which would most likely have led to the Third world war, Truman was forced to negotiate, and thus the Korean War ended in stalemate on July 1953 ...

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(Jezer 33) The integration of the fifties was one of the most pivotal points in United States history. ... (Jezer 102) Throughout the past fifty years in American history, the media has played larger and larger role in how we view our country and the world. ... From the Vietnam War being the first televised war, to the United States spy plane being *censored* down over China, the media is a big influence on how we view the world. ...

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Sunshine Company, Vietnam, a newly established company in Hanoi. Sunshine Company is a Singapore based company with 10 year old history as an innovative company with operations in Singapore and China. Sunshine Company has looked to Asia for further room to grow and specifically to Vietnam. Instead o...

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