Loss of China

In American political discourse, the "loss of China" is the unexpected Chinese Communist Party coming to power in mainland China from the U.S.-backed Nationalist Chinese Kuomintang government in 1949 and therefore the "loss of China to communism."[1][2]

  1. ^ Chomsky, Noam (February 14, 2012). ""Losing" the World: American Decline in Perspective, Part 1". Guardian Comment Network. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
  2. ^ Waldron, Arthur (January 28, 2013). "How China Was 'Lost' –". The Weekly Standard. Vol. 18, no. 19. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2015.