Max Hastings, an author of several novels dealing with numerous war events including The Korean War stated that, "[t]here is no evidence that China played a significant role in the North Korean decision to go to war. ". This paper will clash with Max Hastings' scholarly statement because the Chinese must have been intimately involved in the process of creating the Korean War in order to be able to defeat American, South Korean, and United Nations infantry en route to establishing a Chinese frontline south of Seoul and across the Han River by January of 1951 . A mere intervention by a poorly equipped Chinese army simply can not constitute their great accomplishment of pushing the "friendly forces" south of the 38th parallel. Thus, through exploring the Soviet influence on China's new Communist regime, identifying China's involvement in the plotting of the June 25th invasion, and by identifying China's position after the opposition imposes on North Korea's June 25th invasion, an understanding that China played a very important, intimate, and significant role in plotting and intervening in the Korean War can be established.
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