The cold war in Asia:In Asia, China was the first front of Cold War. She embraced communism, following the successful takeover of the country by the forces of Mao Tse-tung in October 1949, assisted by the Russians. The Sino-Soviet Treaty of friendship was signed in 1950. Korea, formerly controlled by Japan, was another front for cold war in Asia.When Japan was defeated in 1945, Korea was occupied from the south by American forces. In 1948, the USA announced the formation of the Independent Democratic Republic of Korea in the South.The Russians formed the Peoples Republic of Korea in the north. The cold war spread to Vietnam, with USSR and USA clashing over Vietnam, formerly a colony of France that had been seized by Japan. The two super powers supported different nationalist leaders in the struggle for independence from France.
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