Editor's Note

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April 01 2017 Editor's Note Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1531-3298 Print Issn: 1520-3972 © 2017 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2017Massachusetts Institute of Technology Journal of Cold War Studies (2017) 19 (2): 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1162/JCWS_e_00738 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Editor's Note. Journal of Cold War Studies 2017; 19 (2): 1–2. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/JCWS_e_00738 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsJournal of Cold War Studies Search Advanced Search This issue begins with an article by Tao Wang, who reassesses the policy of the People's Republic of China (PRC) at the landmark 1954 conference in Geneva. The multilateral gathering was convened to deal with unresolved matters left over from the Korean War and to discuss the status of Indochina, where an armed uprising by Communist Viet Minh guerrillas against the French occupation was reaching its climax. By the time the deliberations over Indochina began, France's war effort had collapsed at Dien Bien Phu, and the Viet Minh were eager to continue fighting to seize the whole of Indochina. Wang argues that Chinese leaders worried that if the Viet Minh pressed further the United States would be far more likely to intervene to prevent a Communist takeover. Because Mao Zedong and other senior Chinese officials believed that U.S. intervention in the conflict would pose a grave threat to the PRC,... You do not currently have access to this content.