China has never forgotten, the Yanks keep reminding them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...80%9349:_China
"The U.S. government provided military, logistical and other aid to the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)
army led by Chiang Kai-shek in its campaign against the Japanese, until the Japanese surrender to the
United States in August of 1945. This surrender brought to an end the Japanese Puppet state of
Manchukuo and the Japanese-dominated Wang Jingwei regime.
After the Japanese surrender, the US continued to support the KMT. The US airlifted many KMT troops
from central China to Manchuria. Approximately 50,000 U.S. troops were sent to guard strategic sites
in Hupeh and Shandong. The U.S. trained and equipped KMT troops, and transported Korean troops and
even enemy imperial Japanese troops back to help KMT forces to occupy Chinese zones and to contain
Communist-controlled areas.[50] President Harry Truman explained that: "It was perfectly clear to us
that if we told the Japanese to lay down their arms immediately and march to the seaboard, the entire
country would be taken over by the Communists. We therefore had to take the unusual step of using the
enemy as a garrison until we could airlift Chinese National troops to South China and send Marines to
guard the seaports." Within less than two years after the Sino-Japanese War, the KMT had received
$4.43 billion from the United States—most of which was military aid."
And Trumpets actions over Taiwan are not helping them forget!
Originally Posted by Lewylewylewy
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