Abstract:

The Cold War was characterized by a confrontation between the two superpowers——the U. S. and the Soviet Union. Yet China's position in the Cold War, in many key aspects, was not peripheral. Why did the Cold War fail to evolve from a "cold war" to a global "hot war"? One reason was that with China and East Asia standing in the middle it became less likely for the two competing ideologies. The Cold War was not only referred to the fighting caused by allotting the international rights, but also represented a crucial part taken by opposite ideologies in the development of international relations.

Key words: the Cold War, a new study of the Cold War history, ideology, China's foreign policy