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title: "Why did the US had better relationship with China than with USSR during the later part of the Cold War?"  
description: "Why did the US had better relationship with China than with USSR during the later part of the Cold War?"  
author: "Ana Paulson"  
published: 2018-03-02  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35831/why-did-the-us-had-better-relationship-with-china-than-with-ussr-during-the-later-part-of-the-cold-war  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["us history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did the US had better relationship with China than with USSR during the later part of the Cold War?

Why did the US had better [relationship](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/54917/how-to-keep-her-happy-in-a-long-distance-relationship) with [China](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1952/nvidia-was-ordered-by-us-officials-to-halt-sales-of-ai-chips-to-china) than with USSR during the later part of the [Cold War](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51361/what-are-three-long-term-causes-of-the-cold-war)?


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