Would a stronger American presence in Asia prevent the Sino-Soviet split

Would a stronger American presence in Asia prevent the Sino-Soviet split

  • yes

    Votes: 2 18.2%
  • no

    Votes: 9 81.8%

  • Total voters
    11
Say all of Korea and Indochina come under American influence during the cold war with American troops on their soil

Would this stronger American presence prevent the Sino-Soviet split
 
IMO the Sino-Soviet Split happened mainly because they had differentiating ideas on how communism should move forward and how to deal with the United States. A stronger American presence in Asia would make China more hostile to the USA while the Soviets would try to engage in detente (like OTL). I think the split might be worse if America had more influence in Asia, since the Soviet Union would want to negotiate and have talks while the Chinese would be more aggressive and hostile.
 
With Mao's ego ,I don't see that happening.
He is Chairman Mao and his will is law he will not be constrained or let China be constrained by a bunch of Westerners who don't comprehend the true meaning of communism. At least that how he sees the situation.
 
With Mao's ego ,I don't see that happening.
He is Chairman Mao and his will is law he will not be constrained or let China be constrained by a bunch of Westerners who don't comprehend the true meaning of communism. At least that how he sees the situation.

If Mao wins the Civil War as decisively and in as strong of a position as he did IRL, most certainly, but if we're dealing with a substantially weaker Red China (Which may be the explanation as to why Indochina and Korea are under total American influence: the Communists do eventually win their civil wars but its so costly and economically exhausting they don't have the resources or internal stability required to project power/supplies in support of their neighbors), he could be dependent enough on co-operation with the Soviets as to swallow his pride and follow their lead for the sake of preserving Communism in China (Just long enough to stave off the counter-revolutionary invasion, of course) on the policy of "Bending rather than breaking". Humility is something he could learn by set-backs.
 
With the Americans on their borders, China and the Soviets would stay allied. The whole point of China's intervention in the Korean War was to create a buffer. The Chinese may hate the Soviets, but feeling threatened on their borders they'll make an alliance of convenience. Seriously, they're propping up the NORKS for goodness sake.
 
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