Divisions in Asia

rural peasants

the population of Southern China

educated city dwellers

Chinese Americans in the U.S.

to stop the spread of communism in Asia

because Chiang Kai-shek had the support of the rural peasant population

because Chiang Kai-shek had a better chance of winning the civil war

to stabilize the legitimacy of the U.N. Security Council

The United States refused to support the United Nations' election

The United Nations ordered separate elections

Stalin refused to permit a national election to unite the country

The Korean people resented being told to hold elections by the occupying forces

to restore peaceful division on its border

to reclaim the land it believed belonged to China

to protest its lack of representation on the U.N. Security Council

to prevent a democratic government forming on its border