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'''Background'''

During the Chinese Civil War, the CCP was struggling to make gains in [[Liaodong Peninsula|South Manchuria]]. Due to North Korea's proximity to South Manchuria, the CCP leant on the DPRK for support. After military failures in [[Andong Province|Andong]] and [[Tonghua]], 15,000 wounded Chinese Communist soldiers were taken in by North Korean families. When the CCP had to withdraw, they left '''20,000 tons of''' vital supplies with the Koreans.{{Cite book |last=Shen |first=Zhihua |title=A misunderstood friendship: Mao Zedong, Kim Il-Sung, and Sino-North Korean relations, 1949-1976 |last2=Xia |first2=Yafeng |date=2018 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-54774-1 |series=Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University |location=New York |page= |pages=19-20}} Between late 1947 and early 1948, the Koreans helped transport more than 520,000 tons of goods to the CCP, even suspending passenger services to ensure their arrival '''and immensely lowering fees had they not already been exempt from them'''. '''To return the favor, when [[Kim Il Sung|Kim Il-sung]] asked the CCP for aid they sent 30,000 tons of grain through gifts and trade. In addition to this, the CCP lead thousands of ethnic Koreans in the PLA ([[People's Liberation Army]]) back to Korea, strengthening the up and coming KPA ([[Korean People's Army]]).''' {{dashboard.wikiedu.org sandbox}}

During the Chinese Civil War, the CCP was struggling to make gains in [[Liaodong Peninsula|South Manchuria]]. Due to North Korea's proximity to South Manchuria, the CCP leant on the DPRK for support. After military failures in [[Andong Province|Andong]] and [[Tonghua]], 15,000 wounded Chinese Communist soldiers were taken in by North Korean families. When the CCP had to withdraw, they left '''20,000 tons of''' vital supplies with the Koreans.{{Cite book |last=Shen |first=Zhihua |title=A misunderstood friendship: Mao Zedong, Kim Il-Sung, and Sino-North Korean relations, 1949-1976 |last2=Xia |first2=Yafeng |date=2018 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-54774-1 |series=Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University |location=New York |page= |pages=19-20}} Between late 1947 and early 1948, the Koreans helped transport more than 520,000 tons of goods to the CCP, even suspending passenger services to ensure their arrival '''and immensely lowering fees had they not already been exempt from them'''. '''To return the favor, when [[Kim Il Sung|Kim Il-sung]] asked the CCP for aid they sent 30,000 tons of grain through gifts and trade. In addition to this, the CCP lead thousands of ethnic Koreans in the PLA ([[People's Liberation Army]]) back to Korea, strengthening the up and coming KPA ([[Korean People's Army]]).''' {{dashboard.wikiedu.org sandbox}}