In 1979 the United States officially recognized the Peoples' Republic of China diplomatically, transferring official relationships to Beijing from Taipei.
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It created a new enemy for the Americans during the cold war; a Soviet Union ally...Communist China (more commonly referred to as Red China in newspapers and magazines during the 1960s). During the Vietnam War, communist material that was encountered or captured which was made in Red China were tranmitted over the radio as "Chicom AK-47s, Chicom SKS carbines,..."; short for Chinese Communist. Nationalist China (Taiwan) was an American ally.
Some supported the Nationalist but most supported the communist
They were concerned because at the time, China was communist so (obviously) they were supporting the north of Vietnam. China could have been worried as America had been such a big force in WWII.
Fidel Castro's communist revolution. The US was very leery about having a communist country just a few miles from their shores.