 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kuzvipira kwaEisenhower muSouth Vietnam kwakanga kuri rutivi rwepurogiramu yakakura yokudzivisa China neSoviet Union muEast Asia. Muna 1954, United States nedzimwe nyika nomwe dzakaumba Southeast Asia Treaty Organization SEATO, mubatanidzwa wokudzivirira wakatsaurirwa kudzivisa kupararira kwechiKomonisiti muSoutheast Asia. Muna 1954, China yakatanga kupfura zvitsuwa zviduku zvaiva pamhenderekedzo yeMainland China izvo zvaidzorwa neRepublic of China ROC. Kupfura kwacho kwakapotsa kwapfuurira kuhondo yenyukireya sezvo Eisenhower akarangarira kushandisa zvombo zvenyukireya kudzivisa kupinda muTaiwan, chitsuwa chikuru chinodzorwa neROC. Dambudziko rachokwakaguma apo China yakarega kupfura uye mativi ose akabvumirana kukurukura kwokukurukurirana; dambudziko rechipiri muna 1958 raizoguma nenzira yakafanana. Munguva yedambudziko rekutanga, United States neROC dzakasaina Chibvumirano cheChinese-American Mutual Defense, icho chakaita kuti United States idzivirire Taiwan. CIA yakatsigirawo vapanduki mukumukira kweTibetan muna 1959, asi China yakaparadza kumukira kwacho. 