Introduction On October 19, 1950, units of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army (PVA) quietly crossed the Yalu (Amnok) River into North Korea, dramatically altering the course of the Korean War. Only a year after its founding in 1949, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) plunged into a major conflict against the United States and United … Continue reading China’s Intervention in the Korean War: Motives, Strategies, and Historiographical Debates