China market rivalries intensify: Washington and Taibei’s response, September 1963–July 1964

During the first week of September, Washington urged Ottawa, for the sake of Western allies in Asia, not to change its China policy. Rusk and McGeorge Bundy pointed out that, despite the Sino-Soviet split, Beijing remained hostile to Washington and Taibei, and that the Chinese were responsible for their own isolation. If they wanted improved relations with the West they should make the first move.1 Ottawa responded by assuring Washington that, for the time being, it would not alter its China policy.2