ABSTRACT
Chinese foreign policy became more pacific and gained in breadth and confidence. China's vocation as an Asian country was revealed by three international conferences: the two Geneva conferences in 1954, and the conference of Bandung in 1955. The Geneva conference on Korea ended on June 15, having achieved nothing, neither the withdrawal of foreign armed forces nor the reunification of the country. The intransigence of Syngman Rhee and Foster Dulles—represented by General Bedell Smith—was due to the importance of South Korea for the security of Japan. The Chinese were particularly interested in Laos and Cambodia, as well as in Vietnam. Chou En-lai treated the representatives of both countries with the utmost consideration and cordiality and gave only slight support to the rebel movements. Indonesia was to occupy a particularly important position in the new Chinese policy of rapprochement with the Third World.
