ABSTRACT
The hatred nourished by the Chinese government for that of the United States has few parallels in contemporary history. Chinese policy as a whole between 1958 and 1966 took its inspiration from the desire to getevery people to share that hatred, to arouse it or to feed it on every possible occasion, and to isolate the Americans, particularly their leaders. A sort of "united front" spread against America, finding expression in insulting and violent slogans. The Chinese attitude toward the West, principally Great Britain, France, and West Germany, was guided by two series of considerations pointing in different directions. Diplomatic relations with Great Britain remained technically incomplete, though adequate, with occasional moments of real or artificially contrived tension. One of these occurred in July 1958 when Jordan was occupied by British troops. Anti-British demonstrations swelled the anti-American demonstrations inspired by the landing of elements of the Sixth Fleet in Lebanon.
