Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

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The Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was a 1937 treaty between the Republic of China and the Soviet Union that secured Soviet military and material support for China against Japanese aggression during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral agreement
international treaty
non-aggression pact
beneficiary Chinese Nationalist government
Republic of China Armed Forces
category Non-aggression pacts
Treaties of the Republic of China (1912–1949)
Treaties of the Soviet Union
context Second Sino-Japanese War
diplomaticImpact counterbalanced Japanese influence in East Asia
strengthened Sino-Soviet relations in late 1930s
economicDimension included Soviet credit arrangements for Chinese arms purchases
followedBy continued Soviet military assistance to China until 1941
geopoliticalRegion East Asia
Far East
linked to: Northeast Asia
historicalPeriod World War II in Asia
linked to: Pacific War

interwar period
inForceDuring early 1940s
late 1930s
involvedGovernment Government of the Soviet Union
linked to: Soviet government

Nationalist Government of China
language Chinese
Russian
legalForm non-aggression treaty
militaryDimension facilitated supply of Soviet tanks and artillery to China
facilitated transfer of Soviet pilots to China
nonAggressionClause commitment not to join alliances directed against the other party
mutual pledge to refrain from aggression against each other
opposedTo Imperial Japan
precededBy earlier informal Soviet support to China against Japan
provided Soviet aircraft to China
Soviet loans to China
Soviet material support to China
Soviet military advisers to China
Soviet military aid to China
purpose to prevent armed conflict between the Republic of China and the Soviet Union
to secure Soviet support for China against Japanese aggression
relatedConflict Japanese invasion of China
Second Sino-Japanese War
relatedTo Chinese foreign policy during the Nanjing decade
Sino-Soviet relations
Soviet foreign policy in East Asia
securityDimension collective security against Japanese expansion
signatory Republic of China
Soviet Union
signedIn Nanjing
signingDate 1937-08-21

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Chinese Nationalist side in the Second Sino-Japanese War signed Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Far East theatre of World War II prelude hasPart Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact (1937)
linked to: Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact