After the formation of the People's Republic of <answer>China</answer> in 1949, the Chinese government named the Western nations, led by the United States, as the biggest threat to its national security. Basing this judgment on <answer>China</answer>'s century of humiliation beginning in the early 19th century, American support for the Nationalists during the Chinese Civil War, and the ideological struggles between revolutionaries and reactionaries, the Chinese leadership believed that <answer>China</answer> would become a critical battleground in the United States' crusade against Communism. As a countermeasure and to elevate <answer>China</answer>'s standing among the worldwide Communist movements, the Chinese leadership adopted a foreign policy that actively promoted Communist revolutions throughout territories on <answer>China</answer>'s periphery.
Where was it believed that that fight against Communism would take place?
China