Chinese Documentaries and the Korean War

When the Korean War broke out in 1950, the Chinese government decided to enter the war and called it the "War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea." The Chinese government and people used this name for the war until after the Chinese economic reform. After the reform period, which began in 1978, Chinese people in various sectors began to reflect on historical incidents that occurred since the establishment of the People's Republic of China, and the name of the "War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" was also changed. Although government documents still use the term "War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea," academic circles and civilian society uses the term "Korean War" more widely. In this paper, "War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" will be used when discussing documentaries filmed in China during the Korean War, and "Korean War" will be used when analyzing the contents of documentaries produced after the Chinese economic reform period.