Chiang possessed 30 small islands and from these islands he continually threaten to invade, and China bombed these islands. US Congress passed the Formosa Resolution which allowed IKE to deal with the crisis any way he wants.Eisenhower flew bombers equipped with nuclear weapons over China to see their reaction. He warned that the U.S. would pepper nuclear weapons like bullets on china. He used brinkmanship and massive retaliation to scare them. Compromise reached-->-Chiang would not invade and would not withdraw from islands-China would not bomb

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