sentences:  However, the Cultural Revolution sparked violence against French diplomats in China, and relationships cooled.The powerful French Communist Party generally supported the Soviet Union in the Sino-Soviet split and China had therefore a very weak base of support inside France, apart from some militant students.After the Chinese Civil War (19271950) and the establishment of the new communist-led People's Republic of China (PRC) on 1 October 1949, the French Fourth Republic government did not recognize the PRC.