Sino-Soviet+Relations


 * Boarder disputes:
 * 7000 km long boarder
 * Ideological Differences:
 * different interpretations of Marxism
 * for Mao: the mean for which China will become a great nation
 * for Soviets: Chinese interests come first, all others come second
 * Difference of personalities (Mao and Stalin):
 * Mao didn't like Stalin's attitude and vice versa
 * Sino- Soviet Treaty 1950
 * Soviets signed the treaty for its own favors
 * 300 million Soviets 'gave' Chinese was a loan not a gift; needed to repay
 * Chinese needed to pay for Soviet advisers in China
 * China give reserves to Soviet
 * PRC's dependence on Soviet Union
 * 1950's, many construction projects were by Soviets
 * military assistance by USSR
 * China and de-Stalinisation:
 * 1956- beginning of de-stalinisation
 * The Taiwan Issue
 * Under Mao's order, Chinese were made ready for assault on the nationalist island
 * Krushchev unwilling to put USSR at risk