sino- soviet split causes
- Created by: Jay Wynter
- Created on: 24-05-13 10:36
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- Sino- soviet split after 1953
- Ideological differences
- mao saw himself as junior to stalin so when stalin died he would be the natural leader
- mao critical of khru. peaceful coexistence
- mao was against de-stalinisation
- Khruschev = critical of Mao's great leap forward
- National interests
- ussr refused to reduce ties to mongolia which china saw as hers as it was in her sphere of influence
- USSR blocked china's rquests to expand into N. Korea
- personal differences
- Khr. meeting in China - no guard of honour met him, no microphone
- at the meeting itself they both openly insulted eachother
- may 1960- chinese beat russians to the top of mount everest
- strong chinese propaganda
- july 1960- khru. removed russian experts who were helping with the great leap forward
- Khr. meeting in China - no guard of honour met him, no microphone
- Ussuri River dispute 1969
- chinese troops ambushed sov troops =59 sov dead
- 7 month military fighting occurred after the ambush
- caused mao to change towards US
- Sino-indian border conflict
- rather than back comm ally - khrus publically condemned chinese war involvement
- he supported india sending aid worth $800 million
- rather than back comm ally - khrus publically condemned chinese war involvement
- sino-indonesian dispute 1959-62
- sov sent military aid to indonesia
- Ideological differences
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