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Chinese civil war
Chinese Nationalist party VS Chinese Communist party -
Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Signed during second Sino-Japanese war.
USSR gave China aircraft and economic aid to fight off Japan
Purple is Japanese control of China -
Founding of the People's Republic of China
Following the civil war, under the leadership of the communist party (headed by Mao Zedong), the People's Republic of China is founded. -
Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance
300 million dollar loan from Soviet Union to China Soviets retreat from Afghanistan, Mongolia and stopped supporting Vietnams takeover of Cambodia
On the left is a stamp commemorating the event -
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Soviet aid to People's Republic of China
the Soviet Union gave 7% of its national income to china between these years -
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The Great Leap Forward
ImageChinese communist initiative to transform the country from a weak, agriculture based economy to a modern, industrialised communist state. -
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Sino Soviet Split (approx.)
This is the general timespan we are given for the gradual degrading of Sino-Soviet relations. -
Official Withdrawal of Soviet Aid
Tensions become so great between the two nations following the Great Leap Forward that Russia withdraws her advisors and any other aids, and begins the official spiral down of relations between the USSR and the PRC. -
Cuban Missle Crisis (October Crisis)
This was one of China's first steps to lessening its dependence on the USSR; she publicly condemned the actions of Khrushehev both during and after the crisis, as she thought the actions to be rash and provocative. The general Chinese view (in government), was that the USSR, under Khrushehev, could not even pursue its own policy of co-existence/acceptance (as opposed to Stalin's policy of revolution). -
Sino-Indian war
Around the same time as the october crisis, just two days before Kennedy ordered naval blockade, Indian resistance forces invaded and battle broke out, and after India was found to be the guilty party. Despite these issues, the USSR continued to supply India with arms and munitions, showing the Chinese that the Russians truly did not care for her interests. -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty concluded
The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was one pushed mainly by the two superpowers, The USA and USSR, which aimed to create a monopoly of nuclear weapons on those who already had them. This was the final straw for the PRC, and when they publicly renounced all connection to the USSR. It had taken 7 years of protestand attempted compromise, but the condemnation of The Great Leap Forward in a sarcastic manner (by Khrushehev), the cancellation of Russian nuclear assistance and withdrawals of all sorts led to -
Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance expires
China attacks Vietnam and the Sino-Vietnamese war breaks out
