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Sino-Soviet Relations

By Solonglolol
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    Chinese civil war

    Chinese Nationalist party VS Chinese Communist party
  • Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

    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

    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

    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

    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)

    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

    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

    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

    Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance expires

    China attacks Vietnam and the Sino-Vietnamese war breaks out