19451976 Reasons for the SinoSoviet split Mao and Stalin were too similar personality to get along created immediate tension between China and USSR Chinese were unhappy with the unfriendly treatment by USSR ID: 715621
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Why was there a sino-soviet split?
1945-1976Slide2
Reasons for the Sino-Soviet split
Mao and Stalin were too similar (personality) to get along (created immediate tension between China and USSR)
Chinese were unhappy with the unfriendly treatment by USSR
Many clashes along the Sino Soviet border
7000 km border
Stalin disagree with Mao’s attempt to run a peasants based revolution
“the Chinese must plant their backsides on the soil of China”
Meaning: China must have its own revolution not have outside revolutionaries dictate how China should conduct themselves.
USSR saw themselves as the only true interpreter of communist faith, this
casued
conflictSlide3
Reasons for the Sino-Soviet splitMao disliked Stalin’s personality and the way Chinese were treated when they went to the
USSR
Mao didn't feel he was treated well on his first visit to USSR
It is suspected, Mao and Stalin did not get along therefore Stalin did
n’
t want to spend time which he didn't need to with him.
Khrushchev and Mao did not get along either
Khrushchev's de-Stalinization’s cult of personality was a reflection on
Mao’s
cult of personality
The Sino-Soviet treaty of 1950 was in favor of Stalin
The $300 million from the USSR was a loan (with interest), NOT a giftSlide4
Reasons for the Sino-Soviet split
Mao’s second visit to the USSR
An attempt by
Krushchev
to make peace between USSR and China
Mao made it clear that the USSR’s approach to the west was too accommodating
The Taiwan issue (1958):
Without consulting the USSR he prepared a full scale assault on the nationalist held island. (the attack did not follow through because the USA prepared for war against China)
The USSR did not support China in its threats to attack Taiwan, this caused Khrushchev to withdraw economic advisors from China
Rivalry over Albania:
China gave support to countries in the Eastern-bloc when USSR was undergoing de-
S
talinazation
. This upset the USSRSlide5
Reasons for the Sino-Soviet split
China walking out of the Moscow conference in 1961
PRC had been invited to observe speech by
Krushchev
in the USSR
Krushcheve
had made statements about the backwards
S
tanlist
ways of
A
lbania
Zhou
Enlai
had predicted this offensive attack on the Chinese, so the entire Chinese delegation exited the hall in a rehearsed manner.
Name
ccalling
:
Krushchev
called Mao: Asian Hitler
And Mao called
Kurshchev
: A redundant old bootSlide6
Events of Sino-Soviet Split
1958- Soviet withdraws economic advisors and cancels commercial contracts
1960- Nuclear scientist withdraw from China, shredding their documents
1964- Chinese develops A bomb (with shredded documents)
1967- Chinese develops H bomb
1969- USSR tries to outlaw China from
I
nternational Communism
PRC and USSR point nuclear rockets at each otherSlide7
Did mao ever seek support from other countries apart from the USSRSlide8
President Nixon:
the People’s Republic of China was here to stay and some sort of working relationship with Beijing was in the interests of the United States
.
He thought that having China on his side would balance the power of the Cold war
The Chinese accepted a
security advisor from USA
(
Henry
Kissinger)Slide9Slide10