a. Sino-Soviet relations 1949 - 1979
Immediately after 1949, China was supported economically by the Soviet Union. However, the underlying tensions between Stalin and Mao and between the nature of Soviet and Chinese communism quickly surfaced and by the mid 1950s, the two countries were outwardly hostile to each other. How did Sino-Soviet relations develop 1945 - 1953 Why did relations worsen 1956 - 1964? What was the impact of the Cultural Revolution...