The Sino-Soviet Split Mr. Ornstein Willow Canyon High School IB: History of the Americas

Lack of Contact Before the Communist Revolutions in China and Russia There Was Little Contact Between the Two Countries

Other Background Factors English was the Second Language of Chinese Elite Russian Influence Isn’t Until the 1920’s Is Not a Strong Bond Between Russian Advisors and Chinese

Stalin and the Nationalists Chinese Communist Did not Forget that Stalin Played Both Sides During Chinese Civil War Stalin Made Treaties with the Nationalists and Chiang Kai-Shek

American Aid Chinese Leadership Eventually Recognizes Need for Outside Aid and Knows United States Can Supply It Border Conflict with Soviet Pushes This Idea Forward

Reasons for the Sino-Soviet Split Distrust After Korean War China Develops Own Brand of Communism Mao Zedong Thought Competition to be Head of the Communist World

Reason for the Sino-Soviet Split Disagreement with Khrushchev’s Peaceful Co-Existence Policy Mao Is Ready to Confront Nuclear War Disagreement with Khrushchev’s Denouncing of Stalin and Stalin’s Style of Leadership Mao’s Personal Dislike of Khrushchev and vice-versa

Reason’s For Sino-Soviet Split Soviet Criticism of Great Leap Forward Soviets Feel Mao’s Policies Towards Taiwan Could Trigger War with US and this went against Peaceful Co-existence

Reason for the Split Soviets Do Not Help China Build Atomic Bomb Chinese do not allow Soviets to build radio transmitter for Sub Fleet in Pacific Soviets side with India on Border Disputes with China

Results of the Split Break of Unity Between Two Biggest Communist Powers. Soviets Withdraw 10,000 experts from China. China has to develop own nuclear weapons. Nuclear in 1964

Results of Split 1969 Border War between USSR and China Nixon’s Visit to China Better Relations with USA Americans and Soviets can reduce Nuclear Arms and Detente

Brezhnev Doctrine 1968 Brezhnev is Russian leader after Khrushchev Says USSR has the right to intervene in any Communist Country moving away from Soviet Domination/Influence Why should China care?

March 1969 Soviet and Chinese Troops Fight Along Border at the Damansky/Zhenbao Island Soviets Feel War with China is a reality Soviet Intervention in Czechoslovakia is one reason Chinese become more aggressive.

March 1969 Soviet Respond with Large Force and Full Assault In April the Soviet Leaders Attempt to Make Contact with Chinese Leaders and the Chinese Refuse to Connect the Call April More Sino-Soviet Clashes Along Western Borders More Incidents in May and during the Summer

Sino-Soviet Split 1969 Soviet Leadership is Obsessed with China. Mao sees border conflict as way to divert internal criticism and take attention away from the Cultural Revolution.

Sino-Soviet Split Soviets Send Many Troops to Border Mao Tests Two Hydrogen Bombs Near Border. What message did the bomb tests send?

March 1969 Border Conflict is Seen in America As Opportunity to Improve Relationship with Both Russia and China. Soviet Union was Main enemy of both US and China Kissinger Emerges as Nixon’s Top Foreign Policy Advisor

March 1969 Effects the Vietnam War Russian Supplies to the North Vietnamese Communists flowed through China Supplies are Delayed Nixon sees as opportunity to help US pull out of Vietnam

Results Nixon Visits China Improved Relationship between US and China Arms Reduction between US and USSR Improved Situation for the US in Vietnam

Ticket out the Door What were 2 causes of the Sino- Soviet Split? What were 2 results of the Sino- Soviet Split? What was the Brezhnev Doctrine?