The split between the USSR and the PRC also knows as the Sino- soviet split happen due to the difference of political ideas and ideological relation between the people republic of china (PRC) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the period of the Cold War. During the Cold War both the USSR and China was the largest communist nation in the entire world. The split between the USSR and the PRC was the first and most serious confrontation to arise in the communist world at that time. The growing tension between these two large communist country by the late 50’s led to theirs separations .The separation between the PRC and the USSR has many factors that contributed to the reason why of this separation in relationship which
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Individual Personality clashes played a major role that led to the Sino-soviet collapsed. During the time that Joseph Stalin was alive, Mao Zedong had high respect for Joseph Stalin and viewed him as a true communist revolutionary even thought Stalin retreat from treaty negotiations and the Korean War during the 50’s. After Stalin death in 1953, Nikita Khrushchev became the USSR new leader. Nikita Khrushchev had revisionist policies that made Mao have little respect for Khrushchev as the Soviet Union leader and consider him as a “coward bureaucrat “. Khrushchev secret speech of February 25, 1956 in which Khrushchev called for de-Stalinization and denouncing Stalin cult of personality. Mao saw this speech as insult to him since Mao had already established a personality cult in his communist regime. When Khrushchev when to Beijing in 1958 in hopes to repair their relation between him and Mao, He was put in hotel without air-conditions, humiliate and holding talk in a swimming pool in which he could not swim .The Beijing visit had a important impact on how Khrushchev view Mao .The tension rose by 1961, at the Moscow conference in 1961 where Khrushchev called Mao Zedong an “Asian Hitler” and In respond Mao Zedong called him “a useless old boot”. Relations’ tension continues to increase between the USSR and PRC even after Khrushchev office in …show more content…
From the very first beginning of the cold war and also to mention the Chinese civil war of 1927-37 and 1946-49, The USSR had supported the communist party in china due to the fact that the soviet needed a strong communist ally against America and other democracy countries. The USSR was responsible in persuade the Chinese government to enter the Korean War in the name of communists. The result of the Korean war left china worn out and suffered economically and deeply in need on aid from other country to get back up due to the over a decade of warfare in Korea. In February 1950 china and the USSR signed the treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance which the soviet will provided aid and loans at high rate of interest to support China but this treaty can be seeing as a national security interest for the Chinese government since after the Korean war china need economic aid from the USSR and the USSR needed a strong communist allies to become trade partners in Asia. Later on Mao Zedong saw the treat of friendship as a way for the USSR to exploited china due to the loans that came with high interest rate, which was seen as all in favor of the
Individual Personality clashes played a major role that led to the Sino-soviet collapsed. During the time that Joseph Stalin was alive, Mao Zedong had high respect for Joseph Stalin and viewed him as a true communist revolutionary even thought Stalin retreat from treaty negotiations and the Korean War during the 50’s. After Stalin death in 1953, Nikita Khrushchev became the USSR new leader. Nikita Khrushchev had revisionist policies that made Mao have little respect for Khrushchev as the Soviet Union leader and consider him as a “coward bureaucrat “. Khrushchev secret speech of February 25, 1956 in which Khrushchev called for de-Stalinization and denouncing Stalin cult of personality. Mao saw this speech as insult to him since Mao had already established a personality cult in his communist regime. When Khrushchev when to Beijing in 1958 in hopes to repair their relation between him and Mao, He was put in hotel without air-conditions, humiliate and holding talk in a swimming pool in which he could not swim .The Beijing visit had a important impact on how Khrushchev view Mao .The tension rose by 1961, at the Moscow conference in 1961 where Khrushchev called Mao Zedong an “Asian Hitler” and In respond Mao Zedong called him “a useless old boot”. Relations’ tension continues to increase between the USSR and PRC even after Khrushchev office in …show more content…
From the very first beginning of the cold war and also to mention the Chinese civil war of 1927-37 and 1946-49, The USSR had supported the communist party in china due to the fact that the soviet needed a strong communist ally against America and other democracy countries. The USSR was responsible in persuade the Chinese government to enter the Korean War in the name of communists. The result of the Korean war left china worn out and suffered economically and deeply in need on aid from other country to get back up due to the over a decade of warfare in Korea. In February 1950 china and the USSR signed the treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance which the soviet will provided aid and loans at high rate of interest to support China but this treaty can be seeing as a national security interest for the Chinese government since after the Korean war china need economic aid from the USSR and the USSR needed a strong communist allies to become trade partners in Asia. Later on Mao Zedong saw the treat of friendship as a way for the USSR to exploited china due to the loans that came with high interest rate, which was seen as all in favor of the