SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS UNIT 3: CHINA SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS
1. THE SINO-SOVIET BORDER
PETER THE GREAT
U.S 300 MILLION CHINA: 1.5 BILLION
2. STALIN CHOSE CHIANG KAI SHEK INSTEAD OF MAO
WHY DIDN’T STALIN CHOOSE MAO? HE THOUGHT MAO WOULD LOSE 2. DIDN’T WANT THE COMPETITION
After Mao won, however, they became BFF’s After Mao won, however, they became BFF’s. Stalin even sent over Russian engineers to build electrical power plants, roads, bridges etc.
3. THE KOREAN WAR
4. MAO HATED NIKITA KHRUSHCHV
A. HE CALLED FOR ‘PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE WITH THE WEST
CUBAN-MISSILE CRISIS IN 1962 B. HE LOST THE CUBAN-MISSILE CRISIS IN 1962
C. HE WAS FORCED TO BUILD THE BERLIN WALL
5. KRUSTY HATED THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION AND GREAT LEAP FORWARD VS.
CULTURAL REVOLUTION-CRAZY
GREAT LEAP FORWARD-CRAZY
MAP SUPPORTED NUCLEAR WAR- KRAZEE!!!
5. 1969: CHINA AND RUSSIA ‘ALMOST’ START A LIMITED WAR OVER LAND
59 Russians dead/ 94 wounded March 2nd, 1969 (Woodstock was in August) 59 Russians dead/ 94 wounded ONE WEEK LATER 29 Chinamen dead!
TIMELINE 1964: CHINA TESTS ITS FIRST NUKE 1970: CHINA GETS THE HYDROGEN BOMB 1971: THEY GET ICBM’S 1971: WE BECOME FRIENDS AND LET THEM BACK ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL
1972:TRIANGULAR DIPLOMACY NIXON RUSSIA CHINA