1.  starter activity

2. Achievements Charismatic leader
“Unified China and set it in the national direction” (Kissinger)
Long March (1935) against Khuomintang led by Chiang-Kai-Shek
Helped to defeat Japan during WWII
Great Leap Forward ( )
China became nuclear power (1965)

3. Failings Human tragedy – 20-30m died during GLF
Centrally planned economy
Cultural Revolution (1965-8)
De-stalinisation in USSR left China politically isolated
USSR refused to share nuclear technology
Outmanoeuvred by moderates

4. How did Sino-Soviet relations change during the Cold War?
 Aims
To assess the strength of China’s relations with the USSR

5. Ling-Ling & Hsing-Hsing
Study Sources A & B on p.119. What do they reveal about China & the USSR’s perceptions of the relationship?

6. Unequal partners Mao treated as an instrument of Soviet power
Sino-Soviet Treaty (1950) heavily favourable to USSR
1920s-1949, USSR supported Chinese nationalists and defended its own interests in Manchuria
Mao need Soviet support against USA & in constructing communist society in China
Terms of Sino-Soviet treaty (1950), e.g. Mongolia part of USSR sphere of influence, no support over Taiwan, no revolutionary strategy for East Asia

7. Achievements from Sino-Soviet Treaty (1950)
Formal alliance
Economic aid - $300m; technical assistance
Soviet military assistance
Soviet promise to restore Chinese soverignty over Manchuria

8. Stalin & Mao, Moscow, 1949. Caption competition

10. How accurately does this photograph (Beijing, 1958) demonstrate the true nature of Sino-Soviet relations in the 1950s?

11. Khrushchev waves goodbye, 1958
Read p and list the reasons why Sino-Soviet relations deteriorated after 1953.
Khrushchev waves goodbye, 1958