Relations with China

Question 1

How did Khrushchev influence the Sino-Soviet split?

Answer 1

-Indirectly supported India in border dispute with China 1959
-Withdrew technological aid from Chinese by removing Soviet experts 1960
-Refused to fulfil agreement to provide an atomic bomb
-Didn’t notify China of nuclear missiles in Cuba

Question 2

How did Mao influence the Sino-Soviet split?

Answer 2

-Criticised Khrushchev for being unwilling to use nuclear weapons
-Criticised Khrushchev for removing the missiles in Cuba as a betrayal of the Cuban revolution

Question 3

What incident occurred 27th November 1964?

Answer 3

Malinovsky Incident
-Malinovsky suggested that the Chinese should get rid of Mao just as the USSR had removed Khrushchev

Question 4

What was Great Leap Forward?

Answer 4

Began in 1958
-Plan to transform China into a rich world power
-Land taken over by the state

Question 5

What was achieved with the Great Leap Forward?

Answer 5

-People worked day and night to produce massive amounts of useless metal
-All of Shanghai in flames smelting steel
-Crops left to rot
-Over 30m starved to death

Question 6

When was the ‘Great Cultural Revolution’ and what were the motivations?

Answer 6

1966-69
-Get rid of Mao’s enemies
-Destroy government bureaucracy (laws implemented by civil servants or non-elected officials)

Question 7

What did the Great Cultural Revolution make Mao become? (3 greats)

Answer 7

-Great leader
-Great supreme commander
-Great teacher

Question 8

What anti-Soviet actions were part of the Great Cultural Revolution?

Answer 8

-Changed the name of roads
-Demonstrations outside the Soviet embassy
-Hung up dummies of Brezhnev and burnt them

Question 9

What was ‘Ping-Pong diplomacy?

Answer 9

In 1971 while playing in Japan, US team suddenly invited to China
-Team movies gave US first glimpse of China in 20 years
-Lead to Kissinger going on tour in Asia July 1971