Sino-Soviet Split, 1959
•USA realized they could not work with China after their invasion of Tibet and support for North Korea
•The former allies split ways in 1959
•Reasons for this:
•Krushchev’s Peaceful coexistence idea (Chinese felt they were getting closer to the USA)
•Soviet intention to treat China as another satellite
•Lack of Soviet help during the Korean War
•4,000 border skirmishes
•Open fighting between 1964-69 on the Ussuri River
•1964 Chinese get A-bomb and 1968 an N-bomb
•The former allies split ways in 1959
•Reasons for this:
•Krushchev’s Peaceful coexistence idea (Chinese felt they were getting closer to the USA)
•Soviet intention to treat China as another satellite
•Lack of Soviet help during the Korean War
•4,000 border skirmishes
•Open fighting between 1964-69 on the Ussuri River
•1964 Chinese get A-bomb and 1968 an N-bomb
Summary: China split from the Soviets because of their differences during the Korean War. Peaceful coexistence was the idea that everyone could all just get a long and brought China closer to the USA.
"Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be kept by understanding."