Sino-Albanian split
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The Sino-Albanian split was the gradual worsening of relations between the People's Socialist Republic of Albania and the People's Republic of China in the period 1972–1978.
The Albanian leader Enver Hoxha, pictured in 1971
Enver Hoxha and Zhou Enlai in 1966
The People's Socialist Republic of Albania was the communist state that existed in Albania from 10 January 1946 to 29 April 1991. Originally founded as the People's Republic of Albania from 1946 to 19
Partisans entering Tirana on 29 November 1944
Bunkers in Albania built during Hoxha's rule to avert the possibility of external invasions. By 1983 approximately 173,371 concrete bunkers were scattered throughout the country.
Mao Zedong and Hoxha in 1956