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Sino-Vietnamese War
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The Sino-Vietnamese War was a war which occurred in early 1979 between China and Vietnam. China launched an offensive ostensibly in response to Vietnam's invasion and occupation of Cambodia in 1978, w
Nam Quan Gate
Nam Quan Gate
Captured Vietnamese soldiers at a Chinese prison camp
Captured Vietnamese soldiers at a Chinese prison camp
A new bridge spanning the Red River between Hekou and Kim Thành, on the main road between Kunming and Hanoi
A new bridge spanning the Red River between Hekou and Kim Thành, on the main road between Kunming and Hanoi
Sino-Soviet split
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The Sino-Soviet split was the gradual worsening of relations between the People’s Republic of China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the Cold War. This was primarily caused by diverg
Sino-Vietnamese War
…2nd Corps from the invasion forces of Cambodia to reinforce the defense of Hanoi. Additionally, it demonstrated that the Soviet Union, China's Cold War communist adversary, was unable to protect its Vietnamese ally. The conflict had a lasting impact on the relationship between China and Vietnam, and diplomatic relations…
Mao Zedong (left) and Nikita Khrushchev (right) in Beijing, 1957
Mao Zedong (left) and Nikita Khrushchev (right) in Beijing, 1957
Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, 1945
Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, 1945
The Sino-Soviet split initially arose in the late 1950s over the ideological divergence between Soviet leader Khrushchev's policies of De-Stalinisatio
The Sino-Soviet split initially arose in the late 1950s over the ideological divergence between Soviet leader Khrushchev's policies of De-Stalinisation and peaceful coexistence and Mao's affirmation of Stalinism and confrontation with the West. By the late 1970s, the positions were reversed; the New Cold War was beginning with the Soviet Union and the West in confrontation and China having achieved rapprochement with the United States.
A meeting of some Chinese and Soviet leaders in 1958. From left to right: Ye Jianying, Peng Dehuai, Nikolai Bulganin, and Nikita Khrushchev.
A meeting of some Chinese and Soviet leaders in 1958. From left to right: Ye Jianying, Peng Dehuai, Nikolai Bulganin, and Nikita Khrushchev.