China/Soviet Changing Relationship

In 1911, the Ch'ing dynasty collapsed and created a power vacuum in Asia. When combined with the residual effects of World War I, and the European attention away from Asia in favor of Europe, the political situation in China took on a greater significance. With the 1917 revolutions in the Soviet Union, the absence of a strong and favorable regime in China immediately created problems for the new Soviet government. Almost instantly, the Soviet government began to worry about the Japanese presence in China, especially in remembrance of the disastrous events that surrounded the Russ

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It seems the Soviets "had been for years patiently and desperately maneuvering to divert Japanese aggression away from its own domain."4 Although this may have been the implicit political motivation, indeed the imperialistic overtones are more than evident, the Soviets nevertheless continued to remain sympathetic toward China and SinoSoviet relations were often characterized by Soviet aid helping China to withstand the Japanese. In this way, too, the Soviets could continue to hope that the Japanese would remain diverted from any major invasion into Soviet territory. By August, 1945, the Soviets confidently entered the war in Asia and occupied most of Manchuria. In the meantime, the Communists had occupied most of the rural regions in China, and if the Soviets had immediately turned over the territory, it may have prevented a split in SinoSoviet relations that would take years to heal.5 In any case, the Maoist regime did feel loyalty to the ideological designs of Leninism. This is most clearly illustrated by the Chairman's comment that China, "had no other choice since the Soviet Union was [their] best teacher from whom [they] must learn."6 This posited, by 1950 China and the Soviet Union entered into the MoscowBeijing a
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