China and the Soviet Union were in similar periods of transition during the late 1970’s and the subsequent decade. Both were powerful, single party communist states, and despite the Sino-Soviet Split that had damaged their ideological cohesion, were still politically and economically comparable. However, the deaths of Mao Zedong and
Read MoreChina and the Soviet Union were in similar periods of transition during the late 1970’s and the subsequent decade. Both were powerful, single party communist states, and despite the Sino-Soviet Split that