aim: a bi-polar, tri-polar, or multi-polar world?
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Aim: A Bi-Polar, Tri-Polar, or Multi-Polar World?. The Effects of US-China Rapprochment. Stalin and Mao Chinese postage stamp. “ Mao Zedong Thought ” – Mao believed, that after Stalin’s death he (and China) should lead the socialist “camp”. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Aim: A Bi-Polar, Tri-Polar, or Multi-Polar World?
The Effects of US-China Rapprochment
Stalin and Mao Chinese postage stamp
“Mao Zedong Thought” – Mao believed, that after Stalin’s death he (and China) should
lead the socialist “camp”
The Soviets disagreed – and pulled their engineers from a joint project to build the first
bridge across the Yangtze River
In the early 1960s, the Soviets and Chinese armies
fought a series of border skirmishes
Ten years later, the United States tried
to play one off against the other
“Détente”: Nixon Goes to China
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