The People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union were allies in the 50s, with the Soviets giving technological formation to Chinese engineers. But around 1960 Mao Tse-Tung strongly denounced Khrushchev as a "revisionist" due to his reforms. Khrushchev in response talked bad about the Great Leap Forward. The two former allies became enemies.
The question (also for a TL I'm working on) is: was the Sino-Soviet split inevitable? Mao's opinion about Khrushchev's reforms and the controversial nature of the Great Leap Forward were inevitable and were theh inevitably going to destroy the Sino-Soviet alliance?
I'm looking for a scenario that still sees Khrushchev and Mao taking and maintaining power and where Soviet reformism and the Great Leap Forward are still there (despite some change to the Leap it's ok).
Any ideas?
The question (also for a TL I'm working on) is: was the Sino-Soviet split inevitable? Mao's opinion about Khrushchev's reforms and the controversial nature of the Great Leap Forward were inevitable and were theh inevitably going to destroy the Sino-Soviet alliance?
I'm looking for a scenario that still sees Khrushchev and Mao taking and maintaining power and where Soviet reformism and the Great Leap Forward are still there (despite some change to the Leap it's ok).
Any ideas?