Decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, the legacy of the Sino-Soviet split stands out sharply in the history of socialism and the Cold War as a major turning point, impacting conflicts all over the world and within the movement, the collapses of 89-91, and China's relationship with the West and embrace of foreign investment.
How do Marxists in China (inside and outside of the CPC) think of it? As justified, as a mistake, as well-intentioned but with bad consequences? What works of theory analyzes its causes, effects? And in light of China's reform and opening up, how is "revisionism", in general and as an ideological rebuke of liberalization in the post-Stalin era in particular, understood?
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I have heard people talk about it as pragmatic. It was obvious that the Soviet Union was declining and headed for eventual collapse, China at the time could not have realistically done anything to prevent that, they were barely afloat with their own problems. So why shackle yourself to a sinking ship? What would have been gained if China also imploded in the 90s because their economy depended on a now defunct parent state?
It was obvious the USSR was headed for collapse in the late 1950s? that is not believable, they were a superpower near their peak and no one expected them to just collapse.
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