Comparative Analysis Of The The Sunan Conflict And The Sino-soviet Hostility

After the Second World War, with the promotion of the Soviet Union, many socialist countries had emerged in Eastern Europe. Since the Cold War, these countries formed an unbreakable alliance which was seen as a monolithic bucket to compete against the US-led capitalist countries. In 1949, the founding of People's Republic of China added more weight to the socialist camp.However, the monolithic alliance didn't last long. The relations between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia reached a deadlock shortly after the founding of the Communist Intelligence Agency. They broke relations since they had conflicts in a range of issues like the ownership of the territory in Trieste, economic relations, foreign policy and social and political life. This conflict resulted in the first great split in the socialist camp, which was a heavy blow to the international communist movement; however it also offered an opportunity for Yugoslavia Communist Party to find their own road to socialism. After the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Sino-Soviet relations worsened due to ideological divergence, the conflicts of national interests, ways to construct socialism and leaders' personal conflicts. Sino-Soviet split eventually led to the disintegration of socialist camp and brought incalculable loss to the international communist movement; what's worse, it damaged the reputation of international communism.Based on comparative analysis, the whole thesis can be divided into four parts:Part One is concerned with the Non-Alliance Strategy, which although was employed both by China and Yugoslavia after the split with Soviet Union, was developed in different ways in the two countries. While Yugoslavia maintained a moderate relation with American Imperialism and Russian revisionism, China opposed both of them fiercely. Part Two is developed by comparing the impact on Cold War Structure of the conflict between Soviet Union and Yugoslavia as well as Sino-Soviet split. Both countries had broken the shackles of ideology after the ruptures with Soviet Union, but unlike Sino-Soviet split, which resulted in the transition from the "bipolar configuration" to a "tripolar configuration", the conflicts between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia failed to change the bipolar configuration. In the third part, the author compares the impact on socialist camp of the conflicts between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia and Sino-Soviet split. Although both had exerted tremendous influence on the socialist camp, the influence differed in degree. The conflict between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia had resulted in the first great split in the Socialist Camp; while the Sino-Soviet split eventually led to the disintegration of the Socialist Camp. The last part compares the socialist construction of the two countries after breaking with the Soviet Union. By criticizing Stalin Model, both countries began their socialist construction based on their own national conditions. The reformation in Yugoslavia didn't succeed due to their extremely critical means; while by inheriting in criticism and developing in negation, China has achieved a great deal in the construction of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics.