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am i supposed to feel gross or cringe at this sht
I might be harsh on the USSR but think we are not so divergent on our opinions. Even when China and USSR ratfucked eachother on multiple occasions, USSR under Khrushchev did help China with technological transfers and development which is greater than the Marshall plan in the whole Europe according to Jeremy Friedman, author of Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World.
My main point is that alternative regimes such as the USSR and Mao-China cannot survive or by extend change the world by integrating into a system that they have significant leverage. I don’t think it is coincidental that the most isolationist period of China is also the one where they actively try to partake into diplomatic games with the 3rd world and the West (which in the long run did preserve and elevated them when they reintegrate into the system).
as the saying goes: 天高皇帝遠. Once you can detach from the system is when it’s possible to dream again.
Oh I mostly agreed with you, just to add a bit more context and nuance to them.
The technology transfer was absolutely indispensable for China building up its industrial and scientific bases, as you said. Here I’m recommending《苏联技术对中国的转移（1949-1966）》(Technology Transfer From the Soviet Union To The P. R. China) (2005) by 张柏春 et al. Very academic but lots of very interesting details from their research.