What were some of the similarities and differences between Soviet Union and China?
In those days, there were a lot of similarities and differences between the two. In the 1950s, the Chinese consciously learned from the Soviet Union. They called it learning from their Soviet brothers. They imported the Russians’ economic development model that was core to their first Five-Year Plan. In terms of differences, for China, the revolution was rural and local, which gradually gained national power over the period of decade. For Russia, the revolution was from the top down. The Communist party was small and existed largely in exile until 1917. When did you first visit China? Americans were not allowed to travel to China until 1972. I went to China in 1976. The first unexpected thing that struck me was the first night in China. It was the Tangshan Earthquake and I was in Beijing, this was the most deadly earthquake known in the history of human race, and I was shaken out of bed. In terms of broader impressions, I had studied a lot about China so this was more a matter of seein
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