oct 1, 1949 - Mao takes power in China

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-PRC founded after CCP (Chinese Communist Party) wins civil war against GMD (nationalists)

-strengths of Sino-Soviet relations: same ideology - another communist country (through winning civil war i.e. by choice, not enforced by USSR)

-tensions in Sino-Soviet relations: USSR didn't assist CCP in winning civil war (reluctance, some support to GMD, encouraged negotiation), & some divergence in communist beliefs

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