In World War
2 China was on the side of the
allies, and Japan was on Germany Taiwan Taiwan is a separate country with very problematic
relations with China
Picture 1
The communists
introduced a dictatorship in China ,
and the national socialists introduced a dictatorship in Taiwan China , the national
socialists had to align themselves with the West, and gradually they were
forced to democratize Taiwan Taiwan
In the first
years of the Second World War, the relations between China
and Russia Russia and China is India India
is a Russian ally but a major rival for China China became an ally of Pakistan , which was India Pakistan was an ally of the US and the Arabs of the Persian
Gulf . Actually when the Russians invaded Afghanistan in 1979, in order to back the
pro-Soviet communist government, China ,
together with the US
Actually, as
you can read at the following Wikipedia link, titled “Competing Hegemonies”,
the Chinese were training Mujahideen even within China
6th
and 7th Paragraphs
However in
other geographic locations the Chinese and the Soviets were cooperating, as was
the case in Vietnam , where
both of them were supporting the communists of North
Vietnam , and the US
and their allies were supporting South Vietnam US
was supporting South Korea
Besides India , the very long borders between China and the Soviet Union
were another factor of distrust between the two communist neighbors. For the
Sino-Soviet borders see map 2
Picture 2
Until 1991 the
countries of Central Asia were members of the Soviet Union, and they were controlled
by Russia Azerbaijan
and Kazakhstan , and the
natural gas reserves of Azerbaijan
and Turkmenistan , were also
controlled by Russia Columbia
University and the Energy Information
Administration, most of the oil and natural gas of the Soviet Union was located
in Turkmenistan , Kazakhstan and West Siberia .
Picture 3
Picture 4
As you can
see from map 4, today 89% of the Russian natural gas, and 62% of the Russian
oil, are produced in West Siberia . After 1991
the countries of Central Asia gained their
independence. Note that 90% of the inhabitants of Central Asia i.e. Kazakhstan , Turkmenistan ,
Uzbekistan , Tajikistan , Kyrgystan, are Muslims of Turkic
origins, and there was no reason why the communists of the Soviet Union, and
not the communists of China China Central Asia . See map 5. Note that the map show some
existing and some proposed pipelines which are irrelevant with what I am
talking about now.
1st
and 2nd Paragraphs
Meanwhile, during
1968, the Soviet Army had
amassed along the 4,380 km (2,738 mi.) border with China—especially
at the Xinjiang frontier, in north-west China, where
the Soviets might readily induce Turkic separatists to insurrection.
Militarily, in 1961, the USSR
By March 1969,
Sino-Russian border politics became the Sino-Soviet border
conflict at the Ussuri River and
onDamansky–Zhenbao Island;
more small-scale warfare occurred at Tielieketi in August. In The Coming War
Between Russia and China (1969), US journalist Harrison Salisbury reported
that Soviet sources implied a possible first strikeagainst the Lop Nur basin nuclear weapons testing
site.[23]
Picture 5
3rd Paragraph
In December 1979,
the USSR Russia 's greater geopolitical encirclement of China U.S. and Pakistan, to sponsorIslamist Afghan armed resistance to the Soviet Occupation (1979–89).
(cf. Operation Storm-333)
Meanwhile, the Sino-Soviet split became manifest when Deng Xiaoping, the paramount leader of China
1)The massed Soviet
Army at the Sino-Soviet border, and in Mongolia.
2)Soviet support of
the Vietnamese
occupation of Kampuchea (Cambodia).
3)The Soviet
occupation of Afghanistan
From all
the above it is obvious that Russia’s interests are aligned with the ones of
NATO and the EU, because no one can guarantee to the Russians that in the following
decades the Chinese will not move towards West Siberia. If it wasn’t for their rivalry
with the US Siberia are talking about autonomy or even independence.
Who would be a better patron than China Russia vs Siberia ”.
And as I
said West Siberia is located after the Ural Mountains ,
as you can see at the following map.
Picture 6
Another problem
in the Sino-Russian relations is that the region of Manchuria
is on the East Sino-Soviet borders. Manchuria
is very rich in coal, iron, and many other raw materials. You can see Manchuria at the following map.
Picture 7
The mini war
between the Soviets and the Chinese in 1969 took place in the region of Manchuria . You can read about it at the following
Wikipedia link, titled “Border Wars”.
1st
and 2nd Paragraps
Meanwhile, during
1968, the Soviet Army had
amassed along the 4,380 km (2,738 mi.) border with China—especially
at the Xinjiang frontier, in north-west China, where
the Soviets might readily induce Turkic separatists to insurrection.
Militarily, in 1961, the USSR
By March 1969,
Sino-Russian border politics became the Sino-Soviet border
conflict at the Ussuri River and
onDamansky–Zhenbao Island;
more small-scale warfare occurred at Tielieketi in August. In The Coming War
Between Russia and China (1969), US journalist Harrison Salisbury reported
that Soviet sources implied a possible first strikeagainst the Lop Nur basin nuclear weapons testing
site.[23]
For all the
above reasons the USSR and China USSR
and with yellow the ones aligned with China
Picture 8
As you can see
at the map, under Soviet control was Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos, Ethiopia, Angola,
Mozambique, the Republic of Congo, Cuba, and the countries of Eastern Europe i.e.
Poland, Rumania etc. Under Chinese control were Somalia ,
and Albania Yugoslavia at the Balkans, and North Korea in Asia .
Actually during the war between Ethiopia
and Somalia in 1977, the
Soviets were supporting the Ethiopians and the Chinese were supporting the
Somali, and during the civil war in Angola
Note that
one should not confuse the communist countries of the above map with the
socialist dictatorships of the Middle East and North
Africa . In the Middle East and North Africa there were socialist
dictators who were Soviet allies i.e. Qadaffi in Libya and Sadam Hussein in
Iraq, but they did not tolerate communists in their countries, because the
communists wanted these countries to become Soviet satellites, and not Soviet
allies, and that would give the Soviets control of the oil in these countries.
And there was the strange phenomenon that the socialist dictators who were
soviet allies were oppressing local communists, and the Soviets would not react.
After the
fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Soviets lost Central Asia, and things
became easier between China
and Russia Russia does not like the big Chinese influence
in Central Asia . China
is the big investor in the countries of Central Asia and buys most of their oil
and natural gas, and has substituted Russia Russia accepts this situation because China prevents the oil and gas of Central Asia
to go to Europe and compete with the oil and natural gas of Russia Russia does not like the
growing Chinese influence in Central Asia .
Moreover Central Asia is located underneath West Siberia .
To conclude
I will say that relations between Russia
and China have been restored
after 1991, but I will insist that Russia Russia Russia could have the first role in Europe . However Putin is turning Russia to a fascist country, and it is possible
that in the 21st Century Russia
will become for China what Saudi Arabia was for the US in the 20th Century i.e. Russia will supply oil and gas to China , and China
will supply Russia China
will soon be a much greater arms producer than Russia
Another
great problem for Russia Russia
I must also
say that in 2014 Russia and China signed an agreement for the construction
of two massive pipelines, which will carry Russian natural gas to China Siberia .
Picture 9
For the
Sino-Soviet conflict see
“Sino-Soviet
Split
Picture 10
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