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The already strained Sino-Soviet relationship deteriorated sharply in 1959, when the Soviets started to restrict the flow of scientific and technological information to China. The dispute escalated, and the Soviets withdrew all of their personnel from China in August 1960. In 1960, the Soviets and the Chinese began to have disputes openly in international forums.

The already strained Sino-Soviet relationship deteriorated sharply in 1959, when the Soviets started to restrict the flow of scientific and technological information to China. The dispute escalated, and the Soviets withdrew all of their personnel from China in August 1960. In 1960, the Soviets and the Chinese began to have disputes openly in international forums.

By 1962 when the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] brought the [[planet]] to the brink of [[nuclear war]], Beijing ceased entirely taking its strategic foreign policy direction from the reckless Moscow band of Marxists.

By 1962 when the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] brought the [[planet]] to the brink of [[nuclear war]], Beijing reportedly ceased entirely taking its strategic foreign policy direction from the reckless Moscow band of Marxists. However, Soviet defectors Anatoly Golitsyn and Stanislav Lunev claimed the "split" was in fact a deception operation geared towards the West and that the Soviets and Chinese were still working together, the latter even indicating they still exchanged information as late as during the 1970s during the height of their split.<ref>https://www.seanet.com/~barkonwd/golitsyn.htm</ref><ref>http://www.jrnyquist.com/Sino-Soviet_Split.html</ref><ref>https://fitzinfo.net/2019/07/31/the-perestroika-deception-behind-the-mask-part-ii/</ref>

==See also==

==See also==