How reliable are these sources as evidence to explain the increased hostilities between Russia and China in the 1960s
...aking they thought he was a nationalist who was bursting with the desire to rule the world. Overall source A shows that Russia were suspicious of China using Russia’s technology against them so they made up excuses not to send the prototype also thought that Mao wanted to rule the world and unite the communist parties which was a threat to Russia that they couldn’t afford. Source B suggests that Russia have always been suspicious of people because they have a fear if eastern conquest of the world which has made the very suspicious of China through the years. The American historian is obviously on Russia’s` side because he sees the Chinese as savages and pirates so to speak ready to come over the hills and burn Russia empire to the ground inflames. Through time Russians came back with tales of China being stupid, uncultured, and ignorant and their food was fir only for donkeys which suggests Russia went there and thought they were nothing to fear. This source suggest that the American historian had his own opinions of the Chinese and probably has never thought that much of them. Source C is showing that the soviets are mocking them because they say that “they eat watery soup out of a common bowl and do not even have trousers to wear” The Chinese government will neither crawl to the batons of the soviets or knell t...