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World Service,26 Jan 1989,13 mins

Sino-Soviet Tensions

How it all Began

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When Russia refused China a nuclear bomb - a symbiotic relationship broke down. The Sino-Soviet conflict between the People's Republic of China and the USSR during the Cold War. Picture: Getty Images

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