cold war:1950

Question 1

explain the Treaty of Friendship: USSR and China (February 1950)

Answer 1

-$300 million of aid would be provided to China (95% would need to be repaid and the interest was very high), requirement that most of the money be spent on Soviet products
-8000 Chinese students were allowed to travel to USSR to study technology and science
-20,000 Soviet experts were sent to help the development of China (at a cost to the Chinese), the advice was often questionable and seemed to benefit the USSR more than the PRC
-China had to give two of its major ports and the right to mine in its Xinjiang territory to USSR