22.06.2025, Moscow.
A whole era of incredible fraternity between the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party of the USSR existed before, the leader of the Essence of Time movement, political scientist and philosopher Sergey Kurginyan said on May 16 on the program Conversation with a Sage on radio Zvezda.
According to the analyst, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin had a peculiar attitude towards the founder of the People’s Republic of China Mao Zedong. Stalin had a very cautious attitude towards the Chinese factor, while Mao Zedong adored Stalin.
“An era began, which I still remember. That was an era of incredible fraternity between the Chinese communist party and the Soviet one. Stalin understood that (in China – Rossa Primavera News Agency) there were very many people, and it would develop. Stalin had a geopolitical thinking, he was conservative, but the relations were very strong,” Sergey Kurginyan said.
The political scientist told a story he heard from an expert on China, a friend of his father, according to which Mao Zedong once asked Stalin, “We have come to an agreement on everything, all the strategic and tactical issues, but I cannot help asking you: what is the most important thing?” And Stalin answered, “The most important thing is that people must work.”
“And I, in my childhood, thought, ‘Such a simplification!’ But now, after many years have passed, I think: was it really a simplification? Or maybe Stalin indeed understood the essence of the question?” Sergey Kurginyan said.
The analyst told another parable. According to it, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev had a meeting with Mao Zedong to discuss the denounciation of Stalin’s personality cult. Mao Zedong answered that they would not denounce it in China. Reportedly, Khrushchev offered money, arms, but Mao rejected all that.
Khrushchev asked why the Chinese authorities refused, because he believed it should be no problem that yesterday the USSR praised Stalin and today it does not.
“Then Mao Zedong told him, ‘If we make such a turn we will lose face.’ Khrushchev asked, ‘What? What face? <…> What are you talking about?’ Mao understood that he had to say something clearer. He said, ‘And if we lose face we will lose power.’ Then he realized that he had said too much trying to explain something to Khrushchev, and he looked at Khrushchev and said, ‘And what do we need power for if we lose face?’” Sergey concluded the story.
Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency
