Editing 1960s (section)

=====China=====
* The [[Cultural Revolution]] (1966–1976) and the [[Sino-Soviet split]] (1961–1989)
**1966 marked the beginning of the Cultural Revolution that was launched by Mao Zedong and lasted until he died in 1976. The goal of the revolution was to preserve Chinese communism by purging Chinese society of its traditional and remaining capitalist elements. Though it failed to achieve its main objectives, the revolution marked the effective return of Mao to the center of power.
** Following Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's removal from power in 1964, Sino-Soviet relations devolved into [[Sino-Soviet split|open hostility]]. The Chinese were deeply disturbed by the Soviet suppression of the [[Prague Spring]] in 1968 as the latter now claimed the right to intervene in any country it saw as deviating from the correct path of socialism. In March 1969, armed clashes took place along the [[China–Russia border|Sino-Soviet border]] in the former Manchuria and this finally drove the Chinese to restore relations with the U.S. as Mao Zedong decided that the Soviet Union posed the bigger threat to China.