Külpolitika - A Magyar Külügyi Intézet elméleti-politikai folyóirata - 1973 (1. évfolyam)

1973 / Próbaszám - A tanulmányok orosz és angol nyelvű tartalmi kivonata

hegemonistic efforts, they tried to establish their leading role, also by means of their aid policy, among the former colonial and semicolonial countries and the national liberation movements. In a short time, however, they managed to isolate themselves even from these countries and movements by their adventurist actions. During the so called „cultural revolution” the range and vitality of Chinese economic aid policy dwindled considerably parallel with China’s political and diplomatic isolation.

China’s economic aid policy has been revitalised. In 1970, the total amount of economic aid and credits offered by the

People’s Republic of China exceeded 1,000 million. This generous aid policy has been serving the diplomatic efforts aimed at breaking China’s international isolation. Elements of a genuinely internationalist aid policy could be found solely in China’s help rendered to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. In every other respect Chinese economic aid policy has 'been dominated by the specific international political ambitions of the Maoist leadership, in the first place by their intentions and efforts to diminish or to offset the influence of the Soviet Union and the countries of the socialist community.

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