Since the problems in Sino-Soviet relations in the last century, until the soviet union was about to disintegrate, Gorbachev visited China, marking the normalization of Sino-Soviet relations, and then Sino-Soviet relations were improved, which also laid the foundation for later Sino-Russian relations. The normalization of Sino-Soviet relations was not achieved by accident, but also found opportunities in many affairs, and according to historical records, there are still some stories in it.
Opportunity
In the fifties of the last century, when Khrushchev was in power, he withdrew Soviet experts from our country and terminated the assistance to our country. The termination of aid to the Soviet Union did not stop our country from moving forward. After Khrushchev stepped down, our country wanted to improve relations with the Soviet Union. The successor, Brezhnev, showed no sign of this, so during Brezhnev's administration, China's relations with the Soviet Union remained the same, and the Battle of Zhenbao Island occurred.
After entering the 1980s, with the joint efforts of both sides, Sino-Soviet relations have eased somewhat, but they have not yet reached the level of normal exchanges. But between 1982 and 1985, the Soviet Union suddenly underwent major changes.
This great change in the Soviet Union was the death of three successive leaders Brezhnev, Andropov, and Chernenko, and when the funerals of the three leaders were held, our country sent the deputy prime minister as a special envoy to Moscow to pay condolences. These diplomatic maneuvers are known as "funeral diplomacy."
It was the Soviet Union that held state funerals one after another, and our country took advantage of this opportunity to make contact with the Soviet side and lay the foundation for improving relations in the future.
After Gorbachev came to power in March 1985, my country conveyed to the Soviet Union on different occasions the words of dialogue and improvement of relations with the Soviet Union, and also hoped to hold high-level dialogue with the Soviet Union in order to improve relations.
The Soviet Union also responded positively to china's desire to improve relations, and we believe that China and the Soviet Union can have high-level exchanges. But there was also an intermediary to intersperse between the two countries, and that intermediary had to be reliable, so Romanian President Ceausescu became the best candidate.
Lead
Romania was a very peculiar country at that time, the country was both a member of the Warsaw Pact and a member of the Eastern European Economic Exchange, but Romania was not afraid of the Soviet Union, and during Ceausescu's reign, Robania diplomacy was very independent, and relations with the United States, the Soviet Union and our country were very good, some people say that Romania at this time played east and west.
Although Ceausescu was not afraid of the Soviet Union, after Gorbachev came to power, he had a good relationship with Gorbachev. It is precisely because of this relationship that Ceausescu has become the most reliable and suitable intermediary for the normalization of Sino-Soviet relations.
According to the records, on October 9, 1985, Ceausescu visited our country, and our country gave him a high-level welcome. After our leaders met with Ceausescu, they held a friendly meeting in which they talked about how to improve sino-Soviet relations. When our country asked Ceausescu if he could meet Gorbachev? According to the records, Ceausescu promised our leaders at that time to carry a message for the Soviet Union. But when we let Ceausescu speak, it was conditional, provided that the Soviet Union withdrew Vietnamese troops from Cambodia, which was said to be the first problem to be solved by our country at that time.
effect
Ceausescu, with a letter from the leadership of our country, took advantage of the political consultative conference of the Warsaw Pact countries to bring this to Gorbachev. Soon, on July 28, 1986, Gorbachev delivered an important speech in Vladivostok, in which he said that the Soviet Union discussed and established relations with China at all times and at any level.
According to the records of the time, Gorbachev was symmetrical at that time: the Soviet Union was willing to use the main channel of Heilongjiang as the boundary to solve the border problem with China. Gorbachev also promised to withdraw troops from Mongolia and 6 regiments from Afghanistan within the year, among other things.
In January 1987, the Soviet side fulfilled Gorbachev's words and withdrew the Soviet troops stationed in Mongolia, which took another step forward in removing the obstacles between China and the Soviet Union, and since then Sino-Soviet relations have begun to thaw and develop in a good direction.
On May 16, 1989, Gorbachev visited China, and our leader specifically talked about Ceausescu's message. Gorbachev thought it was all done in a timely manner.
epilogue
Six months after Gorbachev's visit to China, Ceausescu was arrested for the unrest in Romania and sentenced to death quickly. But no matter what romanians say about Ceausescu and what Eastern European countries say about him, it has to be said that Ceausescu played an active role in normalizing Sino-Soviet relations.
According to Ceausescu's resume and other sources, he did not turn against our country when he came to power. Ceausescu later became the first head of state to be shot after the upheavals in Eastern Europe, and there were many articles online that scandalized him. Ceausescu's good or bad has nothing to do with us from interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, and we don't have to belittle this person on the basis of information that is difficult to distinguish between true and false. However, it was later proved that Ceausescu did not have any savings abroad.
Although two years after the normalization of Sino-Soviet relations, the Soviet Union disintegrated. But Russia, as a country that inherited the Soviet Union, has maintained friendly relations with Russia since then, and in addition to the efforts of China and the Soviet Union, there should also be the work done by Ceausescu.