• Albania acts as a focal point for China's dissent against the USSR.
• By 1961, USSR withdraws aid to Albania and criticizes it for being 'Stalinist'.
• China sees this criticism as an attack on them too, leading to escalating tensions.

📎 Fun Fact: Think of Albania as the middle child caught between two quarreling parents – China and the USSR!

• USSR's Khrushchev and China's Mao name-call each other. Think "Asian Hitler" and "redundant old boot".

📎 Example: Remember those times in school when kids used to call each other names? That’s what these big leaders were doing, just on a much larger stage!

• China invades Tibet, causing international anger and making India nervous.
• Tensions on the India-Tibetan border increase.
• War erupts in October and ends in November.
• China wins, but USSR's support to India worsens Sino-Soviet relations.

📎 Example: Imagine two friends fighting over a toy. That’s how China and India felt about the disputed border!

• Mao criticizes Khrushchev's handling of the crisis.
• Mao saw USSR's actions as betraying the revolutionary cause.

📎 Example: Think of it as one friend backstabbing another in a group project.