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  • It is worth noting that China doing this is not an immediate consequence of the split. Afghanistan in late 70s, same with UNITA. Khmer Rouge is earlier, but the other stuff is mostly post-Cultural Revolution shift in policy. Like you said “79-89” which is effectively the fall of the Gang of Four and the ascendance of Guofeng and then Deng all the way to the end of the USSR as a stable actor.

    Not to say Mao didn’t make the shift to the US, he and Zhou 100% did, but China going completely off-kilter foreign policy wise really kicks in in 79