Inevitability and Limits of China-Soviet Dispute

Studies in the Communitist System

Abstract

When the Soviet Union was constructing its socialist society according to the communist theory, it naturally had to adjust it to its special conditions and its concrete situations. Therefore, Marxism became Marx-Leninism and later Marx-Lenin-Stalinism. When socialism was introduced into eastern Europe, the socialistic construction of each country also ought have been done according to its national particularity and its concrete conditions. Hence its own particular theory of communism should have been asserted. But the Soviet Union extorted its own theory and method of socialist construction. Communist China which accomplished its revolution by its own hands and which is one of the great countries in Asia did not submit itself to the Soviet policy, asserted its own method of socialist construction and maintained its own communist theory. As a result, the China-Soviet, dispute developed, but it was a natural result as long as we admit socialistic construction should be based on each national particularity and concrete conditions.
This is a world of conflict between communism and capitalism. Unity of the communist bloc is necessary as long as this conflict exists. There is a limitation to the China-Soviet dispute because of this necessity for unity. The recent stage of this dispute is no longer about internal socialistic construction but is about policies toward capitalist countries and on the international communist movement. Since it is absolute necessity to maintain the unity of the communist bloc concerning these matters, differences in their views can not be tolerated. Moreover as theoretic differences can not be avoided, it may be necessary for the communist parties in the communist bloc to form the third international organization which is different from the Comintern or Cominform and which can regulate the various views among these communist parties.