Sino-USSR relations 1) The USSR was targeted as a major hegemonic power In the world the uSsR was in offensive and the u.S Europe, Japan, and China were in defensive 2)China opposed Soviet expansionism in Africa: the Soviet role in Angola's civil war,(1975) its invasion of Zaire (1977); 3) China opposed Soviet invasion of Afghanistan(1979) 4)In 1979, China and the Ussr ceased the treaty of military alliance"which was in effect in 1950Sino-USSR relations 1) The USSR was targeted as a major hegemonic power. In the world, the USSR was in offensive , and the U.S., Europe, Japan , and China were in defensive. 2) China opposed Soviet expansionism in Africa: the Soviet role in Angola’s civil war, (1975) its invasion of Zaire (1977) ; 3) China opposed Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979). 4) In 1979, China and the USSR ceased the treaty of “military alliance ” which was in effect in 1950