Chinese dragon breathing fire on Soviet bear

Cartoon shows a huge dragon (labeled "China") with Mao Zedong's head breathing flames on a bear labeled with a hammer and sickle. Relations between the Soviet Union and China, the two great Communist superpowers, were frequently acrimonious, due to a long history of rivalry and conflict. In the 1970s, border disputes contributed to the problem. In March, 1978, the Chinese rebuffed a Soviet offer to discuss improving relations.
(DLC/PP-2000:071.009)
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Unprocessed in PR13 CN 2000:071.009
Source: Facts on file, 1978, p. 237 ljr