ABSTRACT
The first was the theory of ‘semi colonialism’ in which Mao argued that China was actually in a stronger position as the object of many great powers’ attention than if it had been the outright colony of only one power. When China found itself isolated internationally in the 1960s Mao reminded his col-leagues that once again there were two dogs (the United States and the Soviet Union) tussling over the Chinese bone of meat and because both were in contention neither would get it.
