During a low point in these two countries' diplomatic relations, one of them removed stelae surrounding a tortoise sculpture and covered the tortoise with cement to obscure the former presence of a writing system from the other one in its present-day territory.
During a low point in these two countries' diplomatic relations, one of them removed stelae surrounding a tortoise sculpture and covered the tortoise with cement to obscure the former presence of a writing system from the other one in its present-day territory. The same tensions between these two countries led one of them to build the "underground city" in its capital in expectation of a nuclear war. One of them had publicly denounced the other's leadership for comprising the "revisionist traitor group" and re-opened an old dispute over ownership of Damanskii Island in the Ussuri River, shortly after being alarmed by the Secret Speech. The other put forth the "peaceful coexistence" doctrine which led to these countries forming factions that included leaders such as Ethiopia's Mengistu Mariam on one side. For 10 points, identify these two countries which fell out in the late 1950s over the leadership of world Communism.
During a low point in these two countries' diplomatic relations, one of them removed stelae surrounding a tortoise sculpture and covered the tortoise with cement to obscure the former presence of a writing system from the other one in its present-day territory.
{USSR} [or {Soviet Union}; or {Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik}; or {Sovetsky Soyuz}; or {SSSR}; or {CCCP}] and {People's Republic} of {China} [or {Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo}] [either order acceptable]