Ideological and International Motives...

Source 8

http://www.jstor.org/pss/2642397

An extract in understanding the ideological underpinnings of the great leap forward and the tensions between China and Soviet union, who were in turn meant to be perfect ideological states yet completely differed on ideological differences and how China felt the need to depart from Russia in order to gain independence
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'During the second half of the 1950s, strains in the Sino-Soviet alliance gradually began to emerge over questions of ideology, security, and economic development. Chinese leaders were disturbed by the Soviet Union's moves under Nikita Khrushchev toward deStalinization and peaceful coexistence with the West. Moscow's successful earth satellite launch in 1957 strengthened Mao's belief that the world balance was in the communists' favor--or, in his words, "the east wind prevails over the west wind"--leading him to call for a more militant policy toward the noncommunist world in contrast to the more conciliatory policy of the Soviet Union.
In retrospect, the major ideological, military, and economic reasons behind the Sino-Soviet split were essentially the same: for the Chinese leadership, the strong desire to achieve self-reliance and independence of action outweighed the benefits Beijing received as Moscow's junior partner.'

http://countrystudies.us/china/128.htm
This source demonstrates the tension between the two communist state, and how China began to feel to dependent on the Russians