Russian Soldiers watch China

We forget this now and think that in the cold war the two communist neighbours, China and Soviet Union would be working together, well sort of but the was so much paranoia that they were always watching their backs and had passive skirmishes with each other. 

These events, which had ramifications well passed 1980 led me to call this series, 1980: the first year of the new millennium. The colours are selected from the many styles and eras of my childhood home.