It interests me as well ... 'course I'm always struck by any proof our human nature transcends even the most disparate of cultures, faiths and codes to reveal us essentially equal, if not the same.
Your instincts are correct about China in part although it's definitely the Soviets who carried the lion's share of the burden in cultivating, training and sponsoring terrorists worldwide who'd accomplish their Period of Escalating Violence globally.
Again, China does fascinate me for its ability to capitalize on the efforts of others ... their providing both the West and Russia exactly the "empty spaces" necessary for capitalist fools to rush in and cunning Soviets to assert control of the "consciousness-raising" that will only enure, in the end, to the more Pure source of militant atheism.
Here's a interesting old thread such thoughts always bring to mind: Dialectics, Chinese (and Clinton) Style (My Title) (posted by Betty Boop)
[Askel5: If any nation may be said to have hung on the cross with Christ, it is Russia. It's not as if they escaped somehow the terror, starvation, repression and slaughter imposed by their militant communist leadership on others. They suffered it in spades themselves. If they are hardened, in large part it's due to the scars they bear.]
This is beautifully written and captures in much better words than I could write how I feel about Russia and also about Romania where I was born.