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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821962903321

Autore

Quested R. K. I.

Titolo

Sino-Russian relations : a short history / / R.K.I. Quested

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-136-57532-4

1-315-01889-6

1-136-57525-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Collana

China: History, Philosophy, Economics ; ; XXIV

Disciplina

327.47051

Soggetti

China Foreign relations Soviet Union

Soviet Union Foreign relations China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1984. Reprinted in 2005 by Routledge"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 Two vastly different histories: China and Russia to the Mongol conquests of the thirteenth century; 2 1200-1618: A measure of convergence-the Mongols, Ming China and Muscovy; 3 1618-1689: China contains the Muscovite Russians; 4 1689-1725: The impact of Peter the Great; 5 1725-1792: A chilly balance of power; 6 1792-1854: The swing of the pendulum in Russia's favour; 7 1854-1860: The great Russian advance in East Asia

8 1860-1917: Tsarist Russian preponderance and decline9 1917-1943: Soviet Russia and divided China; 10 1943-1950: Origins of the Sino-Soviet alliance; 11 1950-1963: The alliance, its demise and burial; 12 1963-1969: Chinese revolutionary fervour and Soviet containment; 13 1969-1978: World-wide rivalry during the Sino-American and Soviet- American detentes; 14 Since 1978: Towards new balances of power; Bibliographical guide; List of Chinese dynasties, Qing emperors and Russian tsars; Time charts; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a systematic history of Sino-Russian relations, a history which is invaluable in forming an understanding of relations between the two nations today. Becoming neighbours in the seventeenth century, their changing relations in peace and war, in



isolation, cooperation and confrontation have steadily assumed a greater importance in world politics and become increasingly important to the stability of international relations.