LEADER 03298oam 2200601I 450 001 9910463975203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-57532-4 010 $a1-315-01889-6 010 $a1-136-57525-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315018898 035 $a(CKB)2670000000529044 035 $a(EBL)1639102 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001212904 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11806997 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001212904 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11226465 035 $a(PQKB)10270971 035 $a(OCoLC)871257769 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1639102 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1639102 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10843582 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL577940 035 $a(OCoLC)871224422 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000529044 100 $a20180706d20051984 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSino-Russian relations $ea short history /$fR.K.I. Quested 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 225 1 $aChina: History, Philosophy, Economics ;$vXXIV 300 $a"First published in 1984. Reprinted in 2005 by Routledge"--T.p. verso. 311 $a0-415-36168-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a8 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 330 $aThis book provides a systematic history of Sino-Russian relations, a history which is invaluable in forming an understanding of relations between the two nations today. Becoming neighbours in the seventeenth century, their changing relations in peace and war, in isolation, cooperation and confrontation have steadily assumed a greater importance in world politics and become increasingly important to the stability of international relations. 410 0$aChina, history, philosophy, economics ;$vXXIV. 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union 607 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zChina 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a327.47051 700 $aQuested$b R. K. I.$0645780 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463975203321 996 $aSino-Russian relations$91898299 997 $aUNINA