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Author Knüsel, Ariane

Title China's European Headquarters Switzerland and China During the Cold War
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (328 p.)
Series Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China Ser
Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China Ser
Contents Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Note on the Text -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Creating a European Hub: Recognition, Potential, and Frictions (1949-1958) -- 1.1 Establishing Sino-Swiss Official Relations -- 1.2 The Chinese Missions in Bern and Geneva -- 1.3 Swiss Neutrality and Political Relations in the 1950s -- 1.4 Evading the Embargo -- 1.5 Sino-Swiss Trade from 1950 to 1957
2 Becoming a Global Hub: The Sino-Soviet Split, the Great Leap Forward, and Tibetan Refugees (1958-1965) -- 2.1 The Sino-Soviet Split and Bern as a Global Chinese Hub -- 2.2 Tibet and Tibetan Refugees in Switzerland -- 2.3 Economic Relations from 1958 to 1965 -- 3 'A Sick Man Shaken by Fits of Madness': Dealing with China during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) -- 3.1 Rebels in the Chinese Foreign Ministry -- 3.2 The Diplomatic Scandal of 1967 -- 3.3 The Calm after the Storm: Bilateral Relations from 1970 to 1976 -- 3.4 Sino-Swiss Trade during the Cultural Revolution
4 Dr No in Switzerland: Bern as a Chinese Intelligence Hub -- 4.1 Chinese Intelligence and Foreign Policy -- 4.2 The Federal Police, Anti-communism, and Swiss Counterintelligence -- 4.3 The Press and Chinese Agents in Switzerland -- 4.4 Intelligence Agents among Chinese Diplomatic Staff -- 4.5 Keeping Track of Chinese Agents -- 4.6 Intelligence Networks Operated by Chinese Diplomats -- 5 Conclusion: A New Cold War or More of the Same? -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Ariane Knüsel offers new perspectives on China's presence in Europe through analysis of Switzerland's central role during the Cold War
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Cold War.
Diplomatic relations
SUBJECT Switzerland -- Foreign relations -- China
China -- Foreign relations -- Switzerland
China -- Foreign relations -- 1949-1976. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024029
Switzerland -- Foreign relations -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85131313
Subject China
Switzerland
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1009204866
9781009204866