Ch. 1. Problems within existing historical approaches -- chapter 2. Theoretical approaches and methodological dilemmas -- chapter 3. Multi-factor equilibrium and the method of controlled-focus, structured comparison -- chapter 4. Tsarist Russia and Qing China -- chapter 5. Republican China and the new Russia : provisional and Soviet governments (October 1911-October 1949) -- chapter 6. From friendship, through confrontation, to normalization between the communist powers -- chapter 7. The Russian federation and China
Summary
This study incorporates elements from the disciplines of international relations and history to address key international and domestic elements that have shaped the interactions between Russia and China over time. It demonstrates how changes in the inter-state relationship were, and are, initiated. Controversial issues are examined through previously unobtainable materials from sources including the Archives of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire, the Archives of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation and the Russian Centre for the Preservation and Research of the Documents of Modern Histor
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