A comprehensive history of the Sino-Russian border, one of the longest and most important land borders in the world
The Sino-Russian border, once the world's longest land border, has received scant attention in histories about the margins of empires. Beyond the Steppe Frontier rectifies this by exploring the demarcation's remarkable transformation--from a vaguely marked frontier in the seventeenth century to its twentieth-century incarnation as a tightly patrolled barrier girded by watchtowers, barbed wire, and border guards. Through the perspectives of locals, including railroad employees, herdsmen, and smugglers from both sides, S ren Urbansky explores the daily life of communities and their entanglements with transnational and global flows of people, commodities, and ideas. Urbansky challenges top-down interpretations by stressing the significance of the local population in supporting, and undermining, border making.
Because Russian, Chinese, and native worlds are intricately interwoven, national separations largely remained invisible at the border between the two largest Eurasian empires. This overlapping and mingling came to an end only when the border gained geopolitical significance during the twentieth century. Relying on a wealth of sources culled from little-known archives from across Eurasia, Urbansky demonstrates how states succeeded in suppressing traditional borderland cultures by cutting kin, cultural, economic, and religious connections across the state perimeter, through laws, physical force, deportation, reeducation, forced assimilation, and propaganda.
Beyond the Steppe Frontier sheds critical new light on a pivotal geographical periphery and expands our understanding of how borders are determined.
Название: Conflict and Cooperation in Sino-US Relations ISBN: 1138785644 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138785649 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 153120.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Numerous crosswinds are buffeting the more than 40-year-old People's Republic of China--American relationship, yet only once since Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972 has a major conflagration seemed a real possibility. Anchoring the relationship throughout multiple storms are the two countries' broad areas of collaboration such as deep links in culture, economics, and education. However, for some observers, the conflictual aspects of the relationship seem to be gaining prominence.
Conflict and Cooperation in Sino-US Relations offers a timely and current look at one of the world's weightiest bilateral relationships. It goes beyond detailing the conflict and cooperation that have been integral facets of China--US interactions since 1972, to gauging the relationship's evolution and future trends, examining its nuances regarding diverse issues such as the Asia-Pacific leadership structure, the South China Sea, and the Korean peninsula. The book further delves into the causes of conflict and cooperation, offers diverse solutions for tempering frictions between Beijing and Washington, and considers the efficacy of some of the mechanisms (e.g., military-to-military exchanges) that China and the US currently employ to manage their relationship.The chapters suggest that extreme anxieties about China--US relations may be misplaced, but that there nonetheless are some worrisome signs even in areas like economics and the environment that are perceived as naturally cooperative. While the book does not offer any silver bullets, various contributors contend that successful management of Sino-American relations may require greater American accommodation of China's interests.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese politics, American politics, international relations, and Asian studies, as well as to policy-makers working in the field.
Автор: Ndzendze Bhaso Название: The Political Economy of Sino-South African Trade and Regional Competition ISBN: 3030980758 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030980757 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 111790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book comparatively examines the China-South Africa trade relationship over three decades through the prism of four other relationships South Africa has with states that have been China`s most contentious neighbours in the Indo-Pacific (India, Japan, Taiwan and the USA).
Автор: Earl Conteh-Morgan Название: The Sino-African Partnership: A Geopolitical Economy Approach ISBN: 1433147270 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781433147272 Издательство: Peter Lang Рейтинг: Цена: 116770.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
The Sino-African Partnership portrays with rigor and clarity the relationship between China and Africa by delving into the geopolitical, geo-economic, and sociocultural dynamics that underlie the extensive and deepening "South-South" cooperation between the two. The analysis highlights China’s role in the partnership by underscoring its geo-strategy, multidimensional approach, and the nature of its power projection in a continent of nation-states with differing geo-strategic importance and resource endowments. Supported by a rich texture of recent historical, political, and economic insights and interactions between China and Africa reflecting established knowledge, the book also delves deep into the impact on China of globalization imperatives following the end of the Cold War and its focus on ideological rivalry.
Graduate and undergraduate students, China-Africa scholars, and general readers interested in a new perspective on the relationship between the two entities will find this essential and interesting reading. It is a unique and multidimensional examination of bilateral and multilateral cooperation, relationships, and profound development in global politics between two significant developing actors. There are new insights in this study into China’s power projection into Africa and the global reactions spawned by its many activities.
Автор: Shen Zhihua, Xia Yafeng Название: A Misunderstood Friendship: Mao Zedong, Kim Il-Sung, and Sino-North Korean Relations, 1949-1976 ISBN: 0231188269 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231188265 Издательство: Amazon Internet Рейтинг: Цена: 0.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Today, China is widely known as North Korea's only ally on the world stage, a relationship that goes back decades as both countries forged a path as communist governments in the post-World War II period. Historically, both countries have advertised the relationship as being one of special closeness, based on shared political ideals and regional goals. Yet, as China has risen in global standing, its current position in relation to North Korea seems to be changing into a reluctant one, affected by global perceptions of North Korea, calls for Chinese global and regional leadership, and increased economic and political connections between China and other world powers like the United States. In A Misunderstood Friendship, Zhihua Shen and Yafeng Xia contend that the history of the North Korea-China relationship is not so simply understood. Relying on newly declassified Chinese government documents and in-depth interviews with former North Korean and Chinese diplomats, this book reveals that the complexity, tension, and global sensitivities that currently plague the alliance between the two countries have in fact been a feature of the relationship from the beginning. Shen and Xia contend that China has always viewed the relationship as one of convenience, and further, that going forward the relationship will not play as large of a factor in Chinese foreign policy decisions as some experts or foreign policy officials in the region may believe. An in-depth study drawing on unprecedented archival access, this book covers exciting new ground in the history of Cold War Asia
Автор: Fels Enrico Название: Shifting Power in Asia-Pacific?: The Rise of China, Sino-Us Competition and Regional Middle Power Allegiance ISBN: 3319833499 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319833491 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 260870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Acknowlegements.- 1 Opening the Floor: The Rivalry Between Eagle and Dragon in Asia-Pacific.- 2 Theoretical Framework: Realism as a Lens for Analysis.- 3 Power in International Affairs.- 4 Towards a Middle Power Theory in International Affairs.- 5 Taking Stock of Asia-Pacific's Tangible Power Changes - Measuring Aggregate Power.- 6 Determining the (Almost) Intangible: Measuring Relational Power.- 7 Australia - Trading With the Dragon, But Flying With the Eagle.- 8 Pakistan - "Iron Brother" to Beijing, Reluctant Partner for Washington.- 9 Japan - Warm Ties to Washington, "Cold Politics" With Beijing.- 10 Republic of Korea - No Longer a Small "Shrimp Among Whales".- 11 Thailand - Bending With the Wind Again?.- 12 Indonesia - Rowing Between Two Reefs Once More.- 13 Conclusion - Does "Rising" in Power Equate to "Shifting" of Power?.
Автор: Hayes Jack Patrick Название: A Change in Worlds on the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands: Politics, Economies, and Environments in Northern Sichuan ISBN: 1498550878 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498550871 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 49500.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This study of Sino-Tibetan northern Sichuan provides a framework for understanding changes in western China`s landscape and among its indigenous populations from late imperial to contemporary times.
Автор: R. Sinha Название: Sino-American Relations ISBN: 0333751140 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333751145 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 102480.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Presenting a trenchant critique of America`s political culture and its China policy, Radha Sinha explains the reasons for the mismatch between professed American values and the practice of statecraft by the American power elite.
Автор: Bekkevold Название: Sino-Russian Relations in the 21st Century ISBN: 3319925156 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319925158 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 130430.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book examines how recent fundamental changes influence Sino-Russian relations and the wider long-term implications of the revolving Sino-Russian dynamic on international affairs.
Автор: Kalicki Название: The Pattern of Sino-American Crises ISBN: 0521136865 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521136860 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 33790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This study of Sino-American crises in the 1950s sets out to define the most important crisis system in the Far East in terms of the behaviour of the United States and the People`s Republic of China and of the crisis interactions which occurred between them.
Автор: Adam Cathcart, Christopher Green, Steven Denney Название: Decoding the Sino-North Korean Borderlands ISBN: 9462987564 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789462987562 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 212610.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Since the 1990s, the Chinese-North Korean border region has undergone a gradual transformation into a site of intensified cooperation, competition, and intrigue. These changes have prompted a significant volume of critical scholarship and media commentary across multiple languages and disciplines. Drawing on existing studies and new data, Decoding the Sino-North Korean Borderlands brings much of this literature into concert by pulling together a wide range of insight on the region's economics, security, social cohesion, and information flows. Drawing from multilingual sources and transnational scholarship, this volume is enhanced by the extensive fieldwork undertaken by the editors and contributors in their quests to decode the borderland. In doing so, the volume emphasizes the link between theory, methodology, and practice in the field of Area Studies and social science more broadly.
The 1970s were a period of dramatic change in relations between Japan and the People's Republic of China (PRC). The two countries established diplomatic relations for the first time, forged close economic ties and reached political agreements that still guide and constrain relations today. This book delivers a history of this foundational period in Sino-Japanese relations. It presents an up-to-date diplomatic history of the relationship but also goes beyond this to argue that Japan's relations with China must be understood in the context of a larger "China problem" that was inseparable from a domestic contest to define Japanese national identity.
The China Problem in Postwar Japan challenges some common assertions or assumptions about the role of Japanese national identity in postwar Sino-Japanese relations, showing how the history of Japanese relations with China in the 1970s is shaped by the strength of Japanese national identity, not its weakness.
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