History of Economic Relations Between Russia and China: From Modernization to Maoism

by Sladkovskii,M.I.

• ISBN13: 9781412806398
• ISBN10: 1412806399
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781351515559
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781351515566
• Edition: Reprint
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• Copyright: 2007-12-15
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

This book was originally written as a historical treatise to demonstrate "that the development of economic ties between Russia and China is the logical outcome of a centuries old friendship between these neighboring peoples, a friendship which accords with their fundamental interests and is of general benefit to all mankind." In the post-Soviet and post-Maoist era, these consensual tendencies are even stronger. The original publication of this translation in 1966, when its central thesis had long been abandoned and refuted by both sides, is still of value and not just as an ironic comment on the theorists and systemizers of history. For this, better examples are already available in every book shop and on the shelves of every library. Rather, the work demonstrates that sharing a common socialist ideology in insufficient to overcome animosities of history and national rivalries.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
First Embassies and the Preliminary (Caravan) Period of Trade Between Russia and China	p. 1
Discovery of China by Russia	p. 1
Russian Position at the End of the 16th and in the First Half of the 17th Centuries	p. 2
China in the First Half of the 17th Century	p. 5
First Russian Embassies to China	p. 7
The Sino-Russian Treaty of Nerchinsk, 1689	p. 15
The Sino-Russian Agreement on the Dispatch of Russian Trade Caravans to Peking	p. 18
Organization of State-Owned Trade Caravans and Regulation of Sino-Russian Trade at the End of the 17th and the Beginning of the 18th Centuries	p. 19
The Russo-Chinese Treaty of Kyakhta, 1727	p. 25
First Chinese Embassies to Russia	p. 28
Commercial Relations Between Russia and China After the Conclusion of the Treaty of Kyakhta	p. 29
Structure of the Russian Caravan Trade	p. 31
Border Trade and Commercial Relations Between Russia and China from the Middle of the 18th to the Middle of the 19th Centuries	p. 37
Domestic Affairs and International Position of Russia	p. 37
Domestic Affairs and International Position of China	p. 40
Beginning of the Sino-Russian Border Trade	p. 43
Sino-Russian Border Commerce after Termination of the State Caravan Trade	p. 46
Kyakhta Trade after Abrogation of the Russian State Monopoly on Furs and Other Items	p. 48
Kyakhta Trade at the End of the 18th Century	p. 55
Regulation of the Sino-Russian Trade at Kyakhta at the Beginning of the 19th Century	p. 58
Sino-Russian Commercial Relations and the Kyakhta Trade in the First Quarter of the 19th Century	p. 60
Beginnings of Border Trade Between Russia and West China (Sinkiang)	p. 64
Kyakhta Trade in the Second Quarter of the 19th Century	p. 68
Commercial Relations Between Russia and China on the Eve of the Age of Imperialism (Second Half of the 19th Century)	p. 75
Russia's Position in the Far East in the Middle of the 19th Century	p. 75
Domestic Affairs and International Position of China in the 1850's and 1860's	p. 77
Commercial Relations Between Russia and China in the 1850's and 1860's	p. 80
Sino-Russian Commercial Relations from the 1870's to the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895	p. 85
Character of Sino-Russian Trade in 1850-1893 (to the Sino-Japanese War)	p. 88
Economic Relations of Tsarist Russia With China in the Age of Imperialism	p. 99
Deterioration of the Far Eastern Situation	p. 99
Tsarist Penetration of Manchuria	p. 100
Imperialist 'Spheres of Influence' in China	p. 105
Construction of the Chinese Eastern Railroad	p. 107
Economic Consequences of the Russo-Japanese War on Sino-Russian Relations	p. 110
Sino-Russian Economic Ties after the Russo-Japanese War	p. 111
Sino-Russian Economic Relations During the Chinese Revolution (1911-1913)	p. 115
Russian Investments in China on the Eve of the First World War	p. 119
Russian Trade with China Between the Sino-Japanese War and the First World War	p. 124
Economic Relations of Tsarist Russia with China During the First World War	p. 130
Economic Relations Between Soviet Russia and China in 1917-1924 (from the October Revolution to the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between the Two Countries)	p. 136
The October Revolution in Russia and the Position of Russia's Far Eastern Territories in the First Years of the Soviet Republic	p. 137
China's Situation Toward the End of the First World War	p. 141
Soviet-Chinese Economic Relations in 1917-1924	p. 144
The Sino-Soviet Treaty of 1924-China's First Equitable Treaty	p. 152
Sino-Soviet Trade in 1917-1924	p. 155
Economic Relations Between the Soviet Union and China in 1925-193	p. 164
Sino-Soviet Economic Relations During the First Chinese Revolutionary Civil War (1925-1927)	p. 166
Sino-Soviet Trade in 1925-1927	p. 171
Conditions in China after the Defeat of the Revolutionary Forces in the First Revolutionary War	p. 177
Impairment of Sino-Soviet Relations after the Advent of the Kuomintang Reactionaries to Power	p. 179
Sino-Soviet Economic Relations During the Japanese Invasion of Manchuria	p. 184
Sino-Soviet Economic Relations Before the Japanese Invasion of China Proper	p. 189
Sino-Soviet Trade in 1928-1936	p. 193
Economic Relations Between the Soviet Union and China from 1937 to 1949 (from the Japanese Invasion of China Proper to the Establishment of the Chinese People's Republic)	p. 202
The Far Eastern Situation on the Eve of the Japanese Invasion of China Proper	p. 202
The Japanese Invasion of China Proper and the Domestic Situation in China	p. 204
Sino-Soviet Relations in 1937-1941	p. 205
Sino-Soviet Trade in 1937-1941	p. 208
Economic Relations Between the Soviet Union and China During the Second World War	p. 214
The Yalta Conference and the War Between the Soviet Union and Japan	p. 217
Sino-Soviet Trade in 1942-1945	p. 218
Sino-Soviet Economic Relations During the Third Revolutionary Civil War in China (1946-1949)	p. 221
Economic Relations Between the Soviet Union and China After the Establishment of the People's Republic of China	p. 232
The International and Domestic Situation on the Eve of the Establishment of the People's Republic of China	p. 232
The Establishment of the People's Republic of China	p. 236
Establishment of Diplomatic and Economic Relations Between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China	p. 238
Sino-Soviet Economic Relations During the Period of Reconstruction of the Chinese Economy (1950-1952)	p. 243
Beginning of Extensive Planned Economic Development in the People's Republic of China	p. 250
Sino-Soviet Economic Cooperation after the Beginning of Large-Scale Chinese Economic Development	p. 255
Trade and Scientific and Technical Cooperation Between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China in 1953-1955	p. 262
Main Factors Determining the Successful Development of Sino-Soviet Economic Cooperation	p. 271
Appendices	p. 281
Chronology of Main Events in the History of Economic Relations Between Russia and China	p. 286
Bibliography	p. 292
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