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The Sino-Russian Relationship: Fellow Travellers in the West-dominated World

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China, Russia, and Twenty-First Century Global GeopoliticsPaul J.Bolt and Sharyl N.CrossOxford: Oxford University Press, 2018 xvii + 312 pp. £65.00 ISBN 978-0-19-871951-9
China and Russia: The New RapprochementAlexanderLukinCambridge: Polity Press, 2018 xvii + 220 pp. £16.99 ISBN 978-1-5095-2171-5
Russia and China: A Political Marriage of Convenience – Stable and SuccessfulMichalLubinaNew York: Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2017 328 pp. $70.00; £47.95 ISBN 978-3-8474-2045-3

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2018

Marcin Kaczmarski
Marcin Kaczmarski*
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University of Glasgow. Email: [email protected].
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A decade ago, Beijing's relations with Moscow were of marginal interest to China scholars. Topics such as growing Sino-American interdependence-cum-rivalry, engagement with East Asia or relations with the developing world overshadowed China's relationship with its northern neighbour. Scholars preoccupied with Russia's foreign policy did not pay much attention either, regarding the Kremlin's policy towards China as part and parcel of Russia's grand strategy directed towards the West. The main dividing line among those few who took a closer look ran between sceptics and alarmists. The former interpreted the post-Cold War rapprochement as superficial and envisioned an imminent clash of interests between the two states. The latter, a minority, saw the prospect of an anti-Western alliance.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 236 , December 2018 , pp. 1197 - 1205
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Copyright © SOAS University of London 2018 

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