Contents
Documents
Joint Communique of the 13th Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Republic of India and People’s Republic of China
Politics
V. Shabalin. Missed Chance
Ya.Leksyutina. Economic Diplomacy of China in the XXI Century
Economy
M. Romanov. Vladivostok, Lianyungang and Eurasian Transcontinental Economic Axis
S. Sazonov, E. Kudryavtsev, Wu Zi. The Transport Component of the Project Pairing of the Eurasian Economic Union and Economic Zone of “Silk Road”
T. Gorchakova. Innovation Activities in China (According to Western and Chinese Expert Assessments for 2014)
D. Shcherbakov. The Energy Sector in China: Structure and Issues
Environment
N. Prokhorova. The Strategy of River’ Development in China
State and Society
A. Korolev. PRC’s Political Regime Responsiveness to the Population’s Basic Needs
History
V. Datsyshen. The Great Patriotic War and the Soviet Sinology
O. Dyakova. The History of Formation of the Corps of Written Sources about the State of Bohai
View Point
A.A.Krushinsky. The Problem of Ancient Chinese Logic: a Historical Breakthrough and Retrospective
Religion
S. Gorbunova. Present and Future Religions of China in Recent Scientific Writing in English
Culture
E. Ikonnikova. Soviet Sakhalin in Russian Literature of the Late 1920s – 1930s
Scientific Events
I. Timonina. The Japanese Studies in Russia: Research Works of Young Scientists (Review of Dissertations for 20 Years)
Contents of the Journal “Dongbei ya Longtan” (Forum of North-East Asia) (PRC) for the Second Half of 2014.
Book Review
A. Lukyanov, V. Mayorov. The Revival of the Shrine. Assumption Church on the Territory of the Russian Embassy in Beijing
A. Pantsov. A. Yurkevich. Moscow — Canton, 1920’s: The USSR Aid to Kuomintang and Two Strategics for Unification of China
Ya. Leksyutina. The Complexity of the Internal and External Development of China through the Prism of European Perception
A. Voloshina. East Asian Strategic Review for 2014
Hero of the Day
Anniversary of Galina Veniaminovna Kulikova
Nikolay Sergeevich Tikhonov – 80 years
Pavel Borisovich Kamennov – 80 years
Contents
Summary
Summary
V. Shabalin. Missed Chance
The article describes some little-known events aimed at finding a settlement of the Sino-Soviet conflict in the difficult conditions of deteriorating relations between the USSR and the PRC. The work had been performed on the basis of the author’s personal archive.
Key words: Sino-Soviet relations; the visit of the delegation of Soviet scientists; International department of the CPSU Central Committee.
Ya. Leksyutina. Economic Diplomacy of China in the XXI Century
The article analyzes one of the most important areas of foreign policy of China in the XXI century — its economic diplomacy, including measures of economic incentives and coercion. The efforts made by Beijing in order to create a strong economic dependence of the countries of the world from China have been described. The role of aid provision by China in achieving its foreign policy goals is disclosed.
Key words: China, economic diplomacy, foreign aid, economic dependence, economic sanctions, China’s foreign policy, «core interests».
M. Romanov. Vladivostok, Lianyungang and Eurasian Transcontinental Economic Axis
The article discusses the formation of the Eurasian high-speed transcontinental transport corridors between China, Russia and the European Union and subsequent formation of economic axis along it, as areas of advanced development. Under conditions of globalization, universal competition and strengthening of geopolitical tensions in the world they represent an actual mechanism for strategic unification of the Eurasian continental space in order to create conditions for sustainable economic development.
Key words: territories of advanced development, economic axis, the Eurasian economic space, the Trans-Siberian railway, the new “silk road”.
S. Sazonov, E. Kudryavtsev, Wu Zi. The Transport Component of the Project Pairing of the Eurasian Economic Union and Economic Zone of «Silk Road»
The article reveals the main advantages of overland transit through the territory of Russia, analyzes the internal and external factors hindering the integration of the Russian transport network into the system of international transit corridors. The possible ways of integration of Russia into the international transport system with the aim of increasing its share in international transportation between Asia Pacific region and Europe have been considered.
Key words: North-Eastern China, international transit corridor, supply chain, transit capacity, transport infrastructure.
T. Gorchakova. Innovation Activities in China (According to Western and Chinese Expert Assessments for 2014)
The article considered the questions of innovation activities of China, as reflected in the Western and Chinese media for 2014, gave an assessment of the innovative development of the PRC in comparison with European countries and the USA. The bulk of publications, with some exceptions, speaks highly of the Chinese innovation and predicts great prospects for these activities.
Key words: China, innovation, innovative companies, Chinese entrepreneurs, government support, assessment of Western experts.
D. Shcherbakov. The Energy Sector in China: Structure and Issues
The article represented to the study of the energy market of China. It covers the structure, pricing and recent trends on this market, especially inter-fuel competition between coal and gas. The structure of energy consumption by sectors and regions of China and production capacities of different types of energy have been considered.
Key words: energy markets, gas, coal, pricing, inter-fuel competition.
N. Prokhorova. The Strategy of River’ Development in China
The article deals with overexploitation of the Chinese rivers’ water resources. The ways to solve the problem and water management concepts to hold the situation under control are described.
Key words: water resources, development and utilization factor, sustainable evolution,watersheds.
A. Korolev. PRC’s Political Regime Responsiveness to the Population’s Basic Needs
The article attempts to explain the peculiarities of social policies in China in the early XXI century from the standpoint of systemic-functional analysis of its political system. It is maintained, that despite the limited nature of procedural mechanisms of democracy in China, the Chinese leadership displays a fairly high level of responsiveness to the population’s basic needs, aggravated during the period of economic reforms.
Key words:PRC, political regime, social policy, responsiveness of political system.
V. Datsyshen. The Great Patriotic War and the Soviet Sinology
In the beginning of the Great Patriotic war the majority of Soviet scientists went to the army or were evacuated from Leningrad and Moscow deep into the Soviet Union. During the war all Soviet Orientalists continued to be engaged in scientific and research work. Training of Russian sinologists during the war continued in Moscow, in the eastern region of the Soviet Union and in China. In 1944 the activities of educational and scientific institutions in Moscow and Leningrad were fully recovered. Soviet Sinology continued its successful development.
Key words: the Great Patriotic war, the Soviet Sinology, the siege of Leningrad, Russian Orientalists in 1939–1945, tragedy and scientific feat of Russian sinologists.
O. Dyakova. The History of Formation of the Corps of Written Sources about the State of Bohai
The article discusses the process of identifying by Chinese scholars of written sources, preserved in various documents of the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, associated with the first Tungus-Manchu State of Bohai (698–926).
Key words: Bohai, the Far East, the middle ages, historiography, Tan written sources.
A.A. Krushinsky. The Problem of Ancient Chinese Logic: a Historical Breakthrough and Retrospective
In 2010–2014 a series of international conferences on the history of Chinese logic was held. The article revealed the critical nature of these representative scientific forums, considered the concept of «Chinese logic», traced difficult controversies of national historiography regarding its most important component — logic of the Yijing.
Key words: Yijing, the Needham question, mode of thinking, the doctrine of the images and numbers, numerology, parascience.
S. Gorbunova. Present and Future Religions of China in Recent Scientific Writing in English
The article analyzed the achievements of Western scholars in the field of contemporary religious situation in China. The impetus for research interest to it was given by the revival of the religions and gradual change in policy in relation to them under condition of reforms in China. Focus was put on scientific works done by foreign sinologists in English, dedicated to present and future religions of China and published in recent years.
Key words: China, religion, politics, foreign Sinology.
E. Ikonnikova. Soviet Sakhalin in Russian Literature of the Late 1920s-1930s
The article tells about the works of Russian literature of the late 1920–1930s, devoted to Sakhalin. The books by Lev Alpatov, Boris Elinskiy, Peter Slyotov, Nikolay Dolotin, Victor Kantorovich, Sergey Mikhalkov and others had informed the readers about Far Eastern border of the country with Japan, about ethnography of the indigenous people of Sakhalin, about success of Soviet power in the island.
Key words: Soviet Russia, Japan, Sakhalin, Russian literature of the late 1920–1930’s.
I.Timonina. The Japanese Studies in Russia: Research Works of Young Scientists (Review of Dissertations for 20 Years)
Research of dynamics, geography and subjects of scientific activity, conducted by the author is based on analysis of a series of theses, defended in Russia over the recent 20 years. The article also discussed the issues associated with student’s scientific activity.
Key words: Oriental studies, Japanese studies, student’s research, «aging» of science.