Contents
Politics
S. Uyanaev. China’s interests in the BRICS: a Reflection of the Role and Strategy of the PRC in the World
A. Voronin. Interaction Between Russia and Vietnam Goes Out on a New Level (The results of the visit to Russia by President of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang)
V. Konyshev, A. Sergunin. Strategies of the East Asian Countries in the Arctic Regions
Russian Sinology
M. Titarenko, A. Lomanov. Studies of Chinese Philosophy and Religion in Russia in the 1990s
A. Ostrovsky. China’s Economic Reform in Recent Russian Historiography (1991–2000)
D. Smirnov. The Study of the Political and Legal Construction in China: Approaches and Evaluation in the Works of Russian Researchers in the 1990s
V. Portyakov. Studies of International Relations and Foreign Policy of the PRC in Russia (1992–1999)
Economy
L. Ponkratova, Zhao Xin. Structural Changes and Current Trends in the Development of China’s Trade with Russia
Theory and Methodology
V. Malyavin, Chen Jiawei. The Democratic Progressive Party and Special Features of Political System in Taiwan
Culture
O. Zavyalova. Standart Mandarin and Han Dialects: New Realities of the Chinese Speaking World
Scientific Events
O. Borokh, S. Gorbunova, A. Lomanov, V. Portyakov, N. Samoilov.
The 19th Conference of the European Association of Chinese Studies in Paris
N. Anisimtsev. Studies of Japan in China in the 1990s and 2000s
Book Review
V. Kuzminkov. Magosaki Ukeru. Territorial Issues in Japan: Senkaku, Takeshima, the Northern Territories
Scholar Jubilee
Vladislav Fedorovich Sorokin — 85 years
Alexander G. Larin — 80 years
Vladimir Yakovlevich Portyakov — 65 years
Summary
S. Uyanaev. China’s interests in the BRICS: a Reflection of the Role and Strategy
of the PRC in the World
An informal international union of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, known as the BRICS format, has recently become a significant phenomenon in world politics. Speculations about the prospects of the BRICS are related to the policy of China — the objective economic leader of the «five» — that increases the political influence on a global scale. The article contains the analysis of the objectives and interests of China in the BRICS format, which are discussed in the context of internal development of the PRC, principal motives, directions and forms of its international strategy.
Key words: China, BRICS, the global role, new world order, practical cooperation.
A. Voronin. Interaction Between Russia and Vietnam Goes Out on a New Level
(The results of the visit to Russia by President of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang)
The author analyzes the results of the first official visit to the Russian Federation by President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang, held on 26–30 July, 2012, witch helped him to look at the prospects of Russian-Vietnamese strategic partnership. He concluded that the full cooperation of two countries should move to a new level, since all necessary preconditions for this move have already existed.
Key words: Russia, Vietnam, the Russian-Vietnamese summit in July 2012, strategic partnership.
V. Konyshev, A. Sergunin. Strategies of the East Asian Countries in the Arctic Regions
Along with the ‘official’ polar States a number of non-Arctic States (including China, Japan and South Korea) claim their rights to exploit the Arctic natural resources and transport routes. In the foreseeable future this can lead to strengthening of competition between them and Russia which possesses reach resources in the polar region and controls the Northern Sea Route. The article considers: what are the East Asian countries’ strategies in the region and whether the cooperation between them and Russia in the Arctic is possible.
Key words: East Asian countries’ Arctic strategies, Russian national interests.
M. Titarenko, A. Lomanov. Studies of Chinese Philosophy and Religion in Russia in the 1990s
The article describes basic trends and developments in the study of Chinese philosophy and religion in Russia in the 1990s. Among the most important areas were highlighted creating of generalizing reference encyclopedias, study of the impact of Chinese philosophy on the formation of Chinese civilization, the research of the modern role of Confucianism, the identification of the specific theoretical and methodological foundations of traditional Chinese thought.
Key words: Russia, Sinology, philosophy, religion, civilization.
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A. Ostrovsky. China‘s Economic Reform in Recent Russian Historiography (1991–2000)
The author highlights the basic directions of studying China’s economic reform in our country, analyzes the most important Russian studies on the Chinese economy, carried out in 1990s. Significant part of them had been prepared by scientists from the Institute of Far Eastern Studies.
Key words: economic reform, economic policy, the model of socio-economic development, transition economy, the transition from plan to market.
D. Smirnov. The Study of the Political and Legal Construction in China: Approaches and Evaluation in the Works of Russian Researchers in the 1990s
The paper summarized concepts and evaluations of the political evolution of China in Russian Sinology in the 1990s. It traced strategies and tactics of CPC in the reform and opening-up policy, main directions and trends of internal developments in China in late 1990s. Different approaches of Russian sinologists to these problems have been reflected.
Key words: political reform, socialism, ideology, the CPC, democratic parties, the NPC, CPPCC, personnel policy, the opposition, market economy.
V. Portyakov. Studies of International Relations and Foreign Policy of the PRC in Russia (1992–1999)
The article presents basic features and trends in research of international relations and foreign policy of China in Russia during 1992–1999. Considerable attention is given to modern Russian-Chinese relations. Publications on the Sino-US relations, Beijing’s border policy, foreign policy concepts of Chinese scholars have been considered.
Key words: Russia, sinology, the study of Chinese foreign policy, 1990s.
L. Ponkratova, Zhao Xin. Structural Changes and Current Trends in the Development of China’s Trade with Russia
Positions of Russia and China in world trade are analyzed. Classifying factors that determine their trade cooperation in the future, the authors suggest four possible scenarios of Sino-Russian trade till 2015.
Key words: international trade, trade between China and Russia, structural changes in the bilateral exchange of goods, raw m_aterial dependence of exports and imports.
V. Malyavin, Chen Jiawei. The Democratic Progressive Party and Special Features of Political System in Taiwan
The article describes the evolution of democratic institutions in Taiwan during the ruling period of Democratic Progressive Party (2000–2008). It explores the consequences of this phenomenon for the political life of the island. Special attention is paid to the complex relationship of nationalism and democracy in Taiwan.
Key words: Democratic Progressive Party, democracy, national identity, nationalism.
O. Zavyalova. Standart Mandarin and Han Dialects: New Realities of the Chinese Speaking World
Promotion of Standard Mandarin (Putonghua) is an important part of language policy in China. Chinese or Han dialects are still spoken by 80 percent of the country’s population, but in various regions, especially in advanced eastern provinces, they are rapidly losing ground to the official language. Preservation of dialects becomes an important element of social and cultural life in mainland China. Moreover, Standard Mandarin’s influence is also found in the regions where it has never been used or promoted, i.e. in Hong Kong and Macau and even among the Chinese speaking Muslims, Dungans in former republics of the Soviet Union.
Key words: promotion of Standard Mandarin, Chinese dialects, Dungan language.