Sovietology in Post-Mao China
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Aspects of Foreign Relations, Politics, and Nationality, 1980-1999
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The breakup of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1991 had significant repercussions on Chinese politics, foreign policy, and other aspects. In this book, Jie Li examines the evolution of Chinese intellectual perceptions of the Soviet Union in the 1980s and 1990s, before and after the collapse.
Relying on a larger body of updated Chinese sources, Li re-evaluates many key issues in post-Mao Chinese Sovietology, arguing that the Chinese views on the Soviet Union had been influenced and shaped by the ups-and-downs of Sino-Soviet (and later Sino-Russian) relations, China’s domestic political climate, and the political developments in Moscow. By researching the country of the Soviet Union, Chinese Soviet-watchers did not focus on the USSR alone, but mostly attempted to confirm and legitimize the Chinese state policies of reform and open door in both decades. By examining the Soviet past, Chinese scholars not only demonstrated concern for the survival of the CCP regime, but also attempted to envision the future direction and position of China in the post-communist world.
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Chapter 1 Introduction / 1–46
Part 1 Analyses of Soviet Foreign Relations
Chapter 2 Topics in the 1980s: From Soviet Hegemonism to Gorbachev’s New Thinking / 49–81
Chapter 3 The 1990s Changing Views on Gorbachev’s Foreign Policy and the Use of Lenin after Tiananmen / 82–109
Part 2 Analyses of Soviet Leaders and Politics
Chapter 4 The 1980s Chinese Perceptions of Lenin’s Socialism and Gorbachev’s Glasnost / 113–146
Chapter 5 The Misuse of Gorbachev after Tiananmen and the 1990s Debate about the Two Soviet Leaders / 147–176
Part 3 Analyses of Soviet Nationality Policy
Chapter 6 Chinese Perceptions of the Nationality Politics of Lenin and Gorbachev / 179–208
Chapter 7 The Post-1991 Learning / 209–241
Chapter 8 Chinese Sovietology and Post-Mao State Policies / 242–263