ZHANG Xin: How real is Russia’s pivot to China?

This week, our guest is Zhang Xin, Deputy Director of the Center for Russian Studies at East China Normal University. We discuss the history of Russia studies in the PRC, the Sino-Russian border area, and the logic of the US-China-Russia triangular relationship, among other subjects.Time Stamps:00:00:51 Grad school at UCLA and interest in Russia00:02:45 First visit to Moscow in 200500:05:04 History of Soviet/Russia studies in PRC00:12:24 Impressions from most recent trip to Russia00:14:35 Russian interest in creating new partnerships in China00:17:47 Sino-Russian border area00:24:10 Harbin00:27:24 Resolution of Sino-Russian border disputes00:31:33 The US-China-Russia Triangle00:37:21 Difference in Chinese and Russian conceptions of Eurasian space00:40:10 Global West - Global East - Global South*The Trialogue Podcast is hosted by the Stimson Center and produced by University FM.**The first twelve episodes of this podcast were published by the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.