Category Archives: Sino-Soviet Relations
New Publication on Sino-Soviet Relations in Xinjiang
I received copies of an article I am publishing in the mail today so I thought I would share the abstract with readers: Charles Kraus. “Creating a Soviet ‘Semi-Colony’? Sino-Soviet Cooperation and its Demise in Xinjiang, 1949-1955.” The Chinese Historical Review … Continue reading
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CIA: Sino-Soviet Nuclear Cooperation in Xinjiang?
Okay, well this post has nothing to do with Lop Nur or the 1964 nuclear test. But I promise the post is still interesting. For all the talk of Sino-Soviet cooperation in Xinjiang within the Chinese press in the 1950s, … Continue reading
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Wang Zhen and Xinjiang [王震与新疆]
Wang Zhen’s [王震] role in governing Xinjiang, and in particular implementing certain social and economic reforms in the early 1950s, is in need of reexamination. Too much focus on the bingtuan, not enough focus on reform of the Kazakh herders, … Continue reading
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Handbook on Sino-Soviet Economic Cooperation in Xinjiang
I have previously written of resistance from patriotic students in Beijing to the agreements signed between the Soviet Union and China in March 1950 which called for the creation of several joint-stock companies in Xinjiang. There were three agreements concerning … Continue reading
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