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Introduction
Diplomatic relations established 2nd Oct 1949 Similarities structures
Common enemy
Relations in 1950s
Sino-Soviet Treaty of riendship! "lliance and #utual "ssistance 14 eb 19$% &orea 'ar 2$ (une 19$% ) 2* (uly 19$+
,n 19$4 Soviet leader -i.ita &hrushchev be/an his first visit to China
0et1een 19$4-19$* USS2 provides lots of aid to China i3 19$4 China and the Soviet Union set up the (oint Commission for Cooperation in Science and Technolo/y! met annually until 194+ ii3 Soviet Union provided aid for 1$4 ma5or industrial pro5ects concentrated in minin/!
Relations In 1950s
'ith Soviet aid #ao 1as still not totally independent &hrushchev 1anted to setup radio station alon/ China6s coast ,n 19$7 &hrushchev visited China to rene1 relations but #ao6s nuclear demands had strained relations 19$9 &hrushchev visited China after /oin/ to us accused him of bein/ an "merican stoo/e "ll the USS2 e8perts 1ere 1ithdra1n
Personal Animosities
#ao felt Stalin sho1ed himself to be superior to him in his visit to #osco1 in 19$%
received t o fi/ht
!urin" 19$0s
Oct 1949 Soviet premier visited 0ei5in/ to stop a potential 1ar #ao reali@ed #osco1 1asn6t /oin/ to ta.e them li/htly and 1anted better relations 1ith US ,n 19*1 China invited US for a table tennis match
,n the 19*%s! China be/an to improve relations 1ith the 'est to counter Soviet political and military pressure in "sia3 "fter #ao6s death in 19*4! the Soviet Union a/ain sou/ht to improve relations 1ith China3 0ut polemics 1ere rene1ed in 19**! and tension bet1een t1o Southeast "sian client states! Cambodia and Aietnam! further dama/ed relations3 ,n 19*9 China invaded Aietnam to defend Cambodia from the Aietnamese incursion of 19*73 The Soviet Union condemned the invasion and increased arms shipments to Aietnam3 Competin/ /oals in Southeast "sia remained a .ey issue for nearly a decade3 " ne1 set of bilateral ne/otiations be/an in 19*9! but the Chinese ended tal.s shortly after the Soviet Union invaded "f/hanistan in late 19*93 Thereafter! China added 1ithdra1al of Soviet troops from "f/hanistan to its conditions for rene1in/ the t1o nations6 19$% friendship treaty3
,n 1977 t1o ma5or obstacles 1ere removed 1hen the Soviet Union committed itself to removin/ troops from "f/hanistan! and Aietnam did li.e1ise for Cambodia
The Sino-Soviet summit meetin/ of (une 1979 1as the first since the &hrushchev re/ime3
Trade History
,n the 192%s and 19+%s! China typically accounted for only +)$K of the forei/n trade of the Soviet Union ,n the 19$%s! China;s share in Soviet Union;s forei/n trade 1as 1$)2%K The share of the Soviet Union /re1 rapidly to account for more than half of China;s forei/n trade! and it 1as still about 4%K at the start of the 194%s "fter the border conLict in 1949 there 1as practically no trade bet1een 2ussia and China 197$ 1hen Jresident Morbachev came to po1er trade improved but remained modest ,n the last years of the Soviet Union China;s share of its forei/n trade 1as less than 2K3 The share of the Soviet Union in China;s forei/n trade fell belo1 1%K in the mid-194%s! and a Nuarter of a century later! 5ust before the Soviet Union bro.e up! the share 1as about +K3
Trade History
Soviet Union in the 199%s! their economic relations 1ere burdened by 2ussia;s unstable conditions and poor economic performance Chinese economy had yet to reach such a critical mass as 1ould lead to deeper cooperation in respect of commodity e8ports 2ussia;s descent into a full-scale Onancial crisis in 1997 "t the turn of the millennium China;s stron/ /ro1th be/an to have a visible impact on the /lobal economy throu/h demand
Trade Relations
2ussian e8ports Nuadrupled from <$ billion at the be/innin/ of the 2%%%s to <2% billion in 2%1% ,n 2%1%! China 1as 2ussia;s $th lar/est e8port mar.et 1ith a $K share China;s share in the 2ussian imports increased from +K in 2%%% to 1*K in 2%1% ,n the latter part of the last decade! robust import /ro1th turned 2ussia;s trade balance 1ith China into deOcit in spite of a rise in commodity prices3 Only in 2%%9! 1hen the /lobal Onancial crisis hit 2ussia;s imports hard! did the trade bet1een 2ussia and China move more or less into balance3 ,n 2%1%! the 2ussian trade deOcit 1ith China 1as some <19 billion! even as the total 2ussian forei/n trade 1as almost <1*% billion in surplus
SourceP U- Comtrade
Present Trade
,n 1st Nuarter of 2%12 trade bet1een the t1o countries /re1 by ++K hittin/ US<21349 billion China is already 2ussia6s main source for imports! 1hile 2ussia is China6s 7th lar/est tradin/ partner China e8ports mainly mechanical and electrical products! hi/htech products! and te8tiles to 2ussia ,mports of motor vehicles have also risen rapidly causin/ concerns amon/ 2ussian carma.ers 'hile ener/y and ra1 materials /o the other 1ay China has become a ma5or player in the 2ussian mar.et! 2ussia;s role in the Chinese economy! 1ith the e8ception of ener/y has remained mar/inal
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!ggregate" Data on Chinas O#t$ar" Direct In%estments o%er &SD 100 'illion( 2005 ) 2011 (&SD *illion
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'hen they patched up in 197%;s Scenario ion 199%;s 0order issues "nd in 2%%%;s
T'reats To Relations
1ith re/ard to China;s future e8pansion into sparsely populated ar Hast The &remlin 1as also a1are that Chinese desi/ners had been busy copyin/ 2ussian 1eapons! 1hich no1 has the potential to upset #osco1;s position in the mar.et for lo1er-cost 1eaponry
This puts 2ussia on the defensive in Central "sia! its privile/ed sphere of influence
Conclusion
Corner-stone of cooperation primarily focused on an anti-'estern BUSDstance (oint declarations in crises such as Syria! as part of mutual interest in soverei/nty > national interest 0ut disputes! such as - 2ussia;s support of BMeor/ianD separatism! the option of military intervention in &yr/y@stan! and China;s increasin/ly dominatin/ role in Central "sia 2usso)Chinese economic cooperation mainly in the areas of ener/y and arms the 5oint e8ercises served more to /ain insi/ht into the military capabilities of the other 2ussia considered protection of its ar Hast re/ion as a main concern
Conclusion
+iblio"ra 'y
2ussia;s economic policy and 2ussia-China economic relations by (ou.o 2autava 2ussian)Chinese Security 2elationsP #osco1;s Threat from the HastI by #arcel de :aas 2ussia-China Hconomic 2elationsP "n "nalysis by Su5it &umar True JartnersI :o1 2ussia and China see each other by Dmitri Trenin