China and Russia

An extensively researched and often compelling account, from which we are free to draw conclusions of our own as to where this most consequential of relationships may be taking us. -Christopher Harding, The Telegraph Snow navigates this huge panorama with a fluency and a lightness of touch that makes his book a wonderfully readable guide. -Denis Staunton, Irish Times Snow's command of the detail as well as the larger sweep of the political terrain is impressive. . . . An outstanding guide to both these protean powers. -Rana Mitter, Literary Review An ambitious and wide-ranging study that manages to tell a complex story lucidly, fully engaging the many factors that shaped the development of Sino-Russian relationships. -Stephen Smith, author of Russia in Revolution A comprehensive, thoroughly researched and fluently written account of the history of one of the most important but misunderstood relations in geopolitics. Russia and China share a vast border, and a history stretching back half a millennium. And yet, as Snow shows, beneath the language of partnership we hear today there lurk deep memories of conflict, suspicion, and at times visceral fear. An essential narrative account of a globally important issue. -Kerry Brown, author of CEO China: The Rise of Xi Jinping [The Chinese-Russian] relationship from its humble beginnings four centuries ago to the strategic partnership of today. Scholarly and richly detailed, it tells the story of a unique relationship across a vast cultural divide. Written by a rare scholar equally at ease in Russian and Chinese, China and Russia is certain to become an essential reference book. -Franck Bille, coauthor of On the Edge: Life Along the Russia-China Border