POLITICS

Cooperation Between the Mass Media of Russia and China: History, Problems, and Prospects
A. Isayev

China and Japan: The Battle for the Resources and Islands of the East China Sea
A. Polutov

Vietnam’s Approaches to Developing Relations with the United States
M. Terskikh

The Military Security Policy of Japan Under Shinzo Abe: New Tendencies
D. Streltsov

ECONOMICS

The Policy of Developing Cutting-Edge Technologies in Japan: Challenges and Prospects
V. Shvydko, I. Danilin, K. Kostyukova

The Yuan Devaluation Revisited
S. Tsyplakov

The Crisis of China’s Stock Market in 2015-2016: Emergence Factors and Prevention Policy
I. Vakhrushin

The Oil and Gas Industry of China: Problems and Development Trends
D. Shcherbakov

China’s Transportation Strategy in Southeast Asia
S. Sazonov, K. Petrunko, Wu Zi

FORCE DEVELOPMENT

The Reform of China’s Armed Forces
V. Kashin

ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSIONS AT THE RAS IFES

The 12th Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam: Results and Significance
G. Lokshin

HISTORY

The Swedish East India Company and Its Role in Sociocultural Interaction between China and Northern Europe
N. Samoilov

BOOK REVIEW

K. Brutents, The Great Geopolitical Revolution
L. Kondrashova

A. Davydov, Beijing, Washington, Moscow: Mutual Relations in the Context of Transformation of Global Architectonics
V. Petrovsky