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This article analyzes the structure and dynamics of raw materials and commodities exports from the Siberian Federal District to the PRC. It focuses on the branch and geographic specificities of the foreign trade activity of individual parts of Siberia. Special attention is paid to the foreign trade policy of the PRC in the sphere of imports, particularly from Russian regions.

POLITICS The First Session of the 13th National People’s Congress of China and Constitutional AmendmentsA. Vinogradov, P. Troshchinsky Donald Trump’s Policy: Create a New Bloc in AsiaG. Lokshin Russia, China, and the North Korean Nuclear ProblemYu. Morozov The Beijing Consensus in International and Domestic Chinese Political DiscourseA. Vinogradov, D. Degterev, D. Spirina, A. Trusova ECONOMICS […]

This article analyzes Japan’s policy in the basin of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The term “Indo-Pacific Region” is more often used in scientific circles and mass media now instead of Asia-Pacific Region, which reflects the radical economic and political shifts in the basin of the two oceans.

IN MEMORIAM Sergei L. Tikhvinsky, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (09.01.1918 – 02.24.2018) RAS IFES ROUND TABLE RAS IFES Round Table on APEC 2017: Possibilities of Regional Development (Review)V. Mazyrin POLITICS Japan’s Indo-Pacific Strategy as a Means of Containing ChinaV. Kistanov Japan’s Parliamentary Elections of 2017: Coming Full Circle, or a New […]

As a result of the “shale revolution,” the U.S. could emerge as a liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter. APR countries, major LNG importers − Japan and South Korea included, became a premium market for its commercialization. Due to economic factors of U.S. LNG projects, the U.S. has determined the trend of LNG trade development in the region, and its political leaders intend to use the exports for providing “energy dominance” of the U.S. The aim of this article is to appreciate the prospects of transforming LNG exports into a tool of economic and political influence of the U.S. in the APR.

This article examines the history of relations between Russian and Chinese theater. Features of the two countries’ intercultural interaction are highlighted. The author presents a detailed chronicle of presentations of Russian and Soviet classics on the Chinese stage. Special attention is given to the ties between the Russian Far East theater troupes and their Chinese counterparts.

THE RUSSIAN-CHINESE FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION Russia-China Friendship Association Turns 60V. Putin Congratulatory Message from Xi Jinping on the Occasion of the Russia-China Friendship Association’s 60th Anniversary Xi Jinping Russia-China Friendship Association: Sixty YearsG.V. Kulikova ECONOMICS Economic Activity of Chinese Living in Countries along the 21st Century Maritime Silk RoadA.V. Afonasyeva Food Security in China and Russia’s Agricultural […]

Another North Korean nuclear test and the launching of intercontinental ballistic missiles have marked an end of the period of ambiguity, when great powers could think that the nuclear problem of the Korean Peninsula would be resolved as a matter of course. In the existing situation, North Korea, the U.S.A., the PRC, Russia, South Korea, and Japan are faced with a difficult choice.

ROUND TABLE Current Problems of Russia-China Relations POLITICS The East Asian Vector of BRICS InterestsYe. Safronova Choice or Deferred Choice?G. Toloraya The 2017 Presidential Election in Mongolia: Foreign Policy AspectsV. Rodionov, D. Burayev Certain Aspects and Development Prospects for China-Japan RelationsXing Yuanyuan ECONOMICS The Development of Manufacturing Technologies in China: Problems, Results, and Challenges, Based […]

Under President Donald Trump, the United States will continue to follow a policy of global hegemony under the slogan “America First,” primarily to its own advantage. This applies to both Russo-American and Sino-American relations.