ABSTRACT
While the Sino-Russian rivalry will intensify as they compete ever more widely and purposefully not only for the hearts and minds of the Third World, but also for its business. In reality, Sino-Russian frictions and disaccords have been correspondingly manifold, thorny and protracted. The frontier, including also the presence of a buffer state under predominantly Soviet influence, Mongolia, is by far not only the world’s longest, it is the most complicated. Further to the subjectivity of the question, Siberia is relatively unpopulated territory, from the point of view of the crowded Chinese millions. Subjectivity is tautened in south-eastern Siberia and the Soviet Far East, areas vulnerable to amputation or invasion by the large forces or populations of China. The new Soviet dowry to all-China came wrapped in blueprints, accompanied by technicians. While the Sino-Russian rivalry will intensify as they compete ever more widely and purposefully not only for the hearts and minds of the Third World, but also for its business.
