Chinese studies in Mongolia during the “Double Cold War”

This chapter describes, classifies, and analyzes the works of Mongolian scholars against the background of the evolution of Chinese studies in Mongolia during the Cold War period. The author also proposes that for Mongolia, situated as it was between China and the Soviet Union, the ideological conflict between those countries created another, “local” Cold War, defined by Mongolian experts as the “Double Cold War.” The author first describes Chinese studies in Mongolia in the “friendly” period until the beginning of the 1960s, then illustrates the dramatic changes within Chinese studies in Mongolia during the “Double Cold War,” when tensions between Beijing and Ulaanbaatar forced Mongolia to focus on training China experts and developing academic relations in cooperation with other socialist countries, particularly with the Soviet Union.