ABSTRACT
The aim of this chapter is to give the broad outlines of the course of political and economic relations, mutual interests and potential areas of conflict in bilateral Russo-Chinese relations in the El’tsin period. This first section is divided into three main parts: the first is an account of the chronological development of relations focusing on political and economic issues. Subsequently, the military aspects of the Russo-Chinese relationship are discussed, before turning to the role of the Russian Far East border regions.
