{"product_id":"9789819940844","title":"A Decade in Sino-Soviet Diplomacy: The Diaries of Liu Zerong, 1940–49","description":"\u003ch1\u003eA Decade in Sino-Soviet Diplomacy: The Diaries of Liu Zerong, 1940–49\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBrophy, David; Liu, Leonella; McDowell, Chris; Yalan Liu, Anna\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book sheds important new light on Sino-Soviet relations and the politics of the Xinjiang region, publishing for the first time the complete diaries of Liu Zerong, who served as diplomat and foreign ministry envoy from 1940-49. In doing so it provides a chronicle of the downfall of Nationalist Party rule in the crucial frontier region of Xinjiang and its incorporation into the People’s Republic of China. The diaries are introduced with a biographical study of Liu, and a discussion of China’s international position during World War II and the post-war situation in Xinjiang, which at the time was divided between a sphere of GMD control and the Soviet-aligned East Turkistan Republic. Both in the Moscow embassy, and in the Xinjiang provincial administration in Ürümchi, Liu Zerong was Republican China’s most senior Russian-speaking representative, whose task it was to engage on a daily basis with his Soviet counterparts. His extensive diaries therefore offer a unique insight into this tense decade of Sino-Soviet diplomacy, and will be of interest to a wide range of scholars in fields of Chinese and international history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2025-01-01\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789819940844\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-981-99-4082-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 1281.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44309772501132,"sku":"9789819940844","price":341.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789819940844.jpg?v=1765570893","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789819940844","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}