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A Decade in Sino-Soviet Diplomacy

The Diaries of Liu Zerong, 1940–49

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Editors:
  1. David Brophy

    1. University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia

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  • Sets out the key issues in Sino-Soviet relations and the politics of Xinjiang in the 1940s
  • Illuminates the origin of CCP ethnic policies
  • Offers a new starting point for Xinjiang studies

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This book will illuminate Xinjiang studies as never before, publishing for the first time the complete diaries of Liu Zerong, governor of Xinjiang during World War II, illuminating the origin of contemporary policies for smaller ethnic groups in the new China that emerged in 1949. The diaries are introduced with a biographical study of Liu, and a discussion of the historical context of World War II and the post-war situation in Xinjiang, which was divided into rival spheres of KMT control, and the Soviet-aligned East Turkistan Republic. Both in the Moscow embassy, and in the provincial administration of Ürümchi, Liu Zerong was Republican China’s chief 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. The accompanying set of essays by the world's leading Xinjiang scholars confirm this volume's status as a key text for scholars, policymakers and others seeking to understand Chinese policies in Xinjiang.

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • David Brophy
    Pages 1-23

  3. Moscow

    • Liu Zerong
    Pages 25-496

  4. Ürümchi

    • Liu Zerong
    Pages 497-1253

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 1255-1281
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia

    David Brophy

About the editor

David Brophy is a Senior Lecturer in Modern Chinese History, University of Sydney, Camperdown NSW.

Leonella Liu grew up in Beijing before moving to Australia to live and work. 

Chris McDowell worked as a project manager in the IT industry.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Decade in Sino-Soviet Diplomacy

  • Book Subtitle: The Diaries of Liu Zerong, 1940–49

  • Editors: David Brophy

  • Translated by: Leonella Liu, Chris McDowell, Anna Yalan Liu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4082-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-4081-3Published: 31 December 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-4084-4Due: 13 January 2025

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-4082-0Published: 30 September 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 1281

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Asian Politics, History, general, Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime

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