In this book an international group of scholars examines China's acceptance and ultimate rejection of Soviet models and practices in economic, cultural, social, and other realms.

This text considers the importance of various factors which influenced the policies of each country during the Cold War including strategic considerations, domestic politics and ideology.

Monographic collection of lectures on China's international relations with the USSR, Japan and the USA - describes china's conflict with the soviet union, traces the historical development of and recent changes in its relations with japan, and discusses the evolution of and trends in the USA foreign policy towards china, as influenced by the political problem of taiwan. Bibliography pp. 97 to 101.