About the book: 2017 / In 1689, a peace treaty was concluded in Nerchinsk between Russia and China, which for the first time defined the border between states and marked the beginning of the Russian Chinese relations. Over the past hundreds of years, our countries have had both periods of friendship and confrontation that led to armed conflict. Who is China now for Russia - friend or enemy? How do Chinese official circles assess Russian-Chinese relations? These and many other questions are answered in the book by the leading Russian sinologist Yu.M. Galenovich.