1st Edition
Dual-track Diplomacy China's Strategic Balance between Japan and the Soviet Union, 1931–1937
By Zhixia Jin
Copyright 2027
210 Pages
by
Routledge
Between 1931 and 1937, Nationalist China was caught between Japanese imperial expansion and the unpredictable intentions of the Soviet Union, facing an increasingly hostile external environment. This book reconstructs how China navigated this precarious situation through a sophisticated strategy known as 'dual-track diplomacy'.
While seeking to delay a full-scale war by accommodating Japan,... Read more
1 Pivotal Prerequisite Developments, 1931–1933 2 The Early Phase of the Dual-track Diplomacy, 1934 3 From Sino-Japanese Amity to the Proposal of a Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1935 4 New Challenges after the Collapse of Chiang-Wang Cooperation, 1936 5 Collaboration against Communism or United Front, 1936 6 Efforts to Preserve Ambiguity, 1937
Biography
Zhixia Jin is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at Peking University. He received his PhD in History from the University of Oxford in 2024. His research focuses on modern Chinese history and the history of international relations.
