Russian,East European & Central Asian Studies

A Bimonthly

Number 1 2015

Contents

The Comparison of Soft Powers of China and Russia

Russia’s Soft Power and National Revival　　Xu Hua（1）
The Comparison of the Soft Powers Factor in Foreign Strategies of China and Russia　　Wang Xiaoquan（13）
Comparative Analysis of the Soft Powers in the Regional Policies of China and Russia　　Xiao Bin（23）

Economy

Privatization of Agricultural Land and Circulation Problems in Russia　　Xiao Huizhong（32）
Property and Performance: Farmland Privatization and the Logic of Agricultural Development in Russia　　Wang Zhiyuan（44）

History

Some Thoughts about the First World War　　Zhang Shengfa（52）
Taxes on Industry and Commerce of Russia in the Second Half　of the 19th Century　　Zhang Guangxiang and Liang Honggang（63）
The Declaration of Helsinki, Norms of Human Rights and the Collapse of the　Soviet Union　　Xu Zhenwei（72）

Events

The Sixth Forum on Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia　and the World　　Chen Yu and Niu Yichen（80）
The Second Forum on "China - Central and Eastern Europe"　　Xu Gang（84）

Book review

New Discussion of States of Central Asia　　Heng Zi（87）
Historians Should Hold Fair View on the Past: The Soviet History: from Lenin to　Gorbachev by A.I.Vdovin　　Li Junsheng（90）
A Good Beginning: Journal of the Eurasian Economy at Its First Year　　Xiang Zuwen（92）

News in brief

The 8th Council Conference of the Chinese Society of Russia, Central and Este European and Central Asia（94）