China and Eastern Europe 1960s-1980s

Proceedings of the International Symposium: Reviewing the History of Chinese-East European Relations from the 1960s to the 1980s, Beijing, 24-26 March 2004

Author(s): Xiaoyuan Liu, Vojtech Mastny
Editor(s): Andreas Wenger
Series: Zürcher Beiträge zur Sicherheitspolitik und Konfliktforschung
Issue: 72
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Place: Zurich

This symposium report features a comprehensive review of Chinese relations with the Soviet Union's Warsaw Pact allies from the early 1960s to the late 1980s. The report provides a chronological review and discussion of all significant events and features analysis and interpretation from the perspective of veteran diplomats and former party officials. Among the main themes addressed are Chinese-Eastern European relations during the Vietnam War, Chinese-Eastern European relations after the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia in 1968, as well as the impact of Chinese-American Detente on Chinese-Eastern European relations in the 1970s.

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