6.Rens Lee, “The Far East between Russia, China and America,” Foreign Policy Research Institute, E-Notes, July 2012, 1.
7.For more on the history of the Russian-Chinese Border, see Pirchner, The Russian-Chinese Border: Today’s Reality(Washington, D.C.: American Foreign Policy Council, August 2002), 5; see also Al Santoli, Empires of the Steppe(Washington, D.C.: American Foreign Policy Council, 2002).
8.John Daniszewski, “Russia, China Pledge Friendship,” Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2001, http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jul/17/news/mn-23129.
9.Mikhail Kharitinov, “‘Yellow Peril’ Over the Far East,” Mir Novostey(Moscow), April 17, 2001.
10.Ibid.; “Chinese Migration Alarms Border Patrol,” Moscow Times, July 1, 2000, http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/chinese-migration-alarms-border-patrol/261282.html.
11.Pirchner, The Russian-Chinese Border: Today’s Reality(Washington, D.C.: American Foreign Policy Council, August 2002), 8.
12.“Survey on Chinese in Far East,” People’s Daily(Beijing), January 2, 2004, http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200401/01/eng20040101_131677.shtml.
13.Pirchner, The Russian-Chinese Border: Today’s Reality(Washington, D.C.: American Foreign Policy Council, August 2002), 8.
14.Anatoly Medetsky, “Chinese Tourists Said To Drain Money, Resources,” Vladivostok News(Vladivostok), July 21, 2000.
15.Pirchner, The Russian-Chinese Border: Today’s Reality(Washington, D.C.: American Foreign Policy Council, August 2002), 8.
16.Olga Alexeeva, “Chinese Migration in the Russian Far East,” China Perspectives, no. 3 (2008): 28, http://chinaperspectives.revues.org/pdf/4033.
17.Calculated from World Bank statistics available at http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG.
18.“Top Headache for China’s New Leaders: Job Creation,” South China Morning Post, November 1, 2012, http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1074241/top-headache-chinas-new-leaders-job-creation.
19.Maria Repnikova and Harley Balzer, “Chinese Migration to Russia: Missed Opportunities,” Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Eurasian Migration Papers, no. 3 (2009): 11, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/No3_ChineseMigtoRussia.pdf.
20.Anna Nemtsova, “Shrinking Siberia,” Newsweek, September 17, 2012, http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/09/16/shrinking-siberia.html.
21.“A Bridge to Asia?” Economist, September 8, 2012, http://www.economist.com/node/21562240.
22.As cited in “Russia to Sell Desolate Lands to China?” Pravda (Moscow), January 30, 2012, http://english.pravda.ru/russia/economics/30-01-2012/120367-russia_far_east-0/.
23.Rachel Morarjee, “China Drives Development of Russia’s Far East,” Russia Beyond the Headlines, March 29, 2011, http://rbth.ru/articles/2011/03/29/chinese_funds_key_to_unlocking_riches_of_far_east_12642.html.
24.Ibid.
25.Pirchner, The Russian-Chinese Border: Today’s Reality(Washington, D.C.: American Foreign Policy Council, August 2002), 5.
26.“Russia’s Far East Region bans Chinese Migrant Farmers,” Want China Times, September 26, 2012, http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1102&MainCatID=11&id=20120926000042.
27.Bertil Lintner, “The Chinese Are Coming . . . to Russia,” Asia Times, May 27, 2006, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HE27Ag01.html.
28.Vitaly Kozyrev, “Russia’s New Asia Strategy: Assessing Russia’s Eastward Pivot,” Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 14, 2012, http://csis.org/files/attachments/121114_rep_kozyrev_summary.pdf.
29.John Daly, “Russia’s Far East—Rising Energy Superpower,” oilprice.com, March 29, 2012, http://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Russias-Far-East-Rising-Energy-Superpower.html.
30.As cited in Segei Blagov, “Russia Mulls Far Eastern Economic Revival,” Jamestown Foundation, Eurasia Daily Monitor9, no. 83 (May 3, 2012), http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=39320.
31.Lee, “The Far East between Russia, China and America,” Foreign Policy Research Institute, E-Notes, July 2012, 2.
32.Ibid.
33.Ibid., 4.
34.Alexei Arbatov, “If the West Continues the Expansion, Moscow Will Drive East,” Nezavisimaya Gazeta(Moscow), January 3, 1997, 3.
35.“Russia’s Primakov urges ‘Strategic Triangle’ with China, India,” Agence France-Presse, December 21, 1998.
36.Jephraim P. Gundzik, “The US and that ‘Other Axis,’” Asia Times, June 9, 2005, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GF09Ad08.html.
37.“China, Russia Conduct Military Exercises,” Associated Press, August 18, 2005, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-08-18-china-russia_x.htm?csp=34.
38.“UN Rejects Taiwan’s Membership Bid,” China Daily, July 24, 2007, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-07/24/content_5442231.htm.
39.“SCO Sends Strong Signals for West to Leave Central Asia,” People’s Daily, July 8, 2005, http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200507/08/eng20050708_194907.html.
40.John J. Dziak, The Military Relationship between China and Russia, 1995–2002: Russia’s Role in the Development of China’s Strategic Potential(American Foreign Policy Council, 2003), 10.
41.Ibid., 5.
42.Nicklas Norling, “China and Russia: Partners with Tensions,” Policy Perspectives4, no. 1 (2007): http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/publications/2007/Norling_China_and_Russia.pdf.
43.“Russia And China: New Horizons for Cooperation,” Russia Today, June 5, 2012, http://rt.com/politics/official-word/putin-russia-china-article-997/.
44.Kathrin Hille and Jamil Anderlini, “Russia and China to Strengthen Trade Ties,” Financial Times, June 5, 2012, http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d8999462-af27-11e1-a8a7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2AFXROa3w.
45.Pirchner, The Russian-Chinese Border: Today’s Reality(Washington, D.C.: American Foreign Policy Council, August 2002), 8.
46.Shoichi Itoh, Russia Looks East: Energy Markets and Geopolitics in Northeast Asia(Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic & International Studies, July 2011), http://csis.org/files/publication/110721_Itoh_RussiaLooksEast_Web.pdf.
47.Karaganov, “Russia’s Asian Strategy.”
48.Thomas Grove, “Russian PM Warns China on Expansion; Medvedev Defends Far East,” Reuters, August 9, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/09/us-russia-china-territory-idUSBRE8780Y320120809.
49.Vladimir Radyuhin, “Russian Bear Wary of Chinese Dragon; Kremlin Economic Plan Warns of Chinese Threat to Country’s Industries,” Straits Times(Singapore), April 9, 2012.
50.Grove, “Russian PM Warns China on Expansion; Medvedev Defends Far East,” Reuters, August 9, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/09/us-russia-china-territory-idUSBRE8780Y320120809.
51.Ana Nivtova, “VOSTOK-2010—Unprecedented War Games in Full Swing in Russia’s Far East,” Global Crisis News, July 5, 2010, http://www.globalcrisisnews.com/general/vostok-2010-unprecedented-war-games-in-full-swing-in-russias-far-east-1718/.
52.Ibid.
53.“Russia Completes Restructuring Of Its Command Structure,” Press Trust of India, October 23, 2010, http://brahmand.com/news/Russia-completes-restructuring-of-its-command-structure/5262/1/10.html.