List of Tables1 Introduction 1 Research Background and Post-Mao Chinese Sovietology in Perspective 2 Funding, Academic Freedom, and Writing Style in Chinese Sovietology 3 Literature Review 4 The Chinese State, Ideology, and Chinese Sovietology 5 Methodology, Sources, and the Book Structure PART 1: Analyses of Soviet Foreign Relations 2 Topics in the 1980s: From Soviet Hegemonism to Gorbachev's New Thinking 1 Analyses of Soviet Hegemonism 2 Treatment of Soviet Relations with Albania, Yugoslavia, and the Third World 3 Changing Views on Gorbachev's New Thinking 4 Concluding Remarks3 The 1990s Changing Views on Gorbachev's Foreign Policy and the Use of Lenin after Tiananmen 1 Chinese Perceptions of Gorbachev across the 1990 Divide 2 Lenin and the Fate of Chinese Socialism after Tiananmen 3 Lenin and the Post-Tiananmen Reform and Open Door Policies 4 Concluding Remarks PART 2: Analyses of Soviet Leaders and Politics 4 The 1980s Chinese Perceptions of Lenin's Socialism and Gorbachev's Glasnost 1 The Use of Lenin in Early 1980s China 2 Lenin and Post-Mao Chinese Socialism 3 Glasnostand China 4 Concluding Remarks5 The Misuse of Gorbachev after Tiananmen and the 1990s Debate about the Two Soviet Leaders 1 Gorbachev and Tiananmen 2 Revival of Research on Brezhnev 3 Re-assessment of Stalin 4 Concluding Remarks PART 3: Analyses of Soviet Nationality Policy 6 Chinese Perceptions of the Nationality Politics of Lenin and Gorbachev 1 Lenin and Post-Mao China's Nationality Administration 2 Lenin's Attraction for China 3 Chinese Perceptions of Gorbachev's Nationality Policy 4 Concluding Remarks7 The Post-1991 Learning 1 The Issue of the Economy 2 The Issue of Religion 3 The Issue of the Federal System and National Cohesiveness 4 Concluding Remarks8 Chinese Sovietology and Post-Mao State Policies 1 Summary of the Research 2 Chinese Sovietology and the One-Party Dictatorship 3 Chinese Sovietology and Chinese State-led Capitalism 4 Chinese Sovietology and the Rise of Chinese Nationalism 5 Final Thoughts as the Conclusion of the BookBibliography.