China and Japan in the Publications of “Russkoe Obozrenie” Journal

Abstract

In the article the author studies the publications of materials about China (including Tibet and Xinjiang) and Japan in the conservative journal “Russkoe Obozrenie” (“Russian Review”). He substantiates the uniformity of the editorial policy in respect of China under the guidance of various editors of the journal. The position of each author who wrote in “Russkoe Obozrenie” on China and Japan in 1890–1898 and 1901 is analyzed separately. The author comes to the conclusion that essays on Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese culture and modernity occupied then a modest but firm place on the pages of “Russkoe Obozrenie” throughout the entire existence of the journal. He proves the thesis that “Russkoe Obozrenie” journal stood at the origins of the rapprochement between Russia and China at the end of the nineteenth century.