RELATIONSHIP OF CHINESE ENTREPRENEURS OF UZBEK EXPAT AND RUSSIAN POPULATION IN AMUR REGION

It is devoted to the questions of inter-civilization and inter-cultural cooperation in the border areas of Russia and China. At present, Russian-Chinese relations are characterized by an extremely high level of development, it is the strategic partnership and collaboration, and the research of the contacts between the representatives of the two civilizations on the border areas is relevant now and without any doubt has a theoretical and practical significance. Using a systematic approach and problem-chronological method, the history of the Chinese traders’ presence in the Amur region is analyzed, their economic activity in the Amur region at the present time is considered in detail, their relations with the Russian population are characterized. The questions of interaction of the Chinese businessmen with the representatives of the ethnic groups from the CIS countries, exactly with the Uzbek expat, are considered. The attempt to analyze the mechanisms of mutual contacts is made, the successful moments and the difficulties in the relations are considered. In general, the Russian population proved communication more familiar with Chinese businessmen, rather than with the representatives of the Uzbek expat. It is concluded that the features of the interaction of different civilizations’ representatives in the Far East border areas due to existing the long-term historical experience of the relations between peoples of Russia and China, and due to developing mutually beneficial contacts at the level of “people’s diplomacy”.

Chinese entrepreneurs in Amur region, Uzbek expat, Russian population of Outer Manchuria, Russian-Chinese relationship