Zum Stand der sowjetisch-chinesischen Grenzfrage. Ein Interview
On the status of the Soviet-Chinese border issue. An interview

Summary/Abstract: In mid-September 1979, negotiations on the normalization of relations between the two countries were started in Moscow after China, with its declaration of April 3, 1979 that it would no longer renew the Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance when it expired on April 11, 1980, cleared the air for a comprehensive reformulation of the mutual relationship. However, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan prompted the Chinese to let the negotiations rest since the beginning of January 1980. In addition to the negotiations on border shipping, which have been held in 21 sessions since 1951 and the border negotiations that have been taking place with major interruptions since October 20, 1969, this was the third negotiating table at which the Russians and Chinese sat without significant agreements being reached that go beyond purely technical questions. The following interview with Chang Chan-teh, who is directly responsible for border issues and border incidents in the Heilongjiang provincial government, is therefore to be regarded as a remarkable and revealing contemporary document summarizing the Chinese position on the border question and the first of its kind in years is.

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