China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-Imperial World

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations vii Preface and Acknowledgments ix 1 / The Spirit of Sino-Iranian Relations: Civilization and Power 3 2 / The prc–Kingdom of Iran Relationship, 1971–78 29 3 / Revolutionary Iran and Postrevolutionary China, 1979–88 57 4 / Sino-Iranian Partnership and Post–Cold War u.s. Unipolar Preeminence, 1989–2004 95 5 / The Xinjiang Factor in prc-iri Relations 129 6 / China’s Assistance to Iran’s Nuclear Programs 139 7 / China and Iran’s Military Development Eªorts 166 8 / China-Iran Cooperation and the United States 201 9 / The Sino-Iranian Energy-Economic Relationship 237 10 / Patterns of Sino-Iranian Relations 281 Appendix / Chronology of Iran-China Relations 303 Notes 327 Bibliography 369 Index 389 v ...