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Introduction: To The Pacific Ocean -- From Albazin To Nagasaki: Russia's First Contacts With China And Japan, 1685-1813 -- Confucius On The Northern Throne: China In The Age Of Catherine, 1762-1796 -- Looking At China, Thinking Of Russia, 1790-1840 -- The Dawn Of The Pacific Era: Russia And East Asia, 1850s-1880s -- From Pan-mongolism To Proto-eurasianism, 1890-1900 -- Revolution And The Yellow Peril: 1890s-1910s -- The Continent Of Assu. Susanna Soojung Lim. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.