Contents: The Chinese and the Russians / Klaus Mehnert -- The persistence of tradition in Chinese foreign policy / Mark Mancall -- The Chinese images of Russia / T. A. Hsia -- Sino-Soviet relations: The question of authority / Benjamin Schwartz -- Economic policy and political power in Communist China / Franz Schurmann -- Centralization versus decentralization in mainland China and the Soviet Union / Dwight H. Perkins -- Sino-Soviet military relations / Raymond L. Garthoff -- Sino-Soviet economic relations, 1959-1962 / Oleg Hoeffding -- Factors of unity and factors of conflict / Richard Lowenthal -- The emergence of an Asian Communist bloc / A. M. Halpern -- Russia, China, and the underdeveloped areas / Harry G. Gelman -- European Communism and the Sino-Soviet schism / William E. Griffth -- Russia and China view the United States / Alexander Dallin -- Some recent developments in socialization theory and research / William H. Sewell.