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Preface and Acknowledgments

1. The Spirit of Sino-Iranian Relations: Civilization and Power

2. The PRC-Kingdom of Iran Relationship, 1971-78

3. Revolutionary Iran and Postrevolutionary China, 1979-88

4. Sino-Iranian Partnership and Post-Cold War U.S. Unipolar Preeminence, 1989-2004

5. The Xinjiang Factor in PRC-IRI Relations

6. China's Assistance to Iran's Nuclear Programs

7. China and Iran's Military Development Efforts

8. China-Iran Cooperation and the United States

9. The Sino-Iranian Energy-Economic Relationship

10. Patterns of Sino-Iranian Relations

Appendix. Chronology of Iran-China Relations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

John W. Garver charts the evolution of Sino-Iranian relations through several phases and explores the contentious debates over Iran's nuclear programs and China's role in assisting these programs and supporting Iran's efforts to modernize its military and oil industry infrastructure.

John W. Garver is professor of international affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Among his previous books are Protracted Contest: Sino-Soviet Rivalry in the Twentieth Century and Face Off: China, the United States, and Taiwan's Democratization.