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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">23284</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2020-22-1-144-160</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>CURRENT PROBLEMS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ВОПРОСЫ ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЙ НАУКИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Russia and China as Viewed by Russian and Chinese Youth</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Образы России и Китая во взаимных представлениях российской и китайской молодежи</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Sorokina</surname><given-names>Anna A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сорокина</surname><given-names>Анна Андреевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Leading Research Fellow of Laboratory for Political Studies, Associate Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат политических наук, ведущий научный сотрудник Института прикладных политических исследований, доцент факультета социальных наук</p></bio><email>aasorokina@hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Maximenkova</surname><given-names>Marina S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Максименкова</surname><given-names>Марина Сергеевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Director of Centre for Political Studies and Assessments in Institute for Applied Political Studies, lecturer</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>директор Центра политических исследований и экспертизы Института прикладных политических исследований, преподаватель факультета социальных наук</p></bio><email>mmaksimenkova@hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">National Research University Higher School of Economics</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>22</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 22, NO1 (2020)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 22, №1 (2020)</issue-title><fpage>144</fpage><lpage>160</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-03-26"><day>26</day><month>03</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, Sorokina A.A., Maximenkova M.S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, Сорокина А.А., Максименкова М.С.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Sorokina A.A., Maximenkova M.S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Сорокина А.А., Максименкова М.С.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/23284">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/23284</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Russia-China relations are a major research focus in international relations, yet few studies have so far addressed the issue of how the two nations view each other. This study seeks to contribute to closing this gap by focusing on how college-age millennials perceive the counterpart country. We have selected students who have had experience studying abroad, namely Chinese students who have studied in Russia and Russian students who have studied in China. Our findings are based on the analysis of 150 in-depth qualitative narrative interviews conducted with Chinese and Russian students (75 in each group). The study demonstrates that ethnocentric stereotypes prevail and both groups engage in cultural ‘othering’. Meanwhile, students from both countries perceive Russian President Vladimir Putin as a central determining factor in shaping Russia-China relations.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Российско-китайские отношения находятся в центре внимания исследователей международных отношений. Тем не менее изучение представлений россиян о Китае и китайцев о России в работах представлено недостаточно. Данная работа нацелена на то, чтобы восполнить этот пробел. В фокусе - взаимные представления о странах среди студенческой молодежи. В основе работы лежит анализ 150 глубинных интервью, проведенных с китайскими студентами, специализирующимися на изучении России, и российскими студентами, специализирующимися на изучении Китая (по 75 в каждой группе). В статье показано, что во взаимных представлениях друг о друге преобладают стереотипы, а определяющим фактором в развитии российско-китайских отношений респонденты из обеих стран считают российского президента В.В. 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