ABSTRACT
This article analyzes the importance of
Central Asia Dimension in the period of Sino-Soviet alliance (1950-i963). In this study
two main ideas have been concluded. The first is that `national interest' is the most
important thing in specifying interstate relations. Despite the ideological unity in the
alliance period, the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union could not escape a
sharp struggle on the base of national interest.
The second is that the Central Asia
dimension was the most important factor to specify the national interest in the context of
Sino-Soviet relationship. The struggle for Central Asia affected the overall Sino-Soviet
relations in the alliance period.