The perception of Russia by modern Chinese students
The article shows the results of sociological study of modern Chinese students' ideas about Russian history and culture, as well as the novelty and importance of a present research for further development of Chinese-Russian cooperation which gives the opportunity to assess modern Chinese young people's opinions and their attitude to Russia in a new epoch. The article describes the process of the experiment which lasted from June to August of 2019 and was made with the help of «Beijing Zero Data» company which created a wed-site and questionnaire database. The author of the article gives the description of online questioning in the universities, justifies the principles of choosing the respondents for questioning according to the age and gender and takes into consideration professional activity and political status. The article shows main groups of questions reflecting different aspects of both subjective views of Chinese young people on Russia and their personal impressions of the country, and the knowledge of the students of History and Geography of Russia, modern political and demographic situation, religious and cultural institutes. The article analyses the work of the Chinese Mass Media on the promotion of state image of Russia and shows the factors which would help bilateral friendly relations between China and Russia, cultural communication, international trade and technological cooperation and in a less degree strategic and military cooperation according to Chinese students' opinions. The article gives statistics and analysis of respondents' answers, makes conclusions about further perspectives of youth cooperation between China and Russia.