THE PROBLEM OF CHINESE SOCIAL ADAPTATION IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

At the moment, residents of Russia and especially the Far East are concerned about the question: are there any problems of social integration of the Chinese against the backdrop of Russian-Chinese interregional cooperation? The problems associated with illegal migration in Russia cause legal and social discrepancies that indirectly affect the domestic labor market in the country. This leads to massive violations of the rights of migrants, creates hotbeds of social tension in places of their mass congestion. The purpose of this study is to describe the current problems of the social adaptation of the Chinese in the Russian Far East and the possibilities of socio-economic cooperation between the two border regions. The interest in this topic has not subsided for two decades now, since it is not only about the presence of Russian-Chinese relations in the Far East, but also about the strategic partnership between the two states meeting the vital interests of both peoples. Since there are great opportunities for cooperation between the two countries in the trade and economic sphere, in 2018 China and Russia signed the «Development Plan for the Cooperation of the PRC and the Russian Federation in the Far East.» This agreement contributed to the establishment of a Russian-Chinese cooperation program between the states, since the Far East, due to objective reasons, needs massive use of Chinese workers in the economy. It is the development of friendly relations between the Chinese and Russian peoples that is the basis for improving relations between the Russian Far East and China, as well as a long-term plan for maintaining and developing a strategic partnership between China and Russia. This article is a milestone of the main research project «Far Eastern Brain Center of Russia» at Heihe University in 2016 «Research on the problems of Chinese social integration in the Russian Far East» (Topic number: 17YDZKBJC02)

social adaptation, Far East, Russia, China, Chinese migration, economic interests, cooperation, social integration