The collection of articles is devoted to the consideration of the history of relations between China and its neighbors in the XVII-XX centuries. A large factual material shows the expansionist nature of China's foreign policy. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the influence of the traditions of feudal Chinese-centrist doctrines on the policy of the Maoist leadership of the PRC in relation to neighboring countries. The materials of the collection also acquaint with the history of the formation of modern borders of the PRC, convincingly showing the unfounded nature of the territorial claims of some Chinese leaders to the lands of China's neighbors. The opening article criticized the anti-Marxist, great-power concepts of a number of modern Chinese historians.