Wooden guns of China. Russia and China - between the Union and the Conflict

How were the “opium wars" of the British in the Middle Kingdom similar to the Crimean war? Why did the Russians return to the lost Amur without a single shot and why did the Primorye not have to fight with the Chinese, but with England? Why did the Russian guards teach Manchu soldiers and why did the Chinese "Cossacks" Sinjiang ate Russian prisoners? How did China affect the construction of the Trans -Siberian Railway and the Vladivostok fortress? Why did Russia help Beijing return the Center for Asia and how much could a large Russian-Chinese war cost?
The book "Wooden guns of China" will answer these and many other questions - how the military history of the 19th century influenced and still affects Russian -Chinese relations