Introduction Trusting and Mistrusting Across Borders Caroline Humphrey Déjà vu of Distrust in the Sino-Russian Borderlands Sayana Namsaraeva Economies of Trust Informality and the State in the Russian-Chinese borderland Tobias Holzlehner Can Kinship Come to the Rescue? Trust and Cooperation across the Border between China and Mongolia Nasan Bayar Betrayed by Trust Inter-Korean Relations across Northeast Asian Borders Hyun-Gwi Park The Trade Town of Manzhouli Trust Created and Undermined Ivan Peshkov Différances of Doverie (Mis)trust and the Old Faith in the Russian Far East Dominic Martin Trust, Chance and Disappointment Real Estate Business in Russia’s Far East Caroline Humphrey Searching for Trust Indigenous People in the Jade Business Tatiana Safonova, István Sántha, and Pavel Sulyandziga The Emergence of Cross-Border Electronic Commerce Creativity and Declining Trust Natalia Ryzhova Index