Abstract: The article examines the main stances concerning Chinese history that were reflected in the textbooks of the Communist University of the Toilers of China (CUTC) in 1928-1929: the "feudal phenomenon in China" and the "History of the revolutionary movement in China in the 19th and 20th centuries". The author pays particular attention to the principal part of the textbooks, written by the faculty member of the CUTC – M. G. Andreev, highlighting the importance of his definition of China’s medieval society as "feudal" and his emphasis on the elements of "feudal remnants" in modern-day China. The article's research method is the historical-comparative. The author compares the points of view of M. G. Andreev regarding Chinese society with the opinion of the first rector of the university – K. B. Radeka. The article's novelty lies in its revisit of the scientific heritage of M. G. Andreev through the prism of the ideological and political struggle inside the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the 1920s. The author proves that the scientific studies of M. G. Andreev were written under the direct influence of the authoritative statements of I. V. Stalin about China, and the predominant place of the concept of "feudalism" in CUTC meant the victory of the "Stalinist sinology" in the university. The author points to the dual nature of the scientific heritage of M. G. Andreev – a particular value in itself and theoretical dogmatism.