Economic Integration of China and Russia in the Post-Soviet Era

Lotspeich, Richard

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“…The international trade and investment relations between China and Russia have largely developed between three northeastern Chinese provinces (i.e., Heilongjiang Province, Jilin Province, and Inner Mongolia) and the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia during the study period. Out of these three Chinese provinces, Heilongjiang Province is the one that is most integrated with Russia (Lotspeich, ).…”

Section: Sino‐russian Economic and Tourism Developmentsmentioning

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Cross‐border tourism: Case study of inbound Russian visitor arrivals to China

Chow

Tsui

2019

Journal of Tourism Research

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Cross‐border tourism between Russia and China has increased over the past two decades, but few studies examine this development. This study uses the gravity model to investigate whether the tourism‐related, political, transport infrastructure‐related, and socio‐economic factors influence Russian visitors to China. The findings show that Russian visitors across the border to visit China are attributed to the Chinese prefectural‐level cities' real gross domestic product and export volumes, as well as transport infrastructure to connect Russian visitors to Chinese destinations. A clear knowledge of these factors allow both governments to formulate policies in facilitating visitor flows and more business activities across the border.

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Section: Sino‐russian Economic and Tourism Developmentsmentioning

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“…Out of these three Chinese provinces, Heilongjiang Province is the one that is most integrated with Russia (Lotspeich, 2010).…”

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Cross‐border tourism: Case study of inbound Russian visitor arrivals to China

Chow

Tsui

2019

Journal of Tourism Research

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“…The dissolution of the Soviet Union's centralized planned economy in 1991, coupled with the liberalization of the Chinese economy in the mid‐1990s, marks a significant change in the long‐standing political modus operandi of two of Asia's most powerful states. As Russia and China have taken distinct routes away from centralized planning, their economies have become increasingly integrated (Lotspeich :83). During this period, China began to liberalize its trading regime and move toward an open economy (Naughton :388) and as a result, foreign trade began to increase dramatically and take on new explanatory relevance in Sino‐Russian relations.…”

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“…Nevertheless, although both Russia and China have moved away from centrally planned economic systems over the past 20 years, “the legacy of a strong degree of control over economic affairs by both central governments persists” (Lotspeich :87). This persistent Russian‐centralized control has complicated political relationships between Moscow and more distant Russian regions, such as Siberia and the Russian Far East (RFE)—two vast, timber‐rich regions of Russia that are geographically more proximate to Beijing than to Moscow.…”

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“…In order to highlight the linkages between Chinese timber demand and Russian forestry supply, this section examines Chinese and Russian government reporting of bilateral trade flows from 1993 to 2011—a dynamic growth period for this commodity flow and one in which both sides instituted forestry regulations that would significantly impact bilateral timber trade. Focusing on bilateral trade data not only acts as a barometer of annual measurements that are useful in gauging Russian–Chinese economic integration (Lotspeich :83) but more specifically highlights the utility and effectiveness of international trade policies. The following bilateral timber trade data are examined in this section: timber trade data reported to the Statistics Division of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT) by Russian and Chinese authorities, the China customs statistical yearbooks (1993–2008), the China forestry statistical yearbooks (), and the China forestry development report () as well as China timber trade flow data collected by Forest Trends, a U.S.‐based forest conservation and research nonprofit organization.…”

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Dynamics of the Russia–China Forest Products Trade

Narins¹

2015

Growth and Change

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Relying primarily on English language scholarship, this paper seeks to highlight the dynamics of China's economic integration beyond its borders as Chinese economic actors extend their search for commodities-in this case into the Russian Federation for timber products. The paper considers the shifts in the political economy of Russian forestry exports from a predominantly domestic and Japan-focused trade during the 1947-1991 Cold War era to a north-south trajectory increasingly emphasizing trade with China from 1993 to 2010. Chinese and Russian bilateral trade data, acting as a barometer of national forestry-related policies, highlight the economic convergence and benefits brought to both the Russian and Chinese timber sectors over the past two decades. Far from being an environmentally deterministic processone based on the physical geographic characteristics on the ground in both of these states-this binational commodity trade shows that the geography of the Russia-China forest product trade is highly dynamic, temporally variable, and intimately intertwined with national political and economic considerations.

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Theoretical rigor and the study of contemporary cases: explaining post-cold war China–Russia relations

Yoder

2020

Int Polit

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It has been widely noted that China and Russia have grown progressively closer over the last two decades. Although the scholarly literature has offered detailed descriptions and various ad hoc explanations of this trend, the Sino-Russian bilateral relationship has been the subject of very little scrutiny using rigorous theory, which has obstructed hypothesis formation and evaluation. Moreover, the cooperative post-Cold War trend in the bilateral relationship seems puzzling for baseline versions of each of the major paradigms of international relations theory: realism, constructivism and liberalism. For realists, China's rising power, coupled with its geographic proximity and longstanding border disputes with Russia, made it a present and growing threat to Russian security at the end of the Cold War. Why did China's rise not incur balancing from Russia and increasing bilateral hostility, rather than reconciliation? For constructivists, the stark differences in political ideologies and national cultures, as well as a long history of antagonism, presaged continued post-Cold War animosity. How have these historical animosities and ideological rifts been mitigated or overcome? Finally, both countries were increasingly integrated into the US-led international order immediately following the Cold War, with relatively low interdependence in their bilateral relationship. From a liberal perspective, why did this not prompt the two countries to improve political relations with the West while holding each other at arm's length? The papers in this special issue develop and apply nuanced theoretical arguments to derive testable hypotheses for the cooperative trend in China-Russia relations. In contrast to existing scholarship, these papers offer generalizable insights that both improve our understanding of a crucially important contemporary case, while also advancing IR theory in substantial ways.

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Economic Integration of China and Russia in the Post-Soviet Era

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Cross‐border tourism: Case study of inbound Russian visitor arrivals to China

Cross‐border tourism: Case study of inbound Russian visitor arrivals to China

Dynamics of the Russia–China Forest Products Trade

Theoretical rigor and the study of contemporary cases: explaining post-cold war China–Russia relations

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