«Grey» Importation over the Russian-Chinese Border: What’s New?

Zhuravskaya, Tatyana

doi:10.17323/1726-3247-2011-5-54-71

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“…Other sensitive issues that have been subject to frequent intervention include cross-border passenger traffic; the tax-free quota for returning residents; the limits of the visa-free zone on the Chinese side of the border and the requirements for the visa-free travel-all elements that have direct and significant impacts on the potential of tourism and shuttle trade. Multiple interventions in 2000Multiple interventions in , 2002Multiple interventions in , 2003Multiple interventions in , 2006Multiple interventions in , and 2009 impacted on where individuals could stay, for how long and what tax-free amounts (by weight of goods or value) they could bring back to Russia (Zhuravskaya, 2011). These measures created confusion, imposed inconveniences for the travelers, impacted on cross-border trade and tourism and created opportunities for corruption .…”

Section: Opening the Border And Cross-border Interactionsmentioning

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Postsocialist shrinking cities

Camară

2023

Eurasian Geography and Economics

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This book provides a comparative analysis of shrinking cities in a broad range of postsocialist countries within the so-called Global East, a liminal space between North and South. While shrinking cities have received increased scholarly attention in the past decades, theoretical, and empirical research has remained predominantly centered on the Global North. This volume brings to the fore a range of new perspectives on urban shrinkage, identifying commonalities, differences, and policy experiences across a very diverse and vivid region with its various legacies and contemporary controversial developments. With chapters written by leading experts in the field, insider views assist in decolonizing urban theory. Specifically, the book includes chapters on shrinking cities in China, Russia, and postsocialist Europe, presenting comparative discussions within countries and crossnational cases on theoretical and policy implications.The book will be of interest to students and scholars researching urban studies, urban geography, urban planning, urban politics and policy, urban sociology, and urban development.

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Section: Opening the Border And Cross-border Interactionsmentioning

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Postsocialist shrinking cities

Camară

2023

Eurasian Geography and Economics

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Cross-Border Tourism on the Russian–Chinese Border in 2014–2019: Customization of the Service Sectors of Border Cities for Chinese Tourists

Mikhailova

2021

Reg. Res. Russ.

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The article examines cross-border tourism and changes in the tourism industry that occurred at the Russian–Chinese borderland since 2014. Using two city pairs—Blagoveshchensk/Heihe and Khabarovsk/Fuyuan—as case studies, the article reveals that owing to the altered structure of tourist flows after the 2014 devaluation of the ruble, Russian and Chinese border cities have customized their services for Chinese tourists. Fieldwork data and data collected from the media analysis allowed mapping the service sector openness of border cities and demonstrating that central districts of border cities concentrate the majority of businesses catering to clients from the neighboring state. This finding confirms the role of central districts of border cities as thermometers of cross-border dynamics as they react first to fluctuations in exchange rates and tourist flows. Based on an assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cross-border flows and the tourism industry at the Russian–Chinese borderland, it was concluded that an earlier reorientation towards domestic tourists (after 2014) allowed Heihe and Fuyuan to be more prepared for the next external shock. The tourism industry in Blagoveshchensk and Khabarovsk suffered significant losses and found itself in a situation of high uncertainty, in which it was impossible to predict the timing of resumed arrivals of Chinese tourists.

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«Grey» Importation over the Russian-Chinese Border: What’s New?

Cited by 2 publications

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Postsocialist shrinking cities

Postsocialist shrinking cities

Cross-Border Tourism on the Russian–Chinese Border in 2014–2019: Customization of the Service Sectors of Border Cities for Chinese Tourists

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