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“Opportunities, but Nothing Very Concrete” : The Challenge Finns Face with Chinese Delegations’ General Level of Interest in Finland

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Stopniece, S. (2015). “Opportunities, but Nothing Very Concrete” : The Challenge Finns Face with Chinese Delegations’ General Level of Interest in Finland. Asia in Focus, 2015(1), 23-29. https://niasasiainfocus.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/asia-in-focus-issue-1.pdf
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Asia in Focus
Authors
Stopniece, Santa
Date
2015
Discipline
Intercultural CommunicationIntercultural Communication
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This paper explores the challenge of finding common ground between the Finns and the Chinese in the context of co-operation, trade and inward investment facilitation related to general lack of specific interest displayed by the Chinese. The article is ethnographic in nature and is mainly based on data obtained from interviewing individuals working for local governments in Finland and one of the state agencies responsible for attracting foreign investment. The study uses Speech Codes Theory (Philipsen, 1997) when analyzing the cultural aspects of expectations regarding communication between Chinese and Finns. According to interviewees, lack of serious interest, vague government guidelines, the longer time needed to build relationship, and involvement of intermediaries all contribute to the difficulty to move the discussions to a more specific level of focus. Finnish expectations regarding this type of communication are that it should be direct and task-oriented, because they feel pressure to yield real results quickly and efficiently. Suggested strategies to make the co-operation talks more specific are presenting the expertise areas of Finland, clarification regarding too general terms used by the Chinese, and investing into building personal relationships with them. ...
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Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
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2446-0001
Keywords
Chinese investments Finland co-operation trade intercultural communication, general level of interest, common ground

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https://niasasiainfocus.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/asia-in-focus-issue-1.pdf

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http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201503201497

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https://converis.jyu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/24622634

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