dc.contributor.author | Stopniece, Santa | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-06-15T05:28:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-06-15T05:28:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Stopniece, S. (2015). China-Finland Co-operation, Trade, and Investment: In Search of Common Ground. <i>Journal of China and International Relations</i>, <i>3</i>(1), 130-150. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5278/ojs.jcir.v3i1.1149" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5278/ojs.jcir.v3i1.1149</a> | |
dc.identifier.other | CONVID_24734954 | |
dc.identifier.other | TUTKAID_66293 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/46314 | |
dc.description.abstract | The importance of co-operation with China has been growing in Finland and the
rest of Europe in view of the rising global economic and political status of China and the
interest in attracting Chinese investments. In Finland, government agencies have been
established for this purpose, and regional and local governments are also actively involved.
Delegation visits between China and Finland have been intensively on-going for some years,
but matching interests and finding common ground for co-operation, trade and investment
often still proves to be a challenging task.
Based on interviews with Finnish representatives and on observing delegation visits,
this paper explores the difficulties that Finns report to be having in moving past a general
level of interest by the Chinese in Finland and presents suggested solutions.
Speech codes theory by Philipsen (1997) and the notion of common ground by
Stalnaker (1999) form the theoretical basis of this paper. The results illustrate how a lack of
serious interest, vague or restrictive government regulations, the long time to build
relationships, and the involvement of intermediaries are seen by interviewees as factors
contributing to talks often remaining at a general level. Suggested strategies to create more
possibilities for finding common ground and for making co-operation talks more specific
include presenting areas of expertise in Finland and matching those with Chinese needs,
utilizing the pragmatism that is seen to be characteristic of both cultures, and investing in
building necessary connections and relationships. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Aalborg Universitet | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Journal of China and International Relations | |
dc.relation.uri | http://journals.aau.dk/index.php/jcir/article/view/1149/970 | |
dc.subject.other | Chinese investments | |
dc.subject.other | Finland | |
dc.subject.other | co-operation | |
dc.subject.other | trade | |
dc.subject.other | common ground | |
dc.title | China-Finland Co-operation, Trade, and Investment: In Search of Common Ground | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201506092250 | |
dc.contributor.laitos | Viestintätieteiden laitos | fi |
dc.contributor.laitos | Department of Communication | en |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Intercultural Communication | fi |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Intercultural Communication | en |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-06-09T12:15:05Z | |
dc.type.coar | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1 | |
dc.description.reviewstatus | peerReviewed | |
dc.format.pagerange | 130-150 | |
dc.relation.issn | 2245-8921 | |
dc.relation.numberinseries | 1 | |
dc.relation.volume | 3 | |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | |
dc.rights.copyright | © 2015 the Author. Published by Aalborg Universitet under the terms of the Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) License. | |
dc.rights.accesslevel | openAccess | fi |
dc.subject.yso | kulttuurienvälinen viestintä | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p16518 | |
dc.rights.url | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
dc.relation.doi | 10.5278/ojs.jcir.v3i1.1149 | |
dc.type.okm | A1 | |